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A RAID JiV TKLMttAPil.
REMARKABLE WORK OF JOHN VOtv
GAN'S OPERATOR.
Ilou lin*north Vnlori \\trts, s«ut
Hoffii* ]ispatchn, MiHlcd iencrali »ml
Coiuiiiuntled llm I'nion Furrci -It A\ as
Nut ItriK'uti'il Ourtn} the War.
[Copyright, l.Sim, by American Pmn .bisoc-ian- ti
IIKY are 11,iv a
st.i'i-11 Bile in i.-'i
in-* rit*jj«e 1. 'k i
u A. Likin.'i.N
This iihn-minfi i
notice wius tele
K a Ii i'd by the i
president- to 'S' U
II a 11 ec k i in
tnanding tlie I n
ion forces in the
west, July 1H, 18t)^.
On the same day
(i
e
11. J. 'I". 1
Joy It*,
o i n a n i i i K e
l* n.lon forces in
the st atr of Ken
tucky. wired iV-pi
Louisville I." tie
wardepaitnn :t at
V u s i n n i s
Ktai tJing new
"The relK'ls urd''iil't!illy huve miiiti'1 of
telegraph all around i: I'uere ia at
dan^'-r in Kentucky."
At that lime the (\mf rnilineH in (he
wot lay iilon^ northvrn .Mississippi and
Alabama, with fore.'s in oomtnatioii at
("liattaii'io^a and Knox»ilie, Teiin, The
main ui.m army was around Corinth,
Miss., where Hall.-ck was, and a portion of
llalleek'.H force, under (i.-ti. Hue!I, was
moving out aloti^ tlie Tetinessee river to
wards Chuttanin _:a.
Hut the (,'olifc.ler.tte en air man, M"i
gan, was out on his first rr at n 1- ati'l I.m
erranil wius to briti'4 nb.iut the -it
alarm indicuted in the dispateSi. -, of I'n-st
dent Lincoln and (Jvn. Boyle.
The ('onfederate troojis in Last Tennes
see were held in cheyk by a I nioti force at
at Cumberland Cap, the mountain pass to
Kentucky, and the southern commander
cail'l spare only a small force fo,- a demon
stration in the rear of Buell. (ae eoluniii,
consisting of two regiments and two small
ib-tachments, was pi.ietvl under Murij ii) to
ojier.-ue ia Kentueky, and his siicce-.s with
this small force a- due ih- manipula
tion of the telegraph, which he found i:i
workin i order on his route. As neither he
nor his compeers were permitted to repeat
he evploit by the same unique me! Iimls the
ca.se st mils alone in in:i ils of famous raids
Morg.-m took with him as telegraph opera
.rCMrge A. r.ll-. worth, of his command,
ami lifter he struck the first blow, which
waa at ToiupkinsviUo, ivy., July H, four
davs after he net out from Knoxville, Kils
wortli tapped the wire between Louisville
and Nashvill and le.-irn-d from pi-MiU
dispat lies that the I'nion authorities w-re
ttlanne I and were putting the railwa i: I
depot guards under orders. For t!i"
pose uf conf u ii tig the ene.ny n h-»gti- -its
patch, sigai'd bv the provost marsti.o at
NiLshviile, w:is sent over the wifv-s
pi'ovost nia!-sh il at Li'iisvilic anil ua 'ii
that a Confederate eoluiun under l-onv-it
was advun'-ing on Nasiiville and that
g-in was in that vicinity co-operatin
This v.v.s .July lo. and I'orr.st w.i» at the
time openititig agiinst. M'irfrcesb i but
he had not ikeri it. and .Morgan was then
over a hundred miles from it point
On the 1-th Morgan captured Li-'o:i"i!.
Ky., before daylight, and Kllswortli ..it
with the advance guard and seized the
griph ollice. Here found a dispatch sent
the day previously fr the I niou imiu
mamier at Lebanon to Uen. Boyle at Louis
ville, stating that U'hanon w.i.s thre.itone-l
and calling f«r re-enforeements imtne li
itlely. H: settled himself in the operator s
ruair and very soon he heard the iastru
ijient call B, which the books told him was
the sigual for L"bmon. The following
conversation then took place between Mils
.vurth, (Confederate, and a l'nio i operator
a i station between Lobiinon and Louts
illc:
T" B(l/»banon)! "M'lut \ny n-.,.re stir
nusliliiKv 7." ,_
lo /. station iiiiUm*-iO: N". wnat
cavalry there was away.
To II: "Has the train arrived yer /.
To Z: "So. About how many ti-'»ps .:i trair .*
!J."
Toll: About 5X). Z."
There wiw but one railroad,
a branch from
the Louisville and Nashville, but the re
enforcemonts were evidentiy coming in an
swer to the call of the day previous, and the
TAITIM*
v
WIM
important thing to Morgan, next to their
Strength, was their location at t-lu mo
nicnt To ascertain the stat io:i signaled as
Z, Kllsworth adopted the following clever
ruse, telegraphing to
••A pntlcma:i te-re the cl^rs ^u cannot
t-l I-I1 Ibnv dill he thin!: I «-...a!.l si*-ll it.—Z
To 7,: "II -thought you would Illlt
^Ebation Junction was the point of inter
section of the thirty miles of branch road
r,m. he Louisville Imic to Lebanoi. Mor-
liiwl returned to the junction. I ht n,, with
little urring, "Z" sent forward f»r the
informatioti of the Union commander
whom he st ill supposed to he in contiol at
I/-banoti, he copy of a long '^I-'
by the commander of the
(ien.
Boyie.
This gave Mor^an st e
wanted, for ho learned where fiw
detachment was and that the re-en-
forcem ":t *. i, iniJefinitely checked.
111. 1 "-ceded to seize nil the I 'hi e,
supplii.-. n i.eb-uioii, mid after attiodu::
to his own -ee'I«. a large amount was
burned. Subveijueiit ly Kllsworth reeei\ud
dip itehes by w,-iy of "//'jit the junction,
showing that (ien. Boyle did not know uf
Morgan's capture of Lebanon. They
showed also that I tuon troops from Louis
ville wore on tin road south in anticipa
tion of his cumiiig, and so instead of going
to LonUvill" the raitL'r* moved northeast,
striking tlie Loui^\iile itnd L' i..-- rail
road between '.'ranklort and i \-i.,,!..ti
i siiition cjilled Midway.
TRICKED AClA'S
The coinniand reached A-.[ ,i,
forenoon of the i tt h. the da the ^n-a
alarm in Washington and at ue:i. Boy le's
headquarters. ^I'Tgaii was in the heart of
Kentucky. I.'ils .viii I it entered ti. telegraph
otlice at Midway, surprised fli: i|K'rator
and made him prisoner, and a,"ter a few
Words of professional condoU^uee carelessly
iksked him to fall the Lexington ollice and
get the exact time of day. This wa.s a rase
to get the operator's style, and when he re
sponded Kllsworth found that lie was a
register operator, using paper to receive
answers. A litt le search brought to light
a signal book giving all of the calLs on
the tiue, audit appeared from dispatci.es TiAL1'!1 I) tTlJI/i'P VIA IIL'UA
which pusscd over the wires that the towns I U-Llj 1 AilllUl 1' 11 IjllU
all about were alert for Morgan, (in test -i
ing the wires the raider found that he
could safely cut ollf the Frankfort office
anil receive all its business at Midway. In
a snort time Lexington asked Midway if it
would he safe to run a tram bit ween those
stations. The answer was:
"All right: Come on. Xo rpltels here'"
Following this came a military ordet
from he I'nion commander at Lexington,
(ien. W to hi-, subordinate at Frank
fort, (ien. to move all his forces out
on tiiu railroad and await orders at Mid
way. It w w now necessary to deceive the
authorities and give Morgan a chance to lie
o!T one direction while his enemies were
Massing troops in another direction. KlIs
worth then telegraphed to I'nion head
quarters at Lexington that the raiders had
passed by Midway toward Frankfort.
It was necessary to confirm this letter by
I u bogus dispatch from Frankfort, but Ells
worth did not know the rales of charges
and could not risk a formal message for
fear of making a fatal mistake. He waited
sometime until the wires were occupied by
i through messages, and then broke in in
great excitement, calling frantically for
i Lcxiu'^ton. He got the circuit, of course,
and dispatched word to the I'nion com
mander at I/CxingTon that Morgan was be
fore Frankfort and had driven in he I'nion
pickets. Having the Frankfort signal
fiiirued it and ran the wire into the ground,
so that Lexington cot:Id not call Frankfort
1
again and detect the fraud
I The command then moved on toward
Lexington, reaching ieorgotown at night.
i Lllsworth sei/.ed the telegraph ollice. found
the instrument* removed, put hi his own,
and called Lexington. Morgan had de
cided to scare Lexington and ride around
it, north. so as to cross the line at Paris and
get out. of- the state. He was within sixty
miles of Cincinnati. Kllsworth said to Lex
ington: "Keep mum, I am in the ollice
reading by the sound of my magnet in the
dark. Morgan's men are here I crawled
in when no one saw inc."
To this he signed the (Jeorgetown signal
obtained at Mid v.
ay, and received the an
hwer, "Keep Don't be discovered.
How mntiv r-'beis there'-
GihkI liii.rnint (ieor^'e I
A N
ONE OF THE
RIFICES
*r».
A '-u A!'.
Softlv and mysteriously sped the answer
back, so cleverly worded that it reads like
tli" breathless whisper of a man in terror:
"1 don't know. 1 did not notice, As?
Morgan's operator was asking me about
my instruments, I told him I sent them to
Lexington."
Cincinnati now broke in anu calico
Georgetown, asking if the "rebels were
there. Kllsworth answered:
"Yes, Morgan's men are here." repeating
his story of working in the dark.
The raiders remained two days in George
town waiting for the scheme to mature
and draw all the attention of the I nion
commanders toward Lexington. hen the
command was ready to move oil the regu
lar operator, who was under guard, pio
poseil to Kllsworth that his telegraph in
struments, which had all the time been
skillfully hidden near at hand, should be
taken by the Confederates as his ransom.
"I agree to that," said the raider, "Tele
graph instruments r.re of more value to the
Southern Confederacy than Yankee operat
ors."
The exchange was made.
Morgan now rode north, avoiding Lex
ington altogether. Every eCort was made
by the authorities at a distance to have
him attacked at or near Lexington. A new
general was sent out by (ien. Boyle to take
command, and passing through I'rankfort
he reached I^xi'.igton the day Morgan
worth
tlvo 8 In
nass'd n irtli of it towards Cynthiana, be- stroy McCook In-fore aid could reach
and
Lexington), the raiders made a detour and
passed arouud I-exington to the south,
reaching a
place
called Crab Orchard ou
the 21st. The telegraph ran along the rotul
toward Somerset, where Morgan, as his
enemies knew, would naturally turn to re
cross Cumlierlaiid river. Kllsworth tapped
the wire, and soon heard a message from
Gen. Boyle to his subordinate at Danville
I I i A N K S 1 I i A Y 1 s i i o Consolidated April 11, N)0
(lashed off, reaching Somerset at sundown.
The S»tiiei»ct ollice was in fine working or
der,but he operator i" yhurge had just icine
up from I lie Loiidi ''•'ice, and the rauli-t
had no trouble in '^•sonating a "green
hand." The. tirst message vva.s from Stun
ford, near Danville, and was an inquiry
about Morgan. Kllsv, oriii answered that
there were no signs of lrini at Somerset,
and learned from Danville and Ijiiuisvdle
via Stanford that the purs iers ordered out
from Danville at 11 o'clock in the day had
reported wk toC'-n. Bovle that Morgan
WHS too strong to be attached,
nig secure on this information Mor
al :elegranlKil to the oilices at Lexing
i ei. Datnulc. Lebanon and other points,
i.iilermanding, in the name of (ien.
Boyie, r.ll the orders for iiis pursuit. The
whoi'- niiimi:.:iii then took a night's rest,
isnd in the morning, .July ~"J, started,
well refreshei, lor Li st 1 ennessee. Hi
fore i.iiandonini,' Smicsset and the mi
of Kentucky his old home Morgan di
rected KlLworlh to celebrate his clever in
by wiring north the follow r:g l.n tions
greeting:
G,»oige U. I'rentiiss, Louisville:
..a, na.c y v.ateli
ini the eonipjete (h-struction uf all of I'ltele Siim'a
proiH-riy in this little burg I expect in it short
time l" i»ay you u visit, am! wish to know if
yi.'i w ill i.t i»-..-«• A'.i «ell in 1 'i\ie. JoHM li.
(I'jii: IClLMKt
MANY NOBLE
OF 1861-65.
SAC-
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ariii llnploltN of Otilo'a Sol,tier l'oet,
tt. il. Lytle—The Lewlrr of Many
Imrges, He Meet* a Warrior'ii Fate at
Oilckaiuaiiga.
'.'opyriKht tiy Ann-t M-.-i'i Press Association.)
I-, N. William
Haines Lytic, who
is known to lovers
of striking and pa
thetic verse by his
poem on the death
of Antony, Iwgin
n ing
1 am dylnjt, Egyjft,
dying,
Kbbs the erimsou life
tide fust,
iiad a soldier's
tate and, like his
Ho ma n hero,
life in the heat of battle
ithed out hi
The soldier fitter was born in Gen, Lytic
and displayed itself early. His grandta
th- and great grandfather, of the same
name, fought in the French and Indian
wars, and at the age of "Jo he volunteered
with thi! Ohio men and served in Mexico.
coming home with a ea.»tain's epaulettes
on his boyish shoulders.
From tins time until the opening uf the
civil war lie Was an active militia officer,
and became a major general in the Ohio i
forces In the spring of lfM'd, while he was
engaged organizing the troops for Uni
ted Stat"s service, he was elected colonel i
of the Montgomery regiment« Tenth Ohio
named in honor of the brave Irish Ameri
can patriot who fell in the storniit.g of I
(Jnebcc This was Ohio's Irish regiment, i
ami the members facetiously christened it i
the "Bloody Tinth," afterward making the i
record good in downrightearne.st, forLytle
proved to be another Mont'j-ornery in ini
pctuous zeal, and the Tenth never feared
to follow bis lead. Lytle's first brilliant
light was at the head of the Tenth, as col
onel, in the engagement on Gauloy river,
West Virginia.
In September, 1861, the Confederates in
the Kanawha region were strengthened by
a new brigade under Gen. Floyd, and
while this force was posted, alone, around
Cartiifcx Ferry, on the Gauley, the Union
command [iosecransi, set out from the
Potomac to destroy it. He had three brig
ades, and w hen the enemy's outposts were I
reached Col. Lytle led the column with his
Montgomery boys. Pressing on boldly, a
turn in the route of march brought him i
opposite to a fortified battery, which im
mediately opened with grape and cannis
ter.
Lytle
ordered the colors to be planted
ou the slope in front as a rallying point
for his men. The brigadier was absent, I
yetting up
re
enforcements: the artillery
fire was withering and was supported with
musketry: two color bearers of the Tenth
were shot down and many men fell.
Tin
•re were three things to choose from
in this emergency: retreat, annihilation, or
a charge. Without orders he chose the
latter and dashed ahead on horseback, call
ing his men to follow, lie was almost in
stantly shot through the leg, the bullet
wounding bis horse mortally, though he
crossed the breast works after throwing his
disabled rider in a frantic plunge. Lytle
ordered his men to seek cover, which they
did close to the buttery, keeping up a spir
ited tire on the Confederate gunners. But
re-enfrtrecments
wer»' slow in coming Up,
the fall of Lytle spoiled his enterprise, and
night
came
on without a blow leing struck
to drive the wedge home. Floyd aban
doned the field and escaped across Gauley
river, which lay behind him.
Lytle's wound was such as to keep him
out of the field for months, and it was over
a year later, October, lSG!i, when he went
into action again. This was at I'crryville,
Ky., during Bragg's invasion. Col. Lytle
commanded a brigade in Rousseau's divis
ion of Buell's army, his own regiment
berving under him and destined to emulate
their leader's heroism in a nn striking
manner on this field. Rousseau's division
held the right of MeCook's corps, on the
wooded banks of Chaplin river, where the
Confederate divisions of Cheatham and
Buckncr were attempting to cross and de-
tween Lexington and Cincinnati. Klls- The battle was a surprise to the Union
found all the offices on the line dis
mantled and the wires out of order.
After taking Cynthiana and Paris
town half way between Cynthiana
Pursue Morgan. He is at Crab the ixisition as long as possible and then
Orchard, going to Somerset.
It was 11 o'clock a. m. Danville is about
forty miles north of Somerset, and Crab
Orchard about twenty-eight, utile:, north
east. The raiders, therefore, had twelve
mi'-M start by this timely warning and
hi
one time. The Union artillery on this part
of the line soon exhausted their amiuuiii
c.i:n. w. ii, LV ru..
tion and rettreii, and as the cartridges of
the infantry were running low. Lytic sent
word to his commander asking for re-en
forcements. Tlie answer was hat the po
sition must le held, and that no re-enforce
ments could lie spared from the left of the
line, for the whole corpr. was fast yielding
to a terrible disaster. Three brigade com
manders had been killed and thousands of
men had fallen.
The In ve colonel then posted hia regi
ments anew on the wooded ridges around
him, and took his place with his own
Montgomery regiment well to the front
to await the crisis which he saw to bo inev
itable. Buckner's division of four brigedes
Wiis pressing in from all quarters. Finally
in.
side.
The troops were under orders to concen
trate, and following out a natural impulse,
pushed on to the stream in front, in search
ol water, and the (.'oilfederates stole unob
served through the thicket, falling upon
the front and flunk of four brigades, only
two of which were within supporting dis
tance of one another Lytle was on the
right of Rousseau's division, with the
Tenth Ohio at the front as skirmis'aecs.
As fighting progressed the general instruc
tions for the right brigade were to hold
(a
retire. There were no troops on the right
of it. and the next brigade on the left was
out of sight, owing to the dense under
growth.
Lytle had five regiments and could not
keep more than two of them in sight at
fat ai ::a i opeue 1 in in- n i .ie- .- ..
dan had id ready passed by i'.k division
that Wiis moved out of line and Lytic wn
under way, following with two brigades
and i'ppronching the gap.
Lougstreet had eight
-brigades, some of
them the seasoned veterans of the I\ ,r.
sulii battles, "f Fredericksburg, Antietaui
and Gettysburg. Their onslaught w tcr
rifle c.nd the unguarded ends of tnc I nioa
lino on each side of the gup nueii usneil
in a twinkling. It would le w io,i,% to i all
the disaster to Hosecrans' men a rout it
was the coming of a tidal wave that bore
everything on in its pathway. The Union
generals were carried otT their feet by a
force none but a god could resist.
(ieticial Lytic reached the gap with hi-,
marching brigades at the moment when
the nearest Union division was giving w.-t/
a.id Ijongstreel's men were swinging
around to envelop the exposed flank. Tin
Confederate progress would soon cut thu
Union lint? completely in two, and place a
barrier between the Union right wing and
Thomas' hard pressed army. Looking
around for troops with which to form a
new line facing at right angles to the old,
the brave Lytic, left to his own resource--,
saw that t'ue Confederate attack had in
volved the whole front. There was noth
ing intact but his brigades. 11c formed
hem on the new front and, calling up his
old Ohio Tenth, which, with decimated
ranks, had become headquarter guard,
sought to resist Longstr -et's advance (low n
the I'nion right.
It was simply sweeping the ocean with a
broom. His formations were broken as
fast as they were made, anil planting his
colors for one desperate effort he prepared
to repeat the Idild tactics he had display ed
the receding volleys on the left told him (Jaulcy river and on Chaplin Hills. Tell
that the adjoining brigade had fallen back.
Then his own regiments one by one gave
way, until the Tenth and its lender stood
alone, lie sent, an aid b.'ck to call up a
reserve regiment to the support of the ad
vance line, but before assistance could
come the enemy bro!:e through on his
right, and lie saw that if he held the ground
longer it must be with dead men only.
Hastily forming a body of skirmishers
he ordered the regiment to fall hack, while
lie and his handful boldly churg.«d the ad
vancing enemy to cover the retreat. It
was a pitiable, forlorn hope that handful
made, but it saved the remnant of the regi
mental organization, which gained a new
position and fought on to the end. Lvtle
was struck down by a piece of shell, and
when one of his men rushed up to carry
him from the field he called out: "No! 1
am (lone for Stand by your colors!"
The wound was in the head and was
ghastly, though not dangerous. His fol
lowers who survived the charge reported
liack to his command that lie was dead,
and it was so announced i
The Confederates, however
the lield, discorered him. and (ien. Bushrod
Johnson, whose brigade was on bis front,
dispatched a surgeon to attend the gallant
focman and a hero's life was saved. The
loss of his brigade in killed and wounded
was S00, of which the Tenth Ohio lost 'J'J.J,
and not one of the regiment, surrendered.
Darkness ended the battle ftefore Union re
enforeemeuts could Ik brought up effect
ively, and during the night the Confeder
ates retreated. Lytic hail carried out. his
orders and had saved the old command by
a deed of daring unsurpassed.
Washington.
The rank of brigadier general was lie
stowed on the gallant colonel, and after
his exchange he uk his place again in the
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1
ing his subordinate commanders what was
expected of them, he called up his persona)
stafT and placed himself at the hem I of the
column, bleeding the while from three
severe wounds received in this encounter.
To bis aids, who begged him to leave the
f.eld, he said:
"We can die but once. Now fs our time
Let us charge!"
He then turned and went forward, meet
ing instantaneous dont'i in the volley o'
bullets that greeted this bold advance.
But the day was lost. Thomas was no
succored, and was in turn overwhelmed
and night found the Army of the Cumber
land in full retreat. Lytle's last act of
masterly daring was in rain, except a ar.
example of heroic devotion to duty.
Army of Ohio, known at the time audi (jClld'a BlaCKSmitllin
thereafter as he Army of the (. imlicrland. I
Gen. ltosecrans was in command, and in
the latter part of Ssptemlx-r, lSfi3, crossed
the Tennessee river and advanced into
northern Georgia to engage the ('o.nfeder
etes under Bragg. Gettysburg had leen
fought, anil Lee's army, lying idle in Vir
ginia, spared a for?e of 12,(100 men, under
I/ingstreet, to aid Bragg, and other re-en
forcements came from Mississippi, the fall
of Vicksburg having released them from
service there.
Aft"r much maneuvering and some pre
liminary fighting the opposing armies were
ready for a de.sjerate battle on the lioth of
September, in the valley of Chickamauga,
Rosecrans facing east and covering (Chatta
nooga, which Bragg sought to wre.st from
him. The Confederates numbered over 70,
000, and the Federals less than (SO,000. The
Union left, commanded by Gen. Thomas,
was assailed first and with great fury. It
was the key and covered Chattanooga road.
Thomas called for aid from the right wing,
where Hosecrans wiis in person. Gen. Me
Cook's corps held the right and Sheridan's
division of the corps held the extreme
right, (ien. Lytle leing at the head of a
brigade and second in command to Sheri
dan.
The appeal from Thomas was answered
by the detachment of Sheridan with one
brigade toward the left. Hosecrans decid
ed to shorten his lino and contract his riyht
GKN. LYTI.K AT CHICK AMAHGA.
wing. (rcn. Lytle was placed tinder orders
to follow- Sheridan to the left as soon as
certain changes had been made in the posi
tions of troops near him. The fighting
soo'i spread from Thomas' line toward the
right and urgent calls were made for n.ore
men The Confederates at all points out
numfiered their opponents, and order after i
order passed n!o:i the Union line to make
shift and hold on with what troop* there
were at command. One of these orders
f-ou. Rosocratis was misconstrued and a
whole division was moved out of line, lcav- i
inga wide gap without a Federal soldier
in it in front of Longstreet's corps, which
stood fresh and ready for the word of at
tack, l'he hjynal was given just when the
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