The National tribune., 1906-08-09
ARMY OF TILE
CUMBERLAND
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been crossing an raght A dense fog
shrouded everything but he went for
| ward cautiously with his escort and
one piece of Henshaw's Battery. under
command of Capt. Henshaw. Suddenly.
| while passing down lane with high
rail fence on either side. he ran into
| three dismounted regiments led by Col.
Basil Duke, and advancing to capture
the earthwork. The enemy opened
sharp fire. which killed Maj. McCook.
| father of the Fighting McCooks, and
two privates, AND Wounded II others.
| Between 20 and 80 Of Judah's escort
| were captured and the piece of artil-
| lery. Judah himself narrowly escaped
being taken. He galloped back. rapidly
put his men into position and opened a
sharp fire with artillery upon the enemy
| in the bottom. In 80 minutes the Con-
| federates got enough of this. and began
to break into retreat. Their ruin was
| helped by daring charge of Lieut..
O'N"'ll. 5th Ind. Cav. with SO men.
who drove them back on Hobson's
forces. coming up most opportunely by
| another road. The gunboat Moose.
which had been lying below the rapids
waiting for the fog to rise, moved up
at the sound of the firing. and threw In
some shells to add to the enemy's terror
| and discontinue.
1ODbOu NCuSucS shC cNe"S'
Gen. E. H Hobson had crossed the
Ohio at 2 o'clock on the morning OF
July 10, some 20 hours after Morgan.
He pushed on after Morgan with great
spirit and determination. but was con-
stantly retarded by the burned bridges
and by the difficulty of getting fresh
horses, since Morgan had cleaned all
out of the country as he advanced. Col.
Sanders commanding a brigade of parts
Of the 8th and 9th Mich. Cav. and the
18th Mich. Battery. Joined him, and
Hobson, sending forward Col. Kautz,
with the freshest regimonts-the I'd and
7th. Ohio Cav.-followed with Sanders,
direc,i ing his jaded rear to come up as
fast as it could. By daylight on the
morning of July 10 Hobson's whole d.
vision was at Chester, with Col. kautzs
Brigade in advance, Col. Sanders's Brl-
gade next Gen. Shackelford's third and
Col. Wolford's in the rear. 1t had been
marching all night, but the sound OF
cannonading over toward Buffingtons S
put new life into the men. The brigade
commanders received orders to take the
first roads leading to the river, to cut
off the retreat of the enemy. This threw
Col. Wolford's Brigade in the advance.
and soon he and Shackelford both en-
| countered the enemy. There was a
sharp fight. which was terminated by a
charge by the 1st. Sd and sth Ky.
Indescribable terror and confusion
reigned in the little valley. Gen. Nor
gan and Col. Duke succeeded in getting
| large part of the men in orderly for
nation for a rush for the road at the
upper end Of the valley, which was the
only avenue Of escape. This was, how
ever, reached by shells from the little
| gunboat which was wriggling her way
up the troublesome rapids. The rear Of
Morgan's command, broken by charges
and artillery fire, the teamsters, artil-
| lerymen and wounded were galloping
| about In wild excitement under the pitt
less fire. Many Bolts of bright-colored
calico had been taken, from the country
stores and fastened TO the captors' sad
dies. These now began to fetch loose
as the sailors say, and stream out be-
hind the riders igalloping hither and
yon, adding a picturesque and bizarre
effect to the scene.
Hemmed in on both sides, about 100
men, including two Colonels. surren-
dered Morgan with the remainder took
refuge in strong position in dense
woods on high bluff. Gen. Shackel-
ford, with the 45th Ohio in advance.
pushed straight ahead for them. A flag
of truce was sent In demanding an i'm
mediate and unconditional surrender. 1t
was met by another, asking for one
hours time. Shackelford granted 40
minutes, at the end OF which time he
| understood that Morgan himself was
included in the surrender, but Morgan
had employed the 40 minutes in getting
out with over 1000 men, leaving Col.
Basil w. Duke to carry out the surren
der, which included all that was left of
the wagons and the artillery.
Continuing the Pursuit.
Holly angry at Morgan's escape,
which he alleged to be bad faith, on the
morning Of July 90 Shackelford called
for 1000 volunteers, with the best
horses, who would stay in the saddle,
without eating or sleeping. until Nor
gan was captured. The entire command
would have volunteered but for lack If
horses. But 500 horses at all fit could
be found in the command. OF these
157 were mounted by men of the 14th
Ill. Cav, under Col. Capron. Col. VOL
| ford commanded about as many from
the 1st and Sd KY. Cav. I'd East Tenn.
Gao, I'd Ohio Cav. and 45th Ohio. There
were detachments from the other regi-
ments in the command. These took up
| the chase, and on the morning of July
| "a came up with Morgan at Washing
| ton, and began a running fight, in which
| Morgan suffered heavily Near Athens
| Maj Way joined Shackelford with de-
| tachments of the Sth Mich. Cav, 9th
Ky. Cav. and 11th KY. Cav, all on fresh
horses. Gen. Burnside had sent them
on from Cincinnati. and also orders put
| ting Shackelford In command Of all the
| troops In pursuit of Morgan.
Gen. Shackelford sent Maj. Way with
part of the fresh troops in one direc-
ton, and Maj. Rue with the remainder
In another. With only 500 men, unem-
| barrassed by trains or artillery, Morgan
could now move with the utmost free
dom, particularly as the rich farming
| country was so abundantly supplied
with food and forage that he could at
once and everywhere find all that his
men and horses required.
| Some 20 miles above Burlington Nor
gan reached the Ohio. and attempted to
swim across. Some 900 men got over,
but the gunboats appeared and opened
| fire. Many of the raiders were drowned.
| Morgan himself had gotten halfway
across, but seeing that the bigger part
of his men were still on the Ohio shore,
returned and Joined them.
| Maj. Way was the first to come up
| with Morgan, which he did near Saline
vile. in Columbiana County, not far
from the Pennsylvania line. about S
o'clock in the morning of July 26. after
an all-night forced march. Way at
tackled promptly Aan hour OF severe
fighting followed, and though Way had
] but $50 present, he drove Morgan in
rout, killing fronl 20 to 80, wounding