The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-02-11

led At Ironton only txenty.eight mjIea a.
Itant. Here We left the cars and bivSncoi
\ for the night fnlly aswsrs that another
|Ichase was on the tapis. Tie troops con-
Isisted Of two brigades, one under the con.
lmand of Col Fuller, the other Col Dun.
Iham, gil conducted by Gen. Sullivan il
iEperson.
Two days march brought us % HAT.
.Eington, Union town, where We rsms;Ssa
the Both and were feasted by the inh.h;s.
ants, q rare thing indeed, SO rare that ~
like never occurred to us befors. DIM
ham moved out ten miles, and on the 3lst
at Parker's cross roads, intercepted tkS
rebels 1000 strong under Forrest. The
rebels opened the ball with their srtiIIert.
and for three hours the fight ragged xifh
the utmost fury. Inch BY inch our men
!, were drawn back and the chances for Yis-
tory to perch on the banner Of our ls1a
were running slim when tho Ohio Brf-
llgade came in sight, and it came IN tK.
nick of time, for negotiations we're eoiur
! on for the surrender of our defeated men.
The rebels thought the fight ended, ana
were budding around Dunhams men, saeSr
to see their prize, totally off their guard.
, when we came up over hill in their rear
.. in full view, They seemed thunderstruck
,, and unable to do anything toward de-
] Tending themselves against our unexpect-
! ed assault. On,Son We came, ouss6nyo-
nets cleaning in tho sun, like the suosd
! of the death angel, and in vain the enemy
endeavored to form his disorganisod lines.
Nothing could withstand the leaden hail
!. rained upon them, and escape was. all they
2 seemed capable of performing Hither
and thither they ran like men distraoted.
: until finally an officer rallied few Of
/ them, and made a show to use their artil-
7 lery against US. The general saw stheir
!. intention in moment, and he ordered
y Capt. Brooks company forward 70 pre-
> vent them from executing their design.
:, Capt. Brock did forward with his Monroe
! boys, in fine style routing the butternuts
! at double quick, and capturing two guns
= and caisons. This unexpected .nanner
upset their calculations completely. and
Il they took to fight along the whole line.
,f leaving their horsess and everything elee
a =. which, in any way, impeded their Ystssat.
: In fifteen minutes after our arrivalwe Ind
~ possession of the field, to the great de-
light of our Durham friends. who had
:, rs concluded, so the rebels say, to take the
ID parole, which, however, is doubted among
a themselves.
"a "a CAprURKp.
e. We captured four hundred prisoners,
five hundred horses, six pieces Of artillery
with caisons, a good sized train, ahdsany
IS quantity of small arms, consisting oe u.
rs fes, muskets, shot guns, carbines, pist6ls,
OF swords and sabers. A large quaatify oi
nj stolen goods of every conceiyable kind,
re also fell into our hands,, hats, caps, pants,
~ coats. shirts, shoes, boots, cloths, calicoes,
,d, muslins tlnware, hardware, glassware and
;lli queensware, all were scattered everywksrs
va as thrown aside by the rebels in their hn-
,u1 ty departure. 'ssasea s,ess
Id Loss
ne The loss on our side was comparativaly
CT light not being over hundred killed snd
of wounded, mostly in Dunham's brigade
e. The rebels confess one thou and killed
n, wounded and missing, probably much
Is, more. We had net commissioned on.
< Ger killed and only two slightly wounded
nd The Ohio Brigrade did not suffer any oi
r. consequence owing to the confusion Of the
Id enemy. The 9th had two mon wounded
to one seriously. The 122nd Illinois, .oi
,g Dunham's command, lost more than I'll
OF the rest of the regiments together. ],
On seems they got into close quarters, and
url before they could extricatc themselves
ad the rebels punished them severely.
url
ry The pursuit was kept up to- the Ten
nessee river, when it was discovered tha
the rebels had made their escape across :,
Clifton, by the means of = couple Of oil
N, fat boats, which they here had moved fu,
We the purpose. We had no way Of gettin,
We over, even if We had been inclined to cou
he tinue the chase, and the pursuit here end
ur ed When we came down on the banl
III, they opened on us from the other side will
,f- cannon and small arms, the river bcin,
h narrow. The cannon done no harm otheI
,ul than knocking the wheels off our amsnu
" milton wagon, and detail of sharpshoot
ters froms the 9th, soon 'sdryed up thsi,
in small arms if not a few of the butter
zee nuts holding them. They cameover will
Id, a flag of truce and attempted to excksags
of some prisoners with Col. Fuller, but coul
we not come to terms. Fuller promised then
ed reply in the morning, but before morning
ng We were far on our way toward this place
ur and doubtless the rebels were away full q.
he fast as we. So ended the rebel raid, II
as which Forrest said he done everything hs
IN wanted to do and more to--fought the
Ohio Brigade.
MISCELLANEOUS.
H. We arc under orders to be readyss<
X move by cars at a minutes notice Perhap
Is we are going to Memphis, aud perhap.
o not. Where we go when We start is rathcu
q, uncertain. The weather has been remark
tn ably cold for a couple of days and thor,
OK is some snow on the ground It usually
as is very rainy. The health of our rcgi
m: ment and the troops here, is excellent