The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-04
or MoRGaa,s salo.

J0URklL or MONGAA'S ssiD.
The Ksntaeky Loyaiist, u The sllth ast.,
pablishes the journal Of Lk-Col Alison. Nor.
CAMS Chief Of Sssll, who wAs captured on tbs
5sh Of July, and sent 70 Csshp Chase, Ohio
II is very Interesting aad viii we'll repay pe.
rosal:
July LIST. 1863 - Ga the banss Of The Can.
bsr,a:,d. Tho river very high. No bosta--
Gan. n. obliged to bu;id number .sf boats
which hs accomplished with very little delay,
AID commenced crossing at sGndown.
& July 2d-Buckssills Had great difficulty in
making the horses swim. bas by usited and
systematic exsrtion s1sesedsd ic getting the
sntire command Of - regiments over BY 10
scattered. At II o'clock sc0ats csnls into
Bpcksvills and reported the enenay advancing
and within four miles of the town. Il ~as
supposed 10 se ouiv snaaik foUrtine rarty.
....i q pos.;ca ae Col Dick Mcssaus CON
Na.a %aa esaG cut 70 roaka secolnoissauca
rhe report OF tho scouts of TIE ensny ad
rrnclng proved 10 be correct, and nhesSgs
vas received from Colonel Ward shat he
wss attacked Colonel GiiEsN was sent
tho Yankees back In 4rd2 sonfasion
opon their reiaforcsmshts My regiment
lost two nortaiiy wounded and tvs otLsrs
slightiy. Five fthe Yankees were known TO
be killed AId o number wounded, win aboaa
iftssn prisoners. No tidings beard of4he %
brigade until dark, when sas " arrived aadre.
ported that Col Johnson, 70 oas'nas,al .l.a sx
10 a<isision to shs precipilsss h1nks aa6 fsssacs
Of all boats or other means of tFansportation,
che enemy were hoveriDg on the river and ha
raising him as far "a they could. He was
however, quito successfnl liz driving them hask
Yesterday \ young man, ealing hiussif Chas
Rogers, dressed in fall Cenfedsrs,s uniform.
came into our hnes and expssased g desirs to
join our COT mand. 1sASsfieioEsd him, ard
after few questions, I was convinced tbas hs
was epy. threatened TO shoot him, when
hs confessed be had been lying and that his
name was Simon Bii'z-in fact he convicted
himself OF being Spy. What to do with him
Vas the next thing. [ hated 20 siioot him, al
though he deserved it.
J.iy 3d.-My regiment behaved very gal.
ansiy in yesterdaye Eght with the enemy, fre
qusntly having baad to hand encounters To
day (3d) We experienced the same difficulty in
getting the artillery on, and had to press Dum-
for the column TO close up, cur advance proceed
ed to Columbia. They were met by de.aet-
ments from three regimsnts, t45.h Oaio, pa
Ohio, and lst Kentucky, } said to be under COM
mand of Col Wolford. A brisf enga gem ant
followed, in which We drove the enemy in grea.
haste through this town, capturing six prison
ars, killing two among them Capt Carter, and
wounding three Que loss wss two killed ar
two wounded, among them Capt. Cassei, a most
dsahing and daring officer, wounded in ths
thigh. Our men behaved badly at Columbia,
breaking open store and plundes ing it. OF
aered the men to return the goods, and male ell
the reparation in my power. Thess outrages
are very disgraceful, and are usually perPe
tratsd by men accompanying the army simply
for plundef. They are not worth d-p, aud
are q disgrace to both armies Passed through
Columbia and camped ak miles from Green
River Bridge.
july 4M-Nsw Market, Ky. A day OF
gloom, dsep gloom, to our entire command
How many, who rose this morning full of en-
thusiasm and hope, now "slsep the ssep t,a.
knows no waking!' The sun rose bright and
beautiful, the air was cool and belmy, all na-
ture wore the appearance Of peace aud har.
mony. While riding along, aEsctsd by the
stiffness Of ell around, Captain Magennis, the
Adjasant General, rode up and remarked how
dreadful to rehsct that we were marching on
10 engage III deadly strife, and how many poor
fellows would pass into eternity before The
setting of yonder sun. l have no doubs the
poor fellow was moved to these reflections by
one of those unaccoun.abla prsSantiman.s
which are 80 often the hartingers OF evil Be-
fors dark he was q corpse. About sunrise we
drove 10 tae enemy picksts snd were soon
Dear their fortin.stion,, which had besn erect
ed 10 p-eveut our crossing Gen Morgan gent
IN flag of trucs and demanded the surrender,
bu. the Colonel quietly remarked 'ii it was
any other day he might consiisr ..le dsmand,
but the 4sh of July was bad day to talk
about sure ndsr. and Lo must therefore
decline" This Colonel ia gallant msa, and
the entire arraDe Of his defence entities
him to the highest credit for military shiil.
We would mark euch uiao in cur army for
promotion. We attacked the place with two
regiments, sendiDg the remainder Of our force
acroes at another ford. The place was adj
result was that we wera repui-ed with severe
loss-aboGt twenty five Killed and twenty
wounded. Among the ki!lad al ueusl, were
our best Men AUD officers, including Col. Coe.
nauit, Major Brent, Capt. Ti,oie, Lisuts.
Cowan, Ferguson, and another Lieutenant,
whosa nams do not remsmLe-. Oar march
thus far has .beea very fatiyUing-bad roads,
little rest or sieep, little TO eat, AMI 6ght
every day. Yet cur men are cheerful, even
buoyant, and to sec then, pressing aloaz
barefootsd, hurrahing and singing, would
cause one to appreciate what thoso who
are h2hing in ast and holy canss
will endure. About three o'clock. as l rode
on about forty yards in advance, heard the
General exeisim something i'll a very excited
tone which could not understand; and heard
at the same time the report of d pistol. !
tnrned, and, great God! 70 my horror, saw
Capt. Msgsnnis falling from his horse, with
the blood rushing oul Of bis mouth and breast.
His only remark was, 'les me do ~n easy
Ia another moment his spirit had Had. Ha
was killed by Capt. Murphy, beeanss Magsn-
mis-, by the direction OF Gen. Morgan, had or
dered Marphy to restore a watch taken from
a prisoner Thus was ths poor fellow Ian
guase Of ths morning dreadful'y realized
was terribly affected / had sean olood hog
freely Oh many battle field, isy friends had
been killed in the morning, tus this ceussd q
dee oar Impression ami shock taan any occur
renee / ever witnessed. Truly has this been
y sad day. Gen. Morgan looks haggard and
weary, bat he never dsspairs. Hsy to MORROW
dawn more bright than to day closed
J.fy 5fh.-Anotber day Of gloom, fa'i9Ee,
aud death. Moved on Lebanon st ennrisa -
Piseed our men in lias. Ssnt around Col. j.
with his brigade to the Daaviils road to cut
of reinforce rents, which ws knew were ex-
pectsd from Danville. / went Ia with hss
Of truce. IL was fred on five times. Oshcer +
scolegizsd, saying he thought IL was nan
with white coat on. Very dangerous Iais
take, at least forms Demanded unconditional
surrendsr. Told Col Hanson we had his re-
infofcsmen.s cut of, and resistance was use-
lsss. Hs refused to surrender, AID l then or
dersd him to order out the non com oasanss, al
We wouli be compelled to shell the town He
postsd his regiment in the dept and various
h,nses, by which he was enabled 70 make a
desperate resistance. After light Of seven
hours. Gen. Morgan, Rndisg the town could
be taken in no othsr way, ordered charge to
bs made. This ought 70 have bsen done at
firsr; bat Gen. Morg in said, when it was urged
Oh him, that he wished to avoid the destruction
of private property a. much a. possible, and hs
would cnly permit it a. last and tinal re- ,ork
Col Henson still held out in hopes of rsceiv-