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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 3 (search)
round camp-fires all laughed over the various scenes of the day. After a short rest, three companies, F, I, and H, were ordered forward towards Parisburgh, Giles County, twenty-eight miles from Princeton Court-House. Still driving what scattering force was left of the rebels, they rushed into and took possession of the town, and captured a large quantity of rebel supplies and some twenty prisoners, and held the town four days, when it became known that a force four thousand strong, under Heath, was about to surround them. Never was a regiment more reluctant to yield a point, but necessity demanded it, and in the best order they fell back, with the loss of one man killed and seven wounded. For five hours, companies B and H covered the retreat, and kept the force of the enemy checked until reinforcements arrived. Lieut.-Col. Hays, in the whole affair, has shown himself an able commander, and fully established the confidence of every man in the Twenty-third Ohio regiment, and while
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 44 (search)
attacked yesterday morning at Lewisburgh, by Gen. Heath, with three thousand men, and after a livelyeral, and three thousand rebel troops, under Gen. Heath. Without doubt, it was the most brilliant aver has been taken of the gallant affair. Gen. Heath came up with great rapidity and boldness, drht approach; but they were met a mile out by Gen. Heath's whole force, as they were forming their limp. We could see a large force deploying on Gen. Heath's right and left; but, nothing intimidated, p. That regiment moved gallantly on to meet Gen. Heath's left wing, by this time advanced to a woodine pieces, two of them rifled, and all that Gen. Heath brought upon the field, were gloriously won ntly moved the Thirty-sixth to the attack of Gen. Heath's right wing. They had to meet the Twenty-s have reliable information that one third of Gen. Heath's whole force has since deserted him. Our vithe twenty-third, appalls them fearfully. Gen. Heath confessed his defeat by at once burning the