Named Entity Results, Daniel McCook

which it has been reported to me had been ordered into the woods by the commanding General, I sent one of my staff to Colonel McCook, commading the Second brigade, to ask him to aid the Thirteenth in this attack with his Ninth regiment, to which requnsiderable distance behind came an advance guard, then, after another interval, the pioneers, and then Benham's brigade. McCook's followed, and Scammon's brought up the rear; while for five miles back stretched our wagon train and its guards. Leance down to a ferry across the Gauley. It would not do to leave a passage by that ferry practicable in our rear, and Colonel McCook was ordered to take a squad of his cavalry, (Schaumbeck's, from Chicago,) proceed to the ferry, and destroy the boat.and get it. As the swimmers struck out, armed men appeared on the other side, and a very sharp volley was poured into Colonel McCook and his little squad, who were standing on the bank, wounding one of the men seriously in the thigh. The cavalry ret

gives an account of this affair: camp Nevin, nine miles below Elizabethtown, Oct. 15. This camp is named in honor of D. Nevin, Esq., formerly proprietor of the well-known marble shop on Jefferson Street, near Fifth, but now an extensive farmer, and owner of the land on which our tents are pitched. When the troops arrived Mr. Nevin welcomed them most cordially, and informed Gen. Rousseau, who was in command, that any thing and every thing he had was at the service of the army. Gen. McCook arrived on Sunday, and took command of this division on yesterday (Monday) morning. He is quite a young man, not more than thirty years of age, as I have been informed. In personal appearance he is the very reverse of Gen. Sherman, late head of this division and now head of the department. He is short of stature, fleshy, with a decidedly genial, good-humored face. He graduated at the national military academy, West Point, in 1852. Last night, about one o'clock, we had another littl

of veteran troops. It affords me pleasure to mention that Hon. Daniel McCook, (father of Gen. McCook,) as an amateur soldier, gun in hand,Gen. McCook,) as an amateur soldier, gun in hand, volunteered and rendered much service during the engagement. I also mention like services rendered by Benjamin G. Owen, Esq., of St. Louis.setts; A, C, and H, Third Wisconsin, aided by two amateurs, (Judge Daniel McCook and Benjamin G. Owens of Illinois,) were attacked by twenty-and one of the amateurs, composed the right wing. Colonel Geary, Judge McCook, and the balance of the Pennsylvanians were in the centre. Our s was my first day upon the battlefield, and my venerable friend Judge McCook fully sustained the high reputation of the McCook fighting familMcCook fighting family. This was not a Bull Run, but a rebel-run affair. The rebel colonel during the next day sent down a flag of truce, offering to exchange th wing was given to Captain Bertram, and the command of the right to McCook, an old chap that fights on his own hook. He is always riding abou

ad bodies. This was about two o'clock, when an order came to burn their encampment, which was done with a good will. It was a splendid encampment, and Lieut.-Colonel Dennis, of the Thirtieth, fired one of an artillery officer's, with all its equipments, which could not have been valued at less than five hundred dollars. And now comes the saddest part. It is not to be supposed that all this was done without any loss on our part. At this time, Gens. Grant and McClernand, Col. Fouke and Capts. McCook and Dresser, had their horses shot from under them; Capt. Challenor, of the Twenty-second. regiment, Company K, and seven of his men, were killed instantly. I can only learn the names of five at present, as the official reports are not made: P. Fogan, Thomas Bowles, H. Stroul, John McCauley, and P. Welch, and eighteen missing, including Capt. Challenor, Col. Henry Dougherty, badly wounded and missing. Capt. Abbott, Company C, and Lieut. Fraleck, supposed to be killed; Benedict Phill

d Eleventh Ohio regiments constitute General Cox's brigade, the First Kentucky under Lieut.-Col. Enyart and the Eleventh Ohio under Col. DeVilliers, (who was captured with Col. Woodruff and has since made his escape,) occupy the ground around Gauley Bridge; the Second Kentucky, under Col. Sedgewick, with a cavalry company and one piece of artillery attached, are the body guard of General Rosecrans, and are encamped with him at Tompkins Farm. General Schenck's brigade is eight miles above; Col. McCook's, consisting of three German regiments, is five miles above; General Benham's brigade is at Cannelton, seven miles below Gauley Bridge, and Col. Tyler, with the Seventh Ohio and Second Virginia regiments, has possession of Charleston, thirty-eight miles below, the whole under Gen. Rosecrans. The paymaster paid off our regiment yesterday, and everybody seems to be happy, and everybody wants leave to go home. Furloughs and leaves of absence are in demand; our little colonel is obliging

ng every thing ready for the march, as we did not know what might take place, or what might influence Gen. Nelson. It was well enough that we did so, for at four o'clock in the morning there came a rap at our door! Who comes there, shouted Major McCook. Col. Harris and Adjutant Vandegrift immediately got up and opened the door. You must all be ready to march in twenty minutes. So up we all sprang, and then began the hurrying. I kept cool, and soon had every thing ready. In less than half a most disagreeable ride; and to add to the discomfort, the secesh had cut down some thirty trees across the road, and we had to move them before we could proceed. It delayed us a long time. We came across two barrels of apple brandy, which Major McCook stove in for fear they were poisoned, (we are almost certain they were, as the rebels had been inquiring for arsenic along the road; so we had a pretty sure thing on them.) When we encamped at night, we were all wet through to the skin. I was

ttle for supremacy in the Kanawha Valley. The strength of the Southern forces is variously estimated at from seven to eight thousand, not including cavalry and artillery. Our forces must be at least thirteen thousand. The Southern forces are commanded by Generals Floyd and Henningsen, and are now situated between Cotton Mountain and Fayetteville. General Benham's brigade, some three thousand five hundred strong, are at this point, Gen. Schenck's is at Camp Ewing, near Mountain Cave; Col. McCook's brigade a few miles from them; Gen. Cox is at Gauley, and Gen. Rosecrans at Tompkins' farm. The men are all in good spirits, and anxiously awaiting the coming contest. The truth of the matter is, they are willing to meet double their number, so as to get out of Western Virginia; and if they are foiled in this attempt to capture Floyd, they will feel worse than crazy. They are all now well uniformed, and have plenty to eat. They are neat, clean, and tidy. I don't suppose that a sin

Doc. 229. fight at Munfordsville, Ky. General Buell's despatch. Louisville, December 17. To Major-General McClellan: Gen. McCook's division is at Munfordsville, and Gen. Mitchell at Bacon's Creek. Zollicoffer is either retiring across the Cumberland River or is preparing to do so at the approach of any superior force. McCook reported that the rebels attacked my pickets in front of the railroad bridge at two o'clock P. M. to-day. The pickets consisted of four companies of the TMcCook reported that the rebels attacked my pickets in front of the railroad bridge at two o'clock P. M. to-day. The pickets consisted of four companies of the Thirty-second Indiana, Col. Willich, under Lieut.-Col. Von Trebra. Their force consisted of one regiment of Texas Rangers, two regiments of infantry, and one battery of six guns. Our loss was Lieut. Sachs and eight enlisted men killed and ten wounded. The rebel loss was thirty-three killed, including the colonel of the Texas regiment, and about fifty wounded. D. C. Buell, Brigadier General Commanding. Gen. Buell's orders. Headquarters Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Ky., December