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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 33. capture of Lexington, Missouri. (search)
was lying just under their guns. Just at this moment a heavy fire was opened upon him from Col. Anderson's large dwelling-house on the summit of the bluffs, which the enemy were occupying as a hosparer the river than the college, reaching nearly down to a fine brick residence belonging to Col. Anderson, that stands between the last-named house and the river-creeping well down the ravines and ghin the work that showed a sign of life. Wednesday the Confederates obtained possession of Colonel Anderson's house and instantly filled it with their sharpshooters. They clambered up on the roof,sent in a flag of truce and requested the removal of some wounded Federals from the house of Col. Anderson. A truce of two hours was agreed on; the wounded were carried down town, and the opportunitd in this style he continued till the surrender. But little damage was done to the city. Col. Anderson's house was literally sprinkled with grape and musket shot, and the brick house south of the
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 34. attack on Santa Rosa Island. October 9, 1861. (search)
bly is not one-fourth their actual loss. General Anderson is severely wounded. Colonel Wilson's killed and wounded about five hundred men. Gen. Anderson led them on. Their war-cry was Death to Wiundred in all, the whole under command of General Anderson of the rebel army. They remained under c this period of the engagement, the rebel General Anderson ordered the retreat to be sounded. When surgeons, were let go the next morning. General Anderson, of fillibuster notoriety, who had commanom were wounded, also three officers, and a Major Anderson, (mortally wounded, and supposed to be a t twelve hundred men, was under command of Gen. Anderson. About two o'clock this morning we landed and took the enemy by surprise. I was by Gen. Anderson's side, and fired, by his orders, more thareathed. Lieut. Sayre, a volunteer aid to Gen. Anderson, was shot through the hip. Some of our exhor passed just over our heads. Here Brigadier-General Anderson was wounded very severely, though he[2 more...]
ate forces. This has been done without cause; therefore-- Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Governor be requested to call out the military force of the State to expel and drive out the invaders. Resolved, That the United States be invoked to give aid and assistance, that protection to invasion which is granted to each one of the States by the 4th section of the 4th article of the Constitution of the United States. Resolved, That Gen. Robert Anderson be, and he is hereby, requested to enter immediately upon the active discharge of his duties in this military district. Resolved, That we appeal to the people of Kentucky by the ties of patriotism and honor, by the ties of common interest and common defence, by the remembrances of the past, and by the hopes of future national existence, to assist in repelling and driving out the wanton violators of our peace and neutrality, the lawless invaders of our soil. Leonidas Polk's despa
ern Confederate forces. This has been done without cause; therefore-- Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Governor be requested to call out the military force of the State to expel and drive out the invaders. Resolved, That the United States be invoked to give aid and assistance, that protection against invasion which is granted to each one of the States by the fourth section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States. Resolved, That Gen. Robert Anderson be, and he is hereby requested to enter immediately upon the active discharge of his duties in this military district. Resolved, That we appeal to the people of Kentucky by the ties of patriotism and honor, by the ties of common interest and common defence, by the remembrances of the past, and by the hopes of future national existence, to assist in repelling and driving out the wanton violators of our peace and neutrality, the lawless invaders of our soil.
o. The force which met Capt. Higgins and Lieuts. Green and Wood, consisted of the First Tennessee, Col. George Manny; the Seventh Tennessee, Col. R. Hadden, the Fourteenth Tennessee, Col. Forbes, mustering in all three thousand, commanded by Gen. Anderson. The aggregate of the enemy's force was near fifty-five hundred; ours, which engaged and repulsed them, was less than three hundred. We killed near one hundred of the enemy, and wounded a greater number, and have thirteen prisoners. s. After waiting half an hour, Maj. Harron of the Fourteenth Indiana came up with two companies. He immediately sent forward a squad of men to reconnoitre; these returned bringing in two prisoners, who reported the force in our front to be General Anderson's brigade of Tennesseeans, numbering three thousand; that we had fallen upon the left wing of his line, and that his was one of three columns of rebel infantry, which during the night had collected at three points to attack the camp. Lear
heir posts. I refer to the enclosed list of killed and wounded as a part of this report. The heaviest fire was sustained by Company I, Third Iowa Volunteers, which lost four killed and twenty wounded, being one-fourth of our total loss. This company deserves especial mention. Captain Trumbull, assisted by Lieutenant Crosbey of Company E, brought off the gun by hand under a heavy fire. Major Stone, Captains Warren, Willett, and O'Neil were severely wounded, and also Lieutenants Hobbs, Anderson, Tullis, and Knight. The latter refused to retire from the field after being three times wounded, and remained with his men till the close of the engagement. Among the great number who deserve my thanks for their gallantry, I might mention Sergeant James F. Lakin of Company F, Third Iowa, who bore the colors and carried them into the fight with all the coolness of a veteran. The loss of the enemy cannot be certainly ascertained, but from accounts deemed reliable it is not less than one
Doc. 56. proclamation by Gen. Anderson. Louisville, Ky., Saturday, Sept. 21. Kentuckians: Called by the Legislature of this, my native State, I hereby assume command of this Department. I come to enforce, not to make laws, and, God willing, to protect your property and your lives. The enemies of the country have dared to invade our soil. Kentucky is in danger. She has vainly striven to keep peace with her neighbors. Our State is now invaded by those who professed to be her frien then, my countrymen, around the flag our fathers loved, and which has shielded us so long. I call you to arms for self-defence, and for the protection of all that is dear to freemen. Let us trust in God and do our duty as did our fathers. Robert Anderson, Brig.-Gen. U. S. A. Gen. Crittenden's proclamation. To the Militia of Kentucky : By the authority which you yourselves have appointed you are called upon to defend your State. Misguided countrymen whom you loved too well to fig
Miller, was ordered to the right, up a similar mountain, to flank the enemy on their left. Company I, commanded by Capt. Anderson, was ordered directly up the ravine, on the left. In this position he drew the concentrated fire of the rebels upon sition of the forces, Col. Piatt routed them from their strongly fortified and well-selected position, in confusion. Capt. Anderson was the first to mount their breastworks, his men following him in the face of a terrible fire without flinching or confusion. As Capt. Anderson scaled the breastwork, Capt. Miller closed upon the left and Capt. Rathbone came in upon the right, his men crying Zouave! --the main column moving up the road in double-quick — until they were brought to a temporary hasixty, composed of Co. A, Capt. Rathbone; Co. B, Capt. O. P. Evans; Co. C, Capt. Miller; Co. F, Capt. S. West; Co. I, Capt. Anderson; Co. H, Capt. H. E. Evans. We buried our three brave dead comrades that night, carried our wounded to the house wher
condition which it is attempted to bring down Missouri and Maryland. If any thing were wanting to strengthen this view, it will be found in attendant events. The resolutions they adopted on the 8th of September, sanctioning the entrance of General Anderson's forces, were accompanied by one declaring that no person should be touched in his life, liberty, or property on account of his political opinions. Yet, on the very day, I believe, that these resolutions passed, the agents of the Federal Gm, and its woeful neglect of every right of. the Kentucky citizen; but you have to deal with a power which respects neither Constitution nor laws, and which, if successful, will reduce you to the condition of prostrate and bleeding Maryland. General Anderson, the military dictator of Kentucky, announces in one of his proclamations that he will arrest no one who does not act, write, or speak in opposition to Mr. Lincoln's Government. It would have completed the idea if he had added, or think in
guns were rifled pieces of the heaviest calibre, eighty-pounders; while an enormous ten-inch columbiad occupied the centre, with a nine-inch shell gun beside it. The remainder were forty-two-pounders and thirty-two-pounders, navy patterns, taken from the artillery park at Norfolk Navy Yard. There was a furnace for heating shot. The rifled guns were cast in the moulds of nine and ten-inch columbiads, and rifled with a six-inch bore. These and the columbiads are new, and bear the stamp of Anderson's Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond. Abundance of shot and shell, grape and canister, was left about all the guns. The scene on entering the fort was extremely interesting. Every thing bore testimony to the terrible effect of the feu d'enfer of the preceding four hours. The sand was strewed with. fragments of exploded shells, which had perforated the wood-work and torn up the turf from parapet and traverses everywhere. Five guns, of the fifteen just named, were dismounted, the ten-inch c
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