The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 44
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WEST TENN. AND NORTHERN MISS.
No. 3.-Col. Mortimer D. Leggett, Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, commanding First
Brigade, of skirmish near Bolivar, Tenn., August 30,1862.
No. 4.-Col. Michael K. Lawler, Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, of skirmishes at Medon
and near Toone's Station, August 31, 1862, and at Britton's Lane, near Den-
mark, Tenn., September 1, 1862.
No. 5.-Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong, C. S. Army, of skirmish near Bolivar, Tenn.,
August 30,1862, and at Britton's Lane, near Denmark, Tenn., September 1,
1862.
No. 1.
Report of Brig. Gen. Leonard F. Ross, U. S. Army, commanding .District
of Jackson, Tenn., of operations August 30-September 1, 1862.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF JACKSON,
Jalcson, Tenn., September 7, 1862.
I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of
troops under my command during August 30 and 31 and September 1
instant:
On the morning of August 30 I received a dispatch from Col. M. M.
Crocker, commanding at Bolivar, that that post was threatened by a
large force advancing from the south, and subsequently that Colonel
Leggett had been sent out to make an attack on the advancing column
of the enemy; that a skirmish had taken place with a force supposed
to be about 4,000 strong and that re-enforcements had been asked for
and sent forward. Feeling that an attack was being made on Bolivar
I took the first train for that place. On arriving I ascertained that a
severe skirmish had taken place 4 miles south of Bolivar between the
forces under Colonel Leggett, consisting of the Twentieth and Seventy-
eighth Regiments of Ohio Volunteers ; four companies of the Second
Illinois Cavalry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Hogg ; two companies of the
Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, under Major Puterbaugh, and one section of
artillery, and the whole rebel force.
After a skirmish of about seven hours by our infantry, our artillery
was brought to bear upon the enemy ; this, followed by a gallant charge
of our cavalry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Hogg, drove the enemy from
the field. In this charge Colonel Hogg fell, while engaged in a hand-
to-hand fight with Colonel McCulloch, by a shot fired by one of Mc-
Culloch's men. Night coming on, our forces fell back to within sup-
porting distance of the balance of the division, formed a line of battle,
and awaited a renewal of the attack. In the morning the enemy was
nowhere in sight, but I heard that his main force had moved to our
right and had gone north. Fearing an attack on Jackson in force, the
place being but weakly garrisoned, without fortifications, I directed
that Colonel Dennis, stationed at Estaniaula, with the Twentieth and
Thirtieth Illinois Volunteers, two companies of cavalry, under Captain
Foster, and one section of artillery, return at once to Jackson, for which
place I took the first train.
Within an hour of my return I was informed that the telegraph
wires were cut and the railroad bridges fired between here and Bolivar,
and that four companies of the Forty-fifth Illinois Volunteers at Medon,
under Captain Palmer, were attacked by superior numbers. Six com-
panies of the Seventh Missouri Volunteers, under Major Oliver, were
at once sent forward to re-enforce Medon. Orders were also dispatched
to Colonel Dennis, who was moving toward this place, to change his
direction toward Medon, attack the enemy in the rear, and if possible
cut them to pieces and capture them.44
[CHAP. xxl.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1886; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154626/m1/55/?q=%221862%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.