. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . repared for a hand-to-hand of General Zollicoffers aids shot atColonel Fry, but only brought his horsedown. The Union Colonel immediatelydrew his revolver, and brought Gen-eral ZollicofFer from his saddle at thefirst fire. The loss on the part of the enemywas reported to be two hundred andseventy-five, while that of the Unionistswas hardly less. The soldiers of theTenth Indiana Regiment being in ad-vance, were the greates
. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . repared for a hand-to-hand of General Zollicoffers aids shot atColonel Fry, but only brought his horsedown. The Union Colonel immediatelydrew his revolver, and brought Gen-eral ZollicofFer from his saddle at thefirst fire. The loss on the part of the enemywas reported to be two hundred andseventy-five, while that of the Unionistswas hardly less. The soldiers of theTenth Indiana Regiment being in ad-vance, were the greatest sufferers, los-ing seventy-five killed and they charged with their bayo-nets, they were brought so close to theenemy, that a Mississippi regimentturned upon them with their longbowie-knives, which they thrust througha fence that separated them from theirassailants. The bayonets, however, bytheir greater length, gave the advarf-tage to the Indiana men, and their op-ponents, unable to use their knives witheffect, were forced to fly. The enemy were pursued to their in-trenched camp, when night falling, theUnionists ceased the pursuit, although. ^ ga o o 1 l-l j iS t 0- t o 1 4 0 o ^ 1 4 m 5 1 ^ a *• ps ^ t3 >■ PURSUIT OF THE ENEJIY. 21 they coutiuucd to throw a few shells atthe camp of the fugitives, where theyhad sought refuge. The pursuers nowresting on tlieir arms, bivouacked onthe ground for the night. Early nextmorning the Tenth Indiana, Tenth Ken-tucky, Fourteenth Ohio, and FourthKentucky regiments were ordered totake possession of the enemys intrench-ed camp, which was found entirely aban-doned. The Tenth Kentucky was thefirst to enter, followed by the other regi-ments. We found everything left,says one of the Indiana men.* Horsesstood saddled and bridled ; teams werehitched up ; the horses were standingattached to the cannon ; officers trunkswere found strewn on the bank of theriver. We took about 2,000 head ofhorses and mules, 250 wagons, 14 can-nons
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