"The place was judiciously chosen, and skillfully defended," continues Alston, "and the result was that we were repulsed with severe loss, about 25 killed and 20 wounded. Among the killed, as usual, were our best men and officers, including Colonel Chenault, Major Brent, Captain Trible, Lieutenants Cowan, Ferguson, and another whose name I do not remember."

"Indeed," says Captain Cunningham, "this was the darkest day that ever shone upon our command; 11 commissioned officers were killed, and 9 wounded. After heavy slaughter upon both sides, our forces withdrew; loss, about 60 killed and wounded on each side."

Colonel Moore says, officially, "My position was strong, and his loss was over 50 killed, and over 200 wounded. I took no prisoners. My loss was 6 killed, 23 wounded, and one prisoner. The victory was complete. I fought with my fraction of a regiment of 200 men."

On Sunday morning, July 5th, General Morgan appeared before Lebanon with a force of 4,600 men, and demanded its immediate surrender, together with the troops, numbering about 325. Colonel Hanson commanding, refused to surrender, and Morgan immediately commenced the attack with his four pieces of artillery.

"After a fight of seven hours," says Alston, "General Morgan, finding the town could not be taken in any other way, ordered a charge to be made. Colonel Hanson still held out, in hopes of receiving reinforcements, and only surrendered, after we had fired the buildings in which he was posted. By this surrender we obtained a sufficient quantity of guns to arm all our men who were without them; also, a quantity of ammunition, of which we stood sorely in need.

"At the order to charge, Duke's regiment rushed forward, and poor Tommy Morgan, who was always in the lead, fell back, almost at the first volley, pierced through the heart. This was a crushing blow to General Morgan. Our men behaved badly here, breaking open stores, and plundering indiscriminately."

Morgan's victory at Lebanon was bought at the loss of fifty-six killed, and one hundred and forty-eight wounded. Our loss was, in action, three killed and sixteen wounded; after action, two men murdered, first sergeant, Joseph Slaughter, and private Samuel Ferguson; both killed on the way to Springfield.

While Alston was paroling the prisoners, at Lebanon, he was informed that a Federal force of two regiments of cavalry and a battery of artillery were approaching; he thereupon ordered the prisoners to Springfield, as he says, "upon the double-quick," where they arrived after dark, in a deluge of rain.

Alston, having been detained at Springfield, the next morning, two hours after the command had left, was himself made a prisoner, by our cavalry, on the Bardstown road. "My God!" says he, “how I hated it, no one can understand. The first thought, after my wife and children, was my fine mare, 'Fannie Johnson,' named after a pretty little cousin, of Richmond, Virginia. I said, 'poor Fannie, who will treat you as kindly as I have done?'"

The stubborn resistance Morgan met with at Columbia, Green River Bridge, and Lebanon, had retarded his march, and enabled a concentration of our forces at Lebanon, sufficient to begin the pursuit, with confident hope of success, should they overtake him. "Generals Hobson and Shakleford joined Wolford, near Spring

field, and Hobson being the senior officer, took command of the whole force, increased by the 9th and 12th, and detachments of the 8th and 3d Kentucky cavalry. and one section of an Ohio battery, making Hobson's whole force nearly 8,000 men.

We were now twenty-four hours behind Morgan, and with our ammunition and ambulance train, making a column of three miles in length. As we looked along our line of jaded horses, and thought of his fresh ones, being gathered along his line of march, we could hardly be hopeful of success in the pursuit, unless General Judah should head him in front, or General Boyle at Louisville.

We pursued, however, with great energy, and, until our provisions were exhausted, we gained upon the enemy. He exhausted the supplies of the people before us; and hence the delay at Lebanon Junction, in order to get rations for a further pursuit.

This enabled him to reach the Ohio river, at Brandenburg, on the 7th of July; where, as Cunningham says, "Captain Sam Taylor, (of the old Rough and Ready family,) had succeeded in capturing two fine steamers." With these Morgan crossed his forces over to the Indiana shore, not, however, without stout resistance from the Home Guards, with one piece of artillery.

The crossing, owing in part to this opposition, occupied them from eight o'clock, A. M., of the 8th, till seven, A. M., of the 9th; after this was effected, Morgan took the precaution to burn one of the steamers-the other was released. Our forces arriving soon after, found it necessary to send for another; and then it took until daylight the next morning to get all our forces over; thus giving the enemy again twenty-four hours advance.

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On the 9th, Morgan arrived at Corydon, where the militia, in small force, gallantly resisted his advance, killing and wounding several, and detaining him for some three hours. Cunningham says "fighting near there 4,500 State militia, and capturing 3,400 of them, and dispersing the remainder!"

With this exception. Morgan met with but little hindrance in all his raid through Indiana and Ohio, till he attempted to recross the Ohio at Buffington Island. This was not owing to any lack of patriotism among the people, but to the utter surprise and panic caused by his sudden appearance along their highways. The militia was concentrated at the large towns and cities, and Morgan, informed by his scouts and sympathizers, had only to avoid those places and pursue his

course.

Whatever his original object and prospects may have been, not having met with the promised reception, his purpose now, probably was, to get out of the State, if possible, knowing that his pursuers would allow him but little time for ulterior exploits.

The people, through fear, even fed and watered his troops, without delay; and thus enabled him to outmarch us, upon the fresh horses stolen, from the country for five miles on each side of his line of march. The country thus stripped of horses inevitably prevented us from keeping equal pace with him.

But there never was a more enthusiastic reception of troops than we received, all through Indiana and Ohio; hundreds, yes, thousands of people flocking with provisions to aid us in overtaking the invader; while thousands of beautiful young ladies and enthusiastic matrons and children, handed us water and bread as

we passed their doors. It was one grand cheering procession, urging us forward and enlivening our march,

We gathered a few horses, also, by order of the General, giving receipts for them; and some may have been pressed by the soldiers without leaving any; yet, notwithstanding all our efforts to keep up the command, more than five hundred men were left on the line of march from the exhaustion of their horses.

General Hobson declared his intention to overtake and fight the enemy with five hundred men, should all the rest give out upon the road.

Cunningham (although a great liar and Rebel scamp, occasionally told some truth,) says: "From Corydon we moved on without a halt, through Salisbury and Palmyra to Salem, at which point, telegraphing with our operator, we first learned the stations and numbers of the enemy aroused for the hunt-discovered that Indianapolis was running over with them-that New Albany contained 10,000; that 3,000 had just arrived at Mitchel; and, in fact, that 25,000 men were armed and ready to meet the 'bloody invader.''

At Salem they captured 500 Home Guard, and destroyed the railroad bridge and track, sent a scout to the Ohio and Mississippi road, near Seymour, to burn two bridges and a depot, and destroy the track for two miles, which was done in an incredible short time.

From Salem they passed on to Lexington, destroying in the night the depot and track at Vienna. From Lexington they passed on north to the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, near Vernon, where they "had a skirmish with General Manson's infantry force, as a feint, while the main force moved round the town to Dupont, where squads were sent out to cut the various railroads entering at Vernon.