HOLDING KENTUCKY FOR THE UNION.

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Thomas reported his loss in action as 39 killed and 207 wounded, thecasualties being confined entirely to the 10th Indiana, 4th Kentucky , 2dMinnesota, 9th Ohio , and Wolford’s cavalry. Colonels McCook and Frywere among the wounded. The enemy’s loss he reported as 192 killed, 89prisoners not wounded, and 68 prisoners wounded. Crittenden’s reportstated his own loss at 125 killed, 309 wounded, and 99 missing, much theheaviest loss being in the 15th Mississippi (Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Wal-thall), of Zollicoffer’s brigade, which had led the attack on Fry and foughtthrough the whole engagement.

Besides the property mentioned above, a large amount of ammunition, com-missary stores, intrenching tools, camp and garrison equipage and muskets,and five stands of colors were found in the camp. The demoralization wasacknowledged by Crittenden in his report, in which he says: “ From MillSprings and on the first steps of my march officers and men, frightened byfalse rumors of the movements of the enemy, shamefully deserted, and, steal-ing horses and mules to ride, fled to Knoxville, Nashville , and other placesin Tennessee .” Of one cavalry battalion, he reported that all had desertedexcept twenty-five. On his retreat his sick-list increased greatly from lack offood and fatigue, and the effective force of his army was practically destroyed.

After entrance into his intrenchments had demonstrated the panic that ex-isted in the enemy’sforces, Fry saidto Thomas : “Gen-eral, why didn’tyou send in a de-mand for surren-der last night! ”

Looking at him amoment as if re-flecting, Thomasreplied: “ Hang it,

Fry, I never oncethought of it.” Atthis time origina-ted a saying oftenheard in the West-ern army after-ward. A sprightly

young prisoner slightly wounded was allowed the freedom of the camp. Tosome soldiers chaffing him about his army being in such a hurry as even tothrow away their haversacks, he replied: “Well, we were doing prettygood fighting till old man Thomas rose up in his stirrups, and we heardhim holler out: ‘ Attention, Creation ! By kingdoms right wheel! ’ and then

we knew you had us, and it was no time to carry weight.”

Thomas’s victory was complete, and the road was opened for the advance intoEast Tennessee which he had so long endeavored to make and which was

NATIONAL CEMETERY AT LOGAN’S CROSS ROADS.FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN 1887.

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