and wounded, and list of rebel wounded, and | left by us at Mount Zion. I have the honor to be, Captain, very respectfully, your obedient

servant,

B. M. PRENTISS,
Brigadier-General,

List of killed and wounded at the battle of Mount
Zion, December 28, 1861, of the First Regiment of
Sharpshooters-Colonel Birge commanding.
Severely Wounded.-W. Derot, Company B,
since died; Sergeant Larimore, Company B; J.
Manar, Company B; P. Putnam, Company B;
C. H. Machie, Company H; H. Gurnon, Com-
pany H; C. Atherton, Company H.

Slightly Wounded.-A. Henoesi, Company A; John Lynch, Jesse Chambers, L. Beach, D. Martimore, W. H. Blake, Tobias Miller, Peter Edwards, Company B; Sergeant Weeks, Company D; Sergeant Lemon, Corporal Carr, J. M. Parker, J. Vinton, M. Grady, T. Slevin, Company H.

List of rebel wounded left at Mount Zion Church,

after the battle of December 28, 1861.

W. C. McLean, arm broken; Wm. Phillips, shot through stomach; Wm. Swader, Calloway County, (since died,) right breast; Wm. T. Ives, Lincoln County, through groin; Major Thomas Breckinridge, Warren County, right arm and | left breast; John H. Jones, Warren County, thigh; Samuel Barnum, Lincoln County, left shoulder; F. J. Brougham, Calloway County, neck; A. J. Parson, Montgomery County, left thigh; Robert Snead, Lincoln County, both thighs; C. King, Lincoln County, both thighs; W. H. Vaughn, Lincoln County, throat; C. McDonald, St. Charles County, both thighs; Abram Bramberger, Calloway County, left breast; J. E. McConnell, Montgomery County, right thigh; L. Davis, Breckinridge County, right cheek and neck; F. G. Henderson, St. Charles County, hand; R. S. Montford, Calloway County, calf of leg; J. Crossman, Boone County, small of back; C. Cuisenberry, Boone County, right breast; Kernan, St. Charles County, left hand and face; John Bailey, Warren County, thigh; Captain Myers, Warren County, side; W. R. Smith, Pike County, left shoulder; Martin, Pike County, leg; Lawrence Jacobie, Pike County, hand. Four names not obtained, dangerously wounded.

Slightly Wounded.-Captain J. T. Harland, Company A; F. S. Morris, Company A; Joseph Washburne, Company A; Daniel Barret, Company A; J. H. Warnesbry, Company B; James Eagle, do.; Marion Morrell, Company C; Thos. Phillipot, do.; Henry Ferguson, do.; John Wessell, do.; Thomas Kirby, do.; John Scroggen, do.; William Beman, do.; Robert Allen, do.; Herbert Reed, Company D; J. A. Flickiner, do.; J. H. Turner, Company A; Henry Alters, Company A; Daniel Shannehan, Company B; Julius Kreuling, Company B; Henry Henry, Company C; Henry S. Akers, do.; Jesse Steele, do.; William H. Howell, do.; John R. Rogers, do.; Millard Williams, do.; William B. Davis, Company F; John Macklin, do.; George Lopez, do.;

John W. Donaldson, do.; Allen H. Fite, Com-
pany F.

Report of killed and wounded at the skirmish near
Hallsville, December 27, 1861, and at the battle of
Mount Zion, December 28, 1861, of Colonel John
Glover's Third Missouri Cavalry.

Killed.-Hugh Gregg, Company C; Alfred
Magers, do.; G. Milton Douglas, do.

Severely Wounded.—Andreus Goodrich, Company A, since died; Wm. Wright, Company B, since died; Charles Carnehan, Company A, since died; D. H. Hindman, do., 'do.; C. C. Washburn, do., do.; John R. Stewart, Company O, do.; George Barcastle, do., do.; Isaac_Black, do., do.; Win. H. Hardin, Company E, do.; Benjamin F. Tidell, do., do.

MISSOURI "DEMOCRAT" ACCOUNT.

CAMP MCCLELLAN, NORTH MISSOURI, STURGEON, Saturday, Dec. 28. One of the sharpest battles of the war was fought about eighteen miles from this place today. Colonel Birge, commanding his regiment of sharpshooters, had learned through his spies that a rebel camp was located at a place called Mount Zion Meeting House, in Boone County. General Prentiss having come to this place yesterday with about three hundred cavalry, under command of Colonel Glover, he accordingly organized a command of five companies of sharpshooters, under Colonel Birge, and two hundred cavalry, under Colonel Glover, and moved toward the rebel camp. Arriving within about a mile, General Prentiss ordered Col│onel Glover to attack a detachment of about one hundred, which had taken position in a lane. He did so with great gallantry, killing a number, and taking several prisoners. The others fled to camp.

The order of battle was now assumed. Colonel Birge, with three companies of his command, advanced through the field, taking the left, joined the force of Colonel Glover, while General Prentiss held a position with a reserve of sharpshooters and a portion of cavalry. The attack was commenced in full force. The fire from the whole rebel line was terrific upon the right wing. For a moment our column wavered and fell back. Colonel Birge, observing this, rode into the most perfect storm of leaden hail that was ever met on battle-field, calling upon the men to rally. Colonel Glover, coming up with Major Temple, and uniting with Colonel Birge, soon rallied the whole line, and the fight became terrible. Captain Boyd, advancing from the right wing, poured in from the rifles, at every fire, messengers of death. Colonel Birge, with a daring that could not be excelled, led on the left wing. He soon saw the enemy on the right giving way, and, sounding the cry of victory, the whole line rushed forward, and the rebels fled in every direction. Colonel Birge pursued them, with Captain Boyd, for two miles, killing four, and taking five prisoners.

The rebel battle-ground-what a sight! After they had taken away, before they fled, seven

wagon loads, it was then completely covered the 28th. Long before the hour arrived, the with dead and wounded. The rebels had taken men were in the saddle, and eager for the chosen ground in the woods, where cavalry march. We started at the hour, and arrived could not operate. Colonel Glover, however, near the scene of the last night's fight just dismounted his cavalry, and led them forward after daylight. Proceeding cautiously over the with his usual bravery. The coolness and dar- ground, we saw just beyond, in a lane, the ading of Colonel Birge, in rallying his men in the vance guard of the enemy, about one hundred midst of a perfect tornado of bullets, is deserv-strong, who were disposed to dispute our furing of all the praise due to a gallant soldier; and ther advance. what is more for him, during the three hours the battle raged, he never left his position in advance of the line, cheering his men on.

The rebels lost, in killed, wounded, and missing, not less than one hundred and fifty. Ninety horses were taken, and a load of arms, saddles, and all their camp equipage. Our loss, eight or nine killed, and about twenty-five wounded. ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE BY ONE WHO WAS

ENGAGED IN IT.

Lieut. Yates, of Company B, who led our advance guard, dismounted his men, and gave the rebels a taste of his Sharp's rifles. He had not opened fire but a few moments, when Captain Bradway was ordered to charge on the enemy with his company. This he did, and the rebels, who before this had broken, fled in all directions. Colonel Glover, who, with two companies of infantry and three of cavalry, had gone across an adjoining field, came up in time to assist in the pursuit, and captured some twenty of the rebels. The enemy lost in this encounter four killed and seven wounded. None of our men were killed or wounded.

On Monday, December 23d, six companies of Colonel Glover's cavalry received marching orders for the next day, with instructions to take their camp equipage and four days' rations. On the 25th they started, accompanied by Brig.-Gen. Prentiss and part of his staff, Col. Glover, Major Carrick, and Adjutant White being in command. They arrived at Sturgeon, on the North Missouri Railroad, at seven o'clock of the 26th, and half frozen-having made a forced march, in the face of a bitter cold wind, of twenty-eight miles, twelve of which being unbroken prairie, in less than ten hours. On his arrival, General Prentiss received information of the existence of a camp of rebels near a meeting house known as Mount Zion, about six-hundred strong. The men fought well and teen miles from Sturgeon.

As soon as we had secured the prisoners and attended to the wounded, Col. Glover ordered Major Carrick to take one of the prisoners, and a company of cavalry, and go and find the exact location of the enemy's camp; while the balance of the men were ordered to take position a half mile in advance of where we had met the rebel advance guard. The major took the prisoner, and thirty men, and soon found the stronghold of the enemy. Ordering the men to dismount, Major Carrick, with a bravery and daring worthy of a better fate, attacked the enemy six

never flinched under the terrible fire of the enemy, until they were ordered to retreat by the Major. In this attack we lost three killed and several wounded, together with ten prisoners.

In the mean time Gen. Prentiss had ordered the infantry,under the command of Col. Birge, to advance under the cover of a cornfield, deploying as skirmishers, and attack the enemy on the north or rear, while Col. Glover, with the entire force of cavalry, made an attack on the east and

On the morning of the 27th, he despatched Captain Howland, of Company A, with fortysix men of his command, under the direction of the man who gave the information, to find the whereabouts of the rebel encampment. This guide, by the way, had said that there were but sixty or eighty rebels at the place spoken of. Captain H., after having satisfied himself of the location of the rebel camp, began his march back to Sturgeon, when just at sunset he came upon the rear guard of the enemy, who appear-south, thus almost completely surrounding the ed to have prepared themselves to cut him off on his return. Captain Howland immediately attacked and dispersed the rebels, taking seven prisoners, six horses, and nine guns. While he was engaged in securing his prisoners and horses, the main body of the enemy, some four hundred and fifty strong, who had heard the firing, made an attack on his handful of men, and after half an hour of desperate fighting, succeeded in dispersing them, wounding four-among them the gallant captain, and taking three privates and himself prisoners.

Immediately on the receipt of the news of the fight, brought by those who had escaped, General Prentiss gave orders for the six companies of cavalry, and three of Colonel Birge's sharpshooters, to be ready to march for the rebel camp at two o'clock on the morning of

enemy and rendering his capture certain. But for reasons unknown to the writer, the sharpshooters failed to attack from the cornfield and woods, instead of which they passed through the field and came out into the lane immediately in front of Col. Glover. This deranged the order of battle; and the consequence was, that the sharpshooters and cavalry became mingled in the final charge. Col. Glover pressed forward with his men, until a shower of bullets warned him that it was time to dismount, as bushwhacking was the order of the day. The men dismounted, and the battle soon became general. From the woods, where the enemy was hidden from view, came a perfect hailstorm of bullets. From Mount Zion, where the main body of the enemy was posted, came a continuous roar of fire-arms. From the lane,

the open field, and the cornfield, the sharp | five guns, and a large number of horses, blan crack of Sharp's rifles blended with the louder kets, powder-horns and shot-bags. After attendreport of the Enfield and Dimmick. Our mening to our wounded, we began to return to fought like heroes, and never a man of them Sturgeon, which we reached at nine o'clock flinched. There was not a moment, from the the same night. -Hannibal (Mo.) Messenger. beginning of the battle to the end, when the fate of the day was undecided.

After the firing had lasted about half an hour, Col. Glover gave the order to charge on the enemy. "Come on, men," said he, "let us fight them in their own way-let us bushwhack them." With a wild cheer the men followed the lead of their intrepid commander. Springing over the fence, they were soon face to face with the enemy. Our foes largely outnumbered us, and had the advantage of position; they were brave men, and fought well. But their bravery and numbers availed but little against the daring and impetuosity of our men. As soon as we got into the woods where we could see the rebels, our rifles began to tell with ter

rible effect on their ranks. Men fell in all directions, until the ground was fairly covered with dead and wounded. For ten minutes after we entered the woods, the enemy held their ground, and then broke and fled in every direction. We followed them for three-quarters of a mile beyond the church and then gave up the chase. From first to last, the battle lasted

about two hours.

Doc. 241.

THE FIGHT AT SACRAMENTO, KY.

A SECESSION ACCOUNT.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Nashville Banner gives a spirited account of the fight at Sacramento, Ky., between a number of Confederate cavalry, headed by Colonel Forrest, of Mississippi, and three hundred Hessian cavalry, under Major Murray. The writer, after detailing a few preliminaries, says:

Our men immediately put off in pursuit toward Calhoun, and in a short time came up with the enemy and opened fire upon his rear. The enemy wheeled and fired, but in a few moments fled in the wildest confusion, with our gallant band in hot pursuit. Never were men more terribly in earnest than was this Lincoln cavalry in their efforts to get away, and never were men more terribly in earnest than were our men in the pursuit. "Over the hills and far away" they flew, the capes of their large blue overcoats flying in the breeze, and reminding the pursuers of a flock of buzzards suddenly scared up from their feast. At first, their horses being fresh, they gained on us, but pretty soon it became evident that we were nearing them. Pistols loaded, sabres, and overcoats were strewn along the road. Ichabod Crane on his redoubtable steed Gunpowder, or Tam O'Shanter on his old gray mare when the

Thus ended one of the most severely contested and bloody battles that has been fought in Missouri, in proportion to the numbers engaged. Our force consisted of six companies of cavalry, numbering about three hundred, and parts of three companies of Col. Birge's Sharpshooterssay one hundred and fifty men. Thus our whole force did not exceed four hundred and fifty, men and officers. To this the rebels opposed seven hundred or seven hundred and fifty men, nearly all of whom were armed with double-barrelled shot guns, making their num-witches got after him, never came so near flying bers equal to fifteen hundred men. If they had fired low, with this immense superiority, they would have annihilated us. But, fortunately for us, they fired too high, and most of their shots passed over our heads.

as did these valorous Kentucky Yankees. Here they went, helter-skelter, our men after them, and here and there passing in the road men whom the unerring aim of our gallant boys had caused to bite the dust. The race through Our loss was three killed, three mortally and Sacramento was beautiful. As we went through about fifteen slightly wounded. The loss of the ❘ that village in hot pursuit, the men of the village enemy, as far as I could ascertain, was twenty-threw up their hats and shouted, "Go it, boysone killed and over one hundred wounded. Forty of the wounded were left on the field and in the church. Eight of these have since died, and I was told by Dr. Brown, who was called to attend the wounded, that there would but very few of the forty recover, their wounds being nearly all mortal. Among the wounded was Major Breckinridge and Adjutant Henderson. An hour after the battle Adjutant Henderson came in with a flag of truce, and asked the privilege of burying their dead and attending to their wounded. This was granted by

Gen. Prentiss.

The enemy were commended by Col. Dorsey, Lieut.-Col. Kent, and Major Breckinridge. We took twenty-seven prisoners, one hundred and

catch 'em and give 'em hell." The women, God bless them, waved their handkerchiefs, and shouted our gallant boys on to the charge. Lieut.-Col. Love, who had gone out as a guide to the expedition, it is said had to run through Sacramento, and bets of two to one were freely offered that he would be the first to Calhoun. What became of the gallant Major Murray, who commanded the expedition, we couldn't tell, but it is supposed that he was outdistanced in the race, and must have made fine time. The gallant and dashing Starnes was in front of the charge, and Capt. Bacon fell from his welldirected pistol shot. Bacon shot at Starnes several times and made a pass at him with his sabre, leaving a mark on Starnes' hat; but, level

Express making out from Newport News, with a transport schooner in tow. She got round the point of Newport News with her charge, when our gallant commodore put chase after them, and run them toward Old Point.

The Sea Bird opened fire on the Express, and after one or two discharges the latter cut aloose from her tow and left her. The position of the schooner where the Express left her was well over in the enemy's lines, but even that consideration did not deter the victor from securing his prize. He dashed into her and tackled on, and in making his way back eight gunboats and an armed transport put out for him from Old Point and Newport News, with the purpose of cutting him off. But it appears they were just

ing a pistol at him, Starnes soon brought him | morning, when she espied the Federal steamer to the ground. Bacon died like a man, and, to his credit be it spoken, used every effort to rally his flying men. He is the only man of the enemy who behaved with any gallantry in the fight. On our return, having chased the Kentucky Hessians within four miles of their camp, Bacon was lying on the road side, not yet dead, but it was evident that he must soon breathe his last. He asked for some water, which was given, and he was kindly removed to a neighboring house, when he exclaimed, "Well, could I have expected such kindness under the circumstances?" He was a gallant man, and deserved a better fate than to have fallen in the vain attempt to rally such a crowd of cowards. In the charge, Col. Starnes was several times in the very midst of the retreating enemy, heed-five or six minutes too late, and in chasing her less of danger and insensible to fear. Col. Forrest fought with reckless intrepidity and daring, laying several of the enemy low with his own arm. He and Starnes in the very front of the charge, dealt their blows right and left with telling effect. The enemy lost some twenty killed, and about the same number wounded and taken prisoners-among the latter Capt. Davis, of Louisville, Kentucky, formerly of Robertson County, Tennessee. We lost only two killed-Capt. Merriweather, while gallantly leading the charge at the head of his company, and W. H. Terry, a private in Capt. McLemore's company from Williamson County, who fell by a sabre thrust while fighting gallantly. We had three wounded. Altogether, it was a brilliant affair. Our men behaved with great gallantry. The enemy's force consisted of about three hundred picked men who had volunteered on the expedition to capture Starnes. To cover their shameful and disgraceful and cowardly retreat, I have no doubt they reported when they got back to camp that they were pursued by at least a thousand men. I have no doubt they thought so, for they were certainly too much alarmed to compute numbers calmly, and evidently thought the very devil was after them, from the way they ran.

-Raleigh (N. C.) Spirit of the Age, Jan. 15.

Doo. 242.
AFFAIR IN HAMPTON ROADS, VA.,
DECEMBER 29, 1861.

A REBEL ACCOUNT.

WE have the satisfaction of spreading before our readers to-day some of the particulars of a spirited and dashing achievement on the part of Commodore Lynch, of the Confederate Navy, on board of his flagship, the Sea Bird, which gallant little steamer mounts a 32-pounder forward, and a 12-pounder aft.

Commodore Lynch went down to Sewall's Point on Saturday night, and took a position under the guns of our battery at that place, where she remained all night until Sunday

she kept up a continual fire upon them, turning around every time to give them the best she had, the forward rifled 32-pounder. The sport became so intensely interesting to the Yankees that they waded in a little beyond their depth, and woke up the boys on Sewall's Point, who opened fire on them. They finding further pursuit of the commodore vain, turned their attention on the batteries that were peppering them so unmercifully. And now the matter began to wear somewhat the appearance of earnestness, as though the boys were going to work, even allowing it was Sunday morning, and going on to church time. The batteries continued to fire at the Federal vessels, which did their best toward silencing them; but the job was somewhat too extensive for them, and withal so warm, that they speedily determined to give Sewall's Point a very wide berth. They got well out of range of our shot as soon as they could, but not until three of them had got a dose which took the starch out of them.

The gunboats fairly rained the shot and shell at the Sewall's Point battery while they did have the courage to continue the engagement, which, altogether, including the chase after the Sea Bird, lasted two and a half or three hours. Several hundred shot and shell were fired at our battery, and not a single person received even a scratch.

An old rooster, however, which happened to get in the way was made into a roaster for his pains, as we are informed by a communication from a friend who was on the ground. We annex his communication:

SEWALL'S POINT, Sunday, December 29, 1861. MR. EDITOR: Eight gunboats and au armed transport attacked a little Confederate gunboat this morning, and engaged this battery about two hours. We answered with some of the guns from our battery. Nobody hurt but one fine rooster, which was killed. The men were very cool. The rooster was duly prepared, roasted, and eaten by some of the boys. A rare treat for Christmas times.

What glorification for Yankeedom-one rooster killed; none wounded or missing. This brilliant affair will be heralded in capitals

in the New York Herald and other truthful | fortress exploded quite near us, and four or five prints. passed immediately over the deck. We succeeded in fighting our way through, with the prize in tow, without the slightest injury to either, and gratefully attribute our escape to something more than chance or human agency. We know that a large steamer was struck once and a smaller one twice, by our shot; the former was reported to be seriously injured. prize is a large schooner, her hold coated with zinc, and filled with water for Fortress Monroe. -Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 3.