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The Daily Dispatch: September 14, 1861., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Irish to charge the batteries, when he was brought down by a shot in the leg. Col. Smith engaged the Confederates on the left, and Col. Lowe directly in front, Col. Lowe was killed. McMullen's howitzer battery and Snyder's two field ideces got into the best position possible, and soon silenced two of the Confederates' guns.--The fire slackened at internals, but grew more furious as night approached, when the German Brigade was led into action by Col. McCook, under the direction of Adjutant-General Hortzenf. After a furious fight, which lasted three hours, night compelled the recall of the troops. The men lay on their arms, ready to renew the contest in the morning. Gen. Floyd fell back over the river during the night, sinking his boats and destroying the temporary bridge. The depth of the river, and the exhaustion of the troops, rendered a pursuit impossible. The Federal loss was fifteen killed and seventy wounded; the loss of the Confederates in unknown, as they carried off the