... this was done, twenty bullets pierced the body of our gallant leader, and Gen. Zollicoffer fell from his horse a mangled corpse. The fight continued until about eleven o'clock, Col. Battle's and Col. Stratham 's regiments bearing the brunt of the battle. Before the engagement closed, at this point, however, Gen. Crittenden ordered the entire force, with the exceptio; of the two regiments above named, bac...