Year: 1862

Ohio to retire and allow them for time to
face the foe. AS soon as the disaster of
the burning barn threw the Sd into dis
order, Col. Pope shouted forward" to his
regiment, and with the utmost alacrity it
rushed up the eminence. No matter that
muskets, rifles, cannons hurled immediate.
ly against it every deadly missile Of war;
no matter that The roar of musketry and
artillery which greeted its appearance
sounded not like the continued rattle of
10000 drums. No matter that its ranks
were decimated ere it had been there
single minute it stood like wall until
Lieut.. Col. Jouett and Major Campbell
were both killed, and COL Pope was wourd-
ed and his horse shot from under him.


Then it retired, and rallied at the foot
of the hill.


All this time the 10th Ohio were lying
upon their faces to the left of the Sd, near
the summit of the same hill, and upon tho
other side Of lane, as | have before men
toned And now occurred the most ter.
rible disaster of the day. The retreat of
the Sd Ohio and 18th Kentucky had left
the right wing of the 10th uncovered, and
a whole brigade of the enemy, forming in
mass, advanced toward them over ground
of such nature that if the 10th did not
receive warning from some source, the rebel
column would be upon them and annihi-
late them before they could rise from their
faces and change front. Col Lytle was
expecting the enemy to appear, over the
crest of the hill, and had intended to have
the gallant 10th charge them with the
bayonet. The mass of the rebels, which
rising ground just to the right of the
10th has hitherto concealed from view,
rushed uqon the helpless regiment, and
from the distance of hundred yards pour
into it an annihilating fire, even while
the men are still upon their faces! Over
whelmcd and confounded, they leap to
their feet and vainly cndeavor to change
front and meet the enemy. 1t is impos-
sible to do it beneath that withering,
murderous fire; and for the first time in
its history the 10th regiment turns its
back upon the enemy. They will not
run; they only walk away, and they are
moved down by scores as they do SO.


While the 10th Ohio was being SO ter.
ribly cut up, another immense body Of
rebels filed off to the left, disappeared
behind the woods fronting Gen. Sheri-
dams division, and soon after commenced
a desperate assault upon our right and
right center But Mitchell and Sheridan
were ready to receive them, and the high
hill to the right of the road, occupied by
the latter in the morning, instantly be-
came huge volcano, blenching forth
from every quarter volumes of fire and
smoke, and finging into the midst of the
dismayed and staggering traitors, ten
thousand prCjectiles, deadly as volley of
stones shot from the crater of Etna. AT.
ter vainley cndeavoring to storm the Hill.
the shattered masses of the enemy gave
way, and were pursued by Gen. Mitchell
beyond Perryville And now while the
18th brigade was struggling gloriously.
and even after its frightful losses was
actually holding the rebels in check. the
9th and 28th brigades, both of which
had borne distinguished part so far,
came to the rescue A half dozen regi-
ments rushed up along the crest of an en-
inence situated to the left, and with loud
shouts bore down upon the enemy.
Around farmhouse to the left of the
18th brigade, and in woods in front of
itthe same under cover of which the reb-
els had advanced in their assault upon
Jackson's divison,) the combat ragged
with unintermitted fnry for more than
half an hour. But when the attack upon
our right was repalsed, the enemy retired
from this portion of the field. just
about sundown last despairing effort
of the bafled foe was made upon the
right of Roussean's division. A battery
which / believe was Capt. Loomis's, re-
pulsed this last assault. But the firing
of artillery continued half an hour into