Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-30
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Lesslie swept down and drove the
 would be rescuers from the field. In this brisk fight at Fair Garden the ar- tillery divided honors with the wielders of the saber. When the Fourth Indiana
 formed for it's charge upon Morgan's battery Captain Lilly of the Eighteenth
 Indiana battery brought his pieces
 within 500 yards of the hostile guns and opened furiously. One gun moved forward with the charging party which captured the battery.
 Campbell's brigade, having formed its ranks after the first setback, moved forward on the right of La Grange to
 support his gallant attack along the
 main road. This line was held up also by the enemy's battery. Campbell asked Lieutenant Miller of the Indiana
 battery whether he could get gun to bear upon the enemy. "Yes, before the enemy can load," was the prompt re- Eponse. This gun went forward as the troopers advanced after the fleeing en-
 emy and made some crack shots at the moving target. One shot killed Con-
 federate driver, a mule and three
 horses; second shot took off a gun
 wheel and cut in two a sponge staff in
 the hands of Confederate cannoneer; a third went through a caisson.
 It was dark when McCook's victori-
 ous troopers cleaned up the battlefield
 at Fair Garden. Having two fresh
 regiments at hand, McCook sent them
 after Morgan's fleeing horsemen snd
 prepared to drive them into the river
 ,c%v ssc
 Confederates had crossed and taken a
 strong position in rear of Sturgis.
 Longstreet, supposing that Foster had
 marched his infantry at the heels of Sturgis' cavalry up the river, accord
 ing to the programme brought in by Confederate scouts, also crossed the French Broad, taking along Bushrod
 Johnston's division of infantry. The Confederate leader rode boldly at the head of the column and expected to
 find the Federals in battle with Arm strong. Sturgis, on his part, looked for certain victory over Armstrong,
 who, he believed, was cut off from Morgan and at his mercy. The Federal leader boldly threw Woolford's division i and La Oranges brigade into action
 against Armstrong, but the fighting
 was barely begun when the scouts of Garrards division brought word to Sturgis that Confederate infantry had been fording the French Broad for an
 hour. Armstrong's men had built rife pits to strengthen their position, and Sturgis was in danger of being cut off from his route back to Knoxville.
 Sturgis could only save himself by
 retreat and pressed the attack of Wool ford's line to cover the withdrawal.
 Longstreet, with his headquarters flag and staff, rode out to Armstrong's front just as a band of Federal troopers broke through on a desperate charge. One boy in blue galloped into Long 1 streets crowd, bent on capturing the flag. Seeing the reckless Yankee run ming amuck, Colonel Fairfax, of Long streets military family put spurs to l his horse and rode at the intruder, pistol in hand. Before the trooper could level his gun the nimble virginian cov- 1 cred him and called out "Surrenderv' Astonished at being let off so easily when on murder bent, the Yank drop 1 ped his carbine and went to the rear | as a Confederate trophy from the last l dash at Fair Garden.
 1 GEORGE L. KILMER.