The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-03-23

briGSNe, were that day under the comman
1t ouv gallant Col. John r. Cooke. Aite
sustaining repeated charges by the'enemy
exhausting nearly all the ammunition, an
being subjected for several hours to a 81
we're shellins, they were called upon b
Col. Cooke 10 charges couple Of Yanke
Regiments, and nobly did they respon,
seeming to vie with each other ia the race
they scattered and pursued the retreatin
foe about half mile, capturing two piece
of artillery. In the charge they had pas,
ed three regiments of Yonkees on the
right flank; seeing which. Col. Cook
wheeled his little command to the righ
charged, and broke them but unfortuDat,
" The ammunition was almost entirely E,
pended, on which account by order the
ressmed their original position, and held
during The remainder Of the engagement
Thus the advantage gained was lost.
was Just at this time, the men still expose
10 4 destructive ere. that Gen. Longstreet
Adiutant General renewed his oft-repea
ed injunction TO Col. Cooke. to hold h
position at all COST and received th
characteristic reply. "Fell Gen. Long
street we are out Of cartridges, but WI
hold the position 50 long as there il ma
left standing !" which elected three heart
cheers from the 9th, in which the Sd Al
kansas Joined. Gems. Longsireet and |
H. Hill both complimented Col. Cooke
person on the field. for the gallantry of hin
self and command. The regiment wei
snta action with twenty. seven commission
ed officers. and 299 men; Of that numbt
eight commissioned officers and thirty.nir
men were killed; wounded eight Office
and fourteen men missing six men. Ut
regiment was under an incessant FIRE, fro
g A. M. till darkness closed The battle, an
most of this time il was closely. engage,
On the night Of .he 18th fell back acro'
The Potamac. and camped in the yicinil
of Martinsbnrg till the 27th. when we mo'
ed near Winchester and remained till Ok
tober the esd, when our Division was ser
down in the ueighborhood of Paris and VI
p.rsille 10 guard passes in the mountain
thrreabouts.
On the ao,h. this regiment. with the 4st
N. G. lnfaniry and section OF artiller!
was sent under the command ot Col. Cook
10 drive back force Of the enemy's cavs
~ towards Middleburg. in order 70 q
some provisions concealed within the
lines for our army, which being accon
Pushed we retusned to camp that nigh
0n the morning Of the Sist took up u
line ~ march for Culpepper c. H.. whe'
We arrived on the I'd Of November q
naming there till The 4th. we moved
Slaughter Mountain, and camped on u
battle tield Of Cedar Run. While campe
here. Gen. Walker having been promote
to Major General, and transferred TO u
Trans Mississippi Department, Col. Cook
was appointed Brigadier General, and a
signed 10 the command Of our Brigade
Gen. Ransom, by seniority, assigned Goa
mand uf the Division. BY the promotio
Of Col. Cooke, Lieut.. Col. SingIetery b
came Colonel, Majnr G,lmer Lieutenal
Colonel. and Capt. whitfield, Company
Msicr. On the 7th, mnyed towards Ma,
ison c. H.. which place we reached on y
Slh and did picket daty till the isl'
marched thence 10 Fredericksburg. arri'
ing there on the 22d aud went into cam
On the 5th Col. Singletery having reslgne'
in consequence OF wounds received
Slsarpsburg, LIT. Col. Gilmer became Co
onel, Mai. whitfield Lieutenant Colone
and Capt. J. q. Webb. Company q, h
or. !,
Early on the morning Of the llth u
booming ofihe signal guns and the lohs re
warned us that the lung-lcoked ior ..
Vance of ,Burnsijes was about 70 tal
place. During that and the following da
The enemy was engaged in laying 'he
Pontoons and crossing into the city, az
bottoms intervening between the river AZ
the range Of hills on the south side: 10 q
mean time our division was placed IS
| serve III n rayine tn the rear oi Mary