Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-20

The Soldiers Piloted Into a
Trap
BY THREE MEN IN UNIFORM
The Troops ChesEsd BY the Sight Of The
F.ag-Wsr= Fred Upon Una~afes-
Capture Of a Leader.


ton ol the miliLis which was IN the
figat at Bricevlile returned today aud
tne first authentic news OF that sangu-
mary battle Was received. The militia
bore with them their dead companions
and aiIghted from the train and formed
IN hno with reversed arms and escorted
the dead e. their late homes. Five per-
sons are known 10 have been killed in
the hgnt. They are: John L. Walters,
railroad clerk, aged -; Bruce Glvens,
farmer of Knox county, aged 80. and
militia man Of the Second regiment,
name unkuOwn, supposed 10 DC from
Chattanooga. The wounded on the
side VI the military are: Thomas l..
CaIty. lawyer Of this city. shot
through the left groin, Inlnred may
prove tatai; samuel q. HelskeN, a
prominent iasyer ana democratic
politician. slghsly injured; John Mil-
ton, laOOrer, = slightly wounded; two
miners. George Miller OF Coal Greek
and George Nell oi Oneida, Tenn., were
killed and one JOnn NIlson OF Coal
Creek was slightly wounded. j. NJ
tsaut, business nam OF TINS city and
one Of the volunteers was badly injured
by falling over L ledge Of rocks. The
ngnt commenced At 0.30 this morning
aud lasted neariy a half hour. Four OF
Colonel NoOlfeFd's soldiers, who were
along wiih tns Knoxville boys when
captured. bat were retaken.
How the Fight Began.
The volunteers and 100 soldiers of the
Second reg ment cached Otuts, a small
# Il
Creek. about II o'clock last night. Al
ter thoroughly discussing the situation
and conlerrlng by wlre with BrIgadier-
General CaTnes, il wrs decided TO go at
once 10 tine relief of Fort Anderson.
Maj. ID. A. Carpenter, WHO soldi-red in
that vicinity during the war and is
thoroughly acquainted with the tOpo-
gTaphy of the country. took command
OF the men. They left Offuis about 2
o'clock ami went across Nalden's ridge
By CIrcuitOus route so as to reach
Fort Anderson from a point fsrtnest
removed from the miners station. IL
WAS dark as plGcn aud the loneliness of
the read was depressing. lne sides of
Nalden's ridge are very steep aud COW
cred with huge OOulders and ledges of
sandstone. over these Instructions the
brave fellows, many of whom had
never been IN the mountains, climbed
and then descended. Their cotnIng
was torn sad sheir hands and faces
were scratched by the brsmbles. Just
after they stared down the mountain
on tue north side towards Fort Auder-
con the Insn were divided INTO three
squads. under command OF Capt. ". l..
Ledger Wood, Gen. ID. A. Anderson
ana Col. ;. l.. WOIfred. respectively.
son afterward, three men all uni
formed and claiming TO be friendly TO
the soldiers, approached and offered to
pllot the regiment down the mountain.
Led Into an Ambush.
Without suspicIon the troops fol-
lowed them into a well planned am
bush Ledger Woods men were in
front az pOlGt within quarter OF a
mlie OF Fort Anderson. TIE firing be-
gan fro "a behind the great lodges of
sandstone on spur OF the ridge over
looking the valley whore the men we're
marcnng. The stars and stripes at
Fort Anderson we're in full vieS and
the men we're feeling relieved at the
near approach 70 the fort. icatIon. and
wers JOking with each Otner when hu.-
iets began wnistlIng about their ears.
Dekger Woods men had passed tne
amou.cade before the firing aud they
received voliey OF bullets IN the back
Carty, Wal.hau, Giyens and Helss ell
were all lu TINS party. The other COM
panles faced about at once and opened
tre on the ambuscade. A. the firing
became general men seemed to raise
up from benind every stump and stone
IN sgnt. They were al we'll armed
and greatly Outnumbered the militia
4 Tor 81, A
were greatly against bifn. ordered ali
three c0mpanle- 20 retreat. and the
long m&rcn Over the mountains to
Offuts was commenced agatu. The
dead and wounded of both sides were
left on the field Of battle.
Picked Up m. Dead
The miners. after capturing four of
NO0lfreds' men. started on a retreat
themselves. seeing that Carpenter was
going rapidly 10 the opposite direction.
the four soldiers were released and al
lowed to returu % toeir regiment The
regiment resched Oduts on the return
about 10 O'Clock. thoroughly ex-
hausted. They had eaten nothing
since noon yesterday and we're hungry
"a wolves. They notified Genera.
Carnes that they were at hs service Il
NEEDED, and many plueky young fell
lows. thoroughly stirred up over the
loss Of three Of their comrades, wanted
20 20 - Coal Greek aaywav. General
tsrres wired them that he could man
age Coal Creek with his regimen, and
they started around the country among
The fsrmhouses aud ate .neIr first meal
IN twenty four hours A squad of
picked men returned to the battlefield
aud brought the dead and wounded
into Cosl Greek under iag Of truce.
The miners were the first TO retreat
when the firing commenced IN earnest.
Large numbers Of them rushed down
the valley into the village aud right
into the hands Of General Csrnes.
1he tn ri man reported killed - caus-
ing sonle tsis. Many of the soldiers
say they sre sure tbrse men fell and
General tsrnes reports u officially bul
the body cannot h. found.
ANDsssoN RsrURNED