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The Daily Dispatch: September 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], Recruiting in Canada. (search)
Hartsuff, whose object was an armed reconnaissance. The enemy played upon our forces terrifically with musketry, canister and shell. Col. Lyttle led several companies of Irishmen to charge the battery, when he was brought down by a shot in the leg. Col. Smith's 13th Ohio engaged the enemy on the left, and Col. Lowe's 12th Ohio directly in the front. Col. Lowe fell dead at the head of his regiment, early in the hottest of the fire, by receiving a ball in the forehead. Captain McMullen's howitzer battery, and Captain Snyder's two field-pieces, meantime, were got into the best position possible under the circumstances, and soon silenced two of the rebel guns. The fire slackened at intervals, but grew more furious as night approached. The German brigade was led gallantly into action by Col. McCook, under the direction of Adjutant-General Hartsuff; but, after a furious fight of three hours, darkness compelled the recall of the troops, and the men laid on their ar