The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-26

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Captain Leonard, of Company A, 96th
Ohio, called attention 10 heavy cavalry
force coming in on the left flank TO sur
round rs :. bat a section of the Nth Ohio
battery had been placed there TO hold them
in check. The ooh, being now hard
pressed, had to fail back, the enemy ad-
vancing four ranks deep, The men pre-
ViOusly firing ten or fifteen rounds each.
Gen. B. now directed Col. Owen to rally
them. The latter found ii impossible 10
do SO at once, they being cut up so
badly. Before succeeding, the 96th oaio
and 23d Wisconsin fell back, the latter
losing its colonel, after which it held its
ground under . disastrous fire, but
making havoc in the ememy's ranks.
The gallant Colonel Guppey, of the 23d
/ Wisconsin, is serious loss. He was
esteemed by his men, and was q brave
I officer, The enemy's cavalry was now
seen converging from all points of the
woods, and from the prairie in our front
on our small force. The remnant of the
brigade fell back into the woods and
through them six hundred yards into
open ground. While rsllying the men
around the battery, Gen. Washburne
rode up and informed them re-enforce-
ments were coming.
The capture of the 9th Indiana was
i effected in front of 3 section of the Ohio
battery. TIE enemy g cavalry were sur
rounding them, when Gen Burbridge
sent three consecutive orders to 4he col
oneI to fall back. He disobeyed orders
and thus nearly the whole force was cap
tured, Meanwhile the general bad dis
mounted, and personally handled one of
the pieces, and with such dexterity did he
use canister and grape that the enemy
were alarmed apparently; but they closed
round the 9th, and it was impossible to
fire without killing our own men. Capt.
Rice, commanding the battery, was coma
spieious for his bravery. By this time
/ the rebel cavalry had nearly surrounded
the battery, and the order to timber ND
was given, and they escaped into the
woods, but subsequently lost one of their
pieces. Gen. Burbridge now rode for
ward and ordered the remnant to Join
Gen. Oameron's brigade in forward
movement, the 23d Wisconsin forming on
the right under Lieut.-Col. Moore, 83d
Ohio commanding the center, and the
96th Ohio, Col. Brown, on the left. The
remainder fell in under Captain Walker,
| acting major, Capt. G dyer being ex-
hausted. A remnant of the 9TH Indiana
fell in under Msjor Sears, Lieut.. Bushler
having, with two hundred men, surren-
dered TO the enemy's cavalry. A fresh
supply of ammunition and cannon arriv-
ing, the brigade moved forward TO the
old position, threw out skirmishes, with
q section of the 17tn Ohio Battery, our
left being fiAnked by cavalry. They
swept the whole woods until halted by
I General Burbridge, fancing q lane in
which, on the previous day, we met and
skirmished with the enemy's cavalry
Our battery took position, supported by
remnant of the brigade, amounting to
four hundred men. The men went now
into the old camp to bury and care for
the dead and wounded.
The enemy were five to one; they wefea
5000 strong-3 600 infantry dismounted,
and 2, 800 mounted infantry and cavalry,
while the Union forces only numbered
about 1000 infantry and 500 cavalry.
We were superior to them in artillery
only, and being used at very short range,
the canister and grape made great sl&ugh-
ter in their ranks. 1t is believed their
loss in killed and wounded is much
greater than ours. We lost more heavily
in prisoners. The following is eur loss.
as far as ascertAined: ne .-r.r
Killed, IS
Wounded, 100
Missing, supposed captured, officers, %
Missing, supposed captured, men, 531
Total, 677
Some regiments lost more than half
their number. The Goth Indiana went
in with two hundred and seven, and lost
one hundred and twenty -one, and the
seth Ohie went in with fewer, and lost
one hundred and nineteen. The battery,
out of one hundred and twenty five men,
lost twenty-five in killed, wounded and
missing.
The cavalry force consisted of the LIST
Louisiana cavalry, 800 men; 14th New
York, so men; 18th Illinois mounted
infantry, 80; total, 400.
THE LOSSES. 'et
1st Louisiana-0ne commissioned off,
Ger and three men killed, seven wounded
and twenty-seven missing. 18th New
York caVAlry--Four, two Ofthem known
to be wounded and in the hands of the
enemy. Lost twelve horses killed and
two wounded; total, AZ. p
We fear our neighbor Of the Press must
be given over to @hardness of heart" if
not "reprObAcy of mind" In the days
of whiggery alias Ameticanisw, alias
OppOsitiOnism, alias national Unionism,
it was his misfortune to shave to do"
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