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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 9 1 Browse Search
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ection of artillery, commanding officer not known, four companies bushwhackers, commanded by Mankins, Palmer, Brown, and others. The enemy left all their dead and.wounded which they could not take away on their retreat in our hands, leaving Surgeon Russell and Assistant-Surgeon Holderness to take charge of them. To-day Captain Alexander arrived at our picket with a flag of truce bringing a communication from General Cabell, a copy of which I inclose. The flag was immediately ordered back witll, Commanding. General: In reply to despatches from you by hand of Captain Alexander, bearing flag of truce, I would respectfully state that the dead of your command have all been decently buried in coffins. The wounded are in charge of Surgeons Russell and Holden, having been removed to our general hospital by my order. They are receiving every attention that men can receive, abundance of medicines, surgical instruments and subsistence stores having been placed under the control of your s
in repulsed with considerable loss, but continued to skirmish briskly. From this point Col. Streight sent a detachment of two hundred men in command of Captain Milton Russell, of the Fifty-first Indiana, acting Provost-Marshal, to Rome, Georgia, to take and hold it until our arrival. Owing to the delay they met with in ferryiny did riot arrive before Rome until the next day at nine o'clock A. M. They had been advised of their advance, and sent out pickets to arrest their progress. Captain Russell ascertained that the town was protected by a considerable force and four pieces of artillery. Besides, they had the bridge already torn up to prevent our crossing of the river Finding it impossible to gain the town, Captain Russell slowly retreated to the main force. The enemy was held back at Blount's farm till after dark, during which time the pack-mules and a part of the force were sent on to cross two tributaries of tire Coosa River. At the first ford it was expected to find a fe