The National tribune., 1892-01-07

set, with the exception Of Battery B. which had
arrived the day before.
/ When the alarm was first given, the 10th
Ind. were out and at them in I've minutes. on
the run. but had TO fall back before the whole
| force Of the enemy. Bnt they we're soon REIN
/ forced by the other regiments named and soon
drove the enemy from tho field.
/ The 9th Ohio, Gen. McCCOk5 regiment of
| Germans from Cincinnati, met a rebel regiment
/ at fence, pushed the fence upon them, and
| drove them from the field at the point Of the
| bayonet.
In the heat Of the battle Gen. Zollicofer, be-
| ing near Col. Fry, Of the 4th KY, said Don't
shoot them you are killing your own men +"
/ As was 80 often the case in the early days Of
| the war, both sides were dressed in gray. But
as soon "a he saw his mistake he fred at the
/ Colonel killing his horse, and turned to escape,
! but he was too late. He received two bullets
at the same instant-One from private Of the
9TH KY, and one from Col. Fry's revolver
/ through hisheart.
/ I saw him as ne lay in blood and mire beside
| the road when we followed them TO Mill Springs.
While this was going on, Battery Il was firing
| over the woods, out Of sight Of the enemy and
| doing about as much good as the thunder which
was rolling teTrifcally and the rain pour
ing down in torrents. For some time Battery
q stood in column, having received no orders.
/ But when the battle ragged the hottest, an Aid
/ gallOped up and ordered the Lieutenant Of the
/ right section to 60 down through the woods to
the left Of the infantry. where he could do
/ some good with his guns. The Captain was
absent, for some reason, on another part of the
teld, and the Lieutenant said he was ordered
BY the Captain to hold that position and he
/ must do so. The Aid then passed along our
front 20 Lieut.. Eiets, and said it was the Cen
erals order for one section Of the battery to
take position at the left Of the infantry. The
| Lieutenant at once gave command "Center
section, attention CaissOns stand fast; guns
/ forward -gallOp. and down through the
woods aud brush they went. Two regiments,
the Mississippi Tigers and the Tennessee Bull
dogs, were just advancing TO turn our left flank,
when the two guns, sIX.pOunder rihed brass
pieces, charged up and unlimbered within 300
yards, and began firing. Not an infantryman
was in sight. To the right the thick brush hid
them from Us, to the left there were none.
So, without any supports, the section fred
several rounds, cutting those two crack regi-
ments up badly, then limbered up and returned
to their position in column just as the enemy
broke along the whole line and retreated TO
their works at Mill Springs.
Among their killed was Brig.-Gen. T. K.
ZOllicOIer and Lieut.-COl. VIM. Peyton, both
Of Tennessee. / saw them both when we re-
turned to camp at Logan's Crossroads as they
lay in state ready to be sent to Nashville
by flag Of truce.
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the 10Th. 50 the flash of musketry and of light
ming blended together most beautifully, while
the crash Of thunder and the roar of artillery
and rattle of musketry made diseOrdant
music.
We followed them TO their works, and from
an opposite hill sheled them while they were
escaping across the river. After crossing they
/ burned their steamboat, the Noble Ellis.
The battle at the crossroads was fought by
the regiments named, but the other two bril-
gades came up iu time for the pursuit. and after
gathering up the spOils, we all returned to the
crossroads, and from there marched to Somer-
set
i think that anyone who saw it would say
that the charge Of center section, Battery @,
was equal to any ever made by a battery. 1t
was common thing for battery to make
charges, and to stand picket guard, in the
West.
Comrades, II have made any mistakes in
this narrative, please correct and, by the kind
ness of The NATIONAL tribune, we will
make out a correct history of the battle of
Logan's Crossroads, or Mill Springs.-S. HEN
DRICR, HOP Fourth avenue, East Hutchinson,
Kan.