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that the Thirty-sixth began the fight.
and my tent is now reared (to-day) on the advance post where the last dead rebel fell.
General Nelson thinks we buried the great Sidney Johnson, their commander, within two rods of where I am now writing.
He lies silently “seeking his rights in the territories.”
The provisional rebel, Governor Johnson, of Kentucky, is also in our hands, wounded, God bless him. I hope he will die without delay.
Our loss is heavier than I wrote you yesterday; it is now estimated at one thousand five hundred killed, two thousand taken prisoners on Sunday, and four thousand wounded; total seven thousand five hundred.
That of the enemy is much larger, particularly in killed.
I will write you some of the particulars more definitely, of the latter part of the battle, in my next, if there is no move to interrupt.
My horse is still alive, but I cannot see how he can live; I intend saving him if possible.
It is due to Mat to say he commenced and helped me through to the end, in the thickest of the fight and danger, from beginning to the last.
I hope you will keep securely the reports sent you.
Yours affectionately,
W. Grose, Colonel.
