September 12, 1861 Continued

During the entire action Gen. Floyd exposed himself greatly
& was the first man wounded, -- A minie
ball struck his arm but & inflicted quite
a painful wound but broke no bone.
While on horse back his saddle was
stuck behind & a bullet passed through
his coat. Maj. Glass, Capt. Peters, Mr McMahon
were & myself were near him during the
battle, & hundreds of bullets struck around,
& passed very near us, & several shells explo-
ded in a few feet of us but Heaven protected
us & we miraculously escaped.

At night the conflict ceased, & two
prisoners were taken, who informed us
that Rosencranz commanded in person
10 regiments, with 2 rifled cannon &
3 Mountain Howitzers, also that two
more regiments, with additional artillery
would arrive reinforce them from Cox
during the night. A council of war was
at once convened, & taking into consider-
ation that our men had eaten nothing
since morning, & of course wld. be in bad
condition to fight on the following day,
the immense superiority of the enemy
in numbers & artillery, it was determined to
retreat across the river & the movement was
immediately commenced. Our force, was
with wagons were conveyed over during
the night with inconsiderable loss.