Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-01-02
A AReminescence Somewhat Personal

A "Reminiscences Somewhat Personal
Lieut.. r: F. Jacobs turn for promotion
has come at last and he succeeds Lieut..
Bronson, retired, as First Lieut.. Go co.
9th Infantry. The writer had the pleasure
ofmeeting the Lieut.. yesterday in com
pany with Lieut. Nicholson. Jacobs tells
story in relation to Col. Lounsberry, OF
The TRIBUNE, which may be Of interest,
and we trust our readers will excuse us
for reproducing it. Lounsberry, in 1868,
was lieutenant in the Goth Michigan In.
fantry, which, under the command ofCol.
Jacobs, Uieut. Jecobs' tather), Of the 9th
KY. Cavalry, fought John Morgan at
Horse Shoe Bend, (Cum berland River)
Ky. Lounsberry had been sent our the
afternoon before the battle with half a
dozen scouts and meeting Morgan in force
he was wounded and captured, his party
loosiny one killed and one captured be-
side hilnself, while the rebels lost Capt.
Slaughter, of Ky, killed, and one mortally
wounded. The fighting was almost hand
to hand and all OF the four who stepped
from the timber INTO the highway, fell,
Two killed, one mortally and one seriously
wounded. Lounsbclry was treated like Il
prince by his captors, though, as he wore
no insignia OF rank he was supposed to be
an enlisted man. One Of AtOryan's cap
t::ins was cashlered for stealing his boots
and hat, and a revolver Was twice drawn
in his defense by his captor to protect
hlm from the insults of camp hangers on
the only persons wearing a soldiers
garo who insult a ia Ion Joe He remained
with the rebels three weeks and finally
cUaxcd two Of them tt desert and inform
Col. Jacobs as to his whereabouts and con-
dition. The Colonel at once sent a force
TO his rescue, drove the rebels back and
met them under Il flag of truce in front Of
the house where their prisoner was located,
and after a few moments parley exchanged
d sack of salt for him. Arriving at James
town, Kentuckey, he met a telegram from
Gen. Burnside, rendering him leave OF
absence, and on arriving at Louisville the
first familiar faces he met belonged to the
dcserters who had secured his release.
They were under guard but were at once
puroied. The skirmisl in which Louns-
Derry was captured was followed by Il bat
tie between the goth Michigan, 4 part of
Col. jacobs regiment, and a section Of az
tiilery-two guns on the Union side, and
sever. regiments of Morgan's command
on the rebel sids. The latter were re-
pulsed with a loss or upwards offour hun
ured killed and wounded The Union loss
was torly-iour. After this battle, on the
10Th Of May, 1868, Morgan rested a few
weeks, deferring Oh its account his in
tended raid into Indiana until about the
LIST OF July. On the 4,h Of July his force
struck the 25ih Michigan Infantry, conl-
manded by Col. Orlando Moore, now Maj.
9th U. S. In antry, a tie then p ropos ,d
crossing Of the Green River. Morgan was
in force; Col Moore had but handful
OF men and Morgan laughed at the idea
OF that force causing him any serious
trouble. lie demanded an unconditional
surrender. Col. Moore replied that such
Il proposition could not be thought OF on
the 4th OF July and intimated that if they
wanted Il fight they only had to begin it.
They did, but wished they hadn't when
forced to retreat with a loss OF several
hundred. Col. Moore's gallant band held
thctort. Sergeant VIM Gleason. of Louns.
berry's regiment, now in the city, COM
manded asquad OF artillerymen under Col.
Moore in the latter engagement and won
promotion in the first