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The Daily Dispatch: June 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], A night fight-surprise of our troops. (search)
ucceed in capturing one of the guns, compelling the driver of the battery to hitch up and drive it off, who soon managed to capsize it; but fortunately they were pursued, and the piece and drivers recaptured; also, several of the Yanks, by a portion of Col. Morgan's regiment. As soon as the Yankees had left, Col. Prather collected as many of the "refugees" as could be found, and those of the 1st Alabama and his own regiment, who had been grazing, and gave them chase. Before they had left Middleton he was manfully fighting their rear, killing several of them and some six or eight horses. Our loss, strange to say, during the night attack, was but one killed and two badly wounded. How it was possible for so many guns to be fired by so many men and no more killed, when we recollect that it was almost a hand-to-hand fight, I cannot say. We killed one and mortally wounded three of them at the same time. Some fifteen to twenty on both sides were killed during the fight. They captured a