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The Daily Dispatch: April 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], The attack upon Cumberland Gaps. (search)
ome 30 miles from this place. Our force consisted of the 3d Georgia battalion, Major Rudier commanding; the 5th Georgia, Col. Manning; the 29th North Carolina, Col. Vance, and four pieces Yetser's light battery, with two 12-pounder howitzers of Latrobe's battery attached. A small squadron of cavalry acted in conjunction with this force as advance guard. A portion of the 9th Mississippi regiment, recently from Pensacola, was also acting with us — all under the command of Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smcted. Their aim was good, and their shots proved the effectiveness of their weapons at this distance. They mortally wounded one man, slightly wounded two of the 5th Georgia, then acting as, pickets, and two or three others of other regiments. Latrobe's 3d Maryland battery, discovering the enemy had erected a battery, opened on them, with what effect we cannot tell. With a battery of three 24-pounders, we threw shot and shell into their very midst. Coming too near, and being a fine target,