The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 8. Page: 312
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OPERATIONS IN MO., ARK., KANS., AND IND. T. [CHAP. XVIII.
fire on the enemy's line until the last of the battery had limbered up
and moved a way.
To my personal staff. Wright C. Schaunmberg, my acting assistant
adjutant-general, and Capt. Francis Von Phul, my acting aide, my
thanks are particularly due for their promptness in carrying my orders
to different parts of the field under the heaviest fire. Captain Schaum-
berg rendered nme the greatest assistance in keeping the line in order
while retiring before the enemy. Maj. Clark Kennerly, acting ord-
nance officer, rendered efficient service in carrying orders and supply-
ing the troops with ammunition on the field. Mr. Charles 3yser, who
on the first day acted as volunteer aide. also has my thanks.
I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
HENRY LITTLE,
Colonel, Commanding First Brigade.
Capt. B. H. BRAND, Assistant Adjutant-General.
No. 44.
Report of Col. Thomas H. Rosser, commanding Second Brigade, Confed-
erate Cavalry.
HDQRS. SECOND BTnIGADE CONFED. VOL. CAV.,
Camp Ben. McCulloch, Ark., March 21, 1862.
GENERAL: In compliance with the duty imposed upon me as the
ranking officer of my brigade, occasioned by a severe wound received
by General William Y. Slack on the morning of the 7th instant, I have
the honor to report such of the particulars of the battle of Elkhorn as
came under my immediate view and connected particularly with my
command :
At an early hour on the morning of the 7th instant, simultaneously
with the general moving of the army, General Slack ordered the entire
infantry of the brigade, composed of the battalions of Col. J. T. Hughes,
Maj. R. S. Bevier, and that under my command, to march in the direc-
tion of Trott's Hill, or Sugar Mountain, which order was promptly
obeyed. The column had barely deployed into line of battle near the
summit of the mountain when we encountered a sharp volley of musket
and rifle balls from the enemy, producing but little effect, however, in
our ranks. The shock to our new recruits was only momentary, and in
a few moments our brave general so disposed the men as not only to
protect them from injury, but resulted in the entire rout of the enemy
from his ambuscade.
With deep regret I have to state that at the early part of this engage-
ment General Slack received a severe and painful wound in the region
of the hip, which compelled him at once to leave the field, and by his
order I assumed the command of the brigade. My horse was also killed
under me without injury to myself.
As soon as it was ascertained from the scouts which had been sent
to different portions of the mountain that the enemy had fled, the three
battalions were so distributed, en echelon, as effectually to protect us
from surprise, either upon our flanks, front, or rear. This distribution
of the troops enabled the commands of Colonels Hughes and Bevier,.
aided by a detached company of my battalion, under the command of
Lieut. Jeptha Duncan, to repulse a charge of a large body of cav-312
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