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The Daily Dispatch: October 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] (search)
of Dr. Frank A. Ramsey, an able resident physician, aided by assistants. An officer who was in the skirmish at Barboursville, Kentucky, on September 19th, relates an amusing anecdote of the Colonel commanding our forces in playing a ruse on the enemy. Our cavalry and infantry advanced in a thick fog, and got into an exposed situation. The foe were firing at them from a cornfield and from under a bridge, and our men, unable to see them, had to return the fire at random. At length, Col. Battle, a portly, gray-haired old gentleman, rode forward and cried out, with a terrible oath, "Get out of the way, cavalry and infantry, and let the artillery come forward." There was not a single piece of artillery, yet the Lincoln troops, on hearing this order, instantly rose, like a flock of wild geese, and can, when destructive volleys were poured into them. During a recent tour through portions of East Tennessee, several interesting facts came to my notice. One is, that many strong U