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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
. He occupied Logan Cross-roads with four regiments, the Ninth Ohio, Second Minnesota, Tenth Indiana, Fourth Kentucky, and a battery of artillery; the brigade of Carter was only a short distance off, ready to support him, thus swelling the total amount of his forces to five or six thousand men, about equal in number to those of tned and exposed, and towards which Zollicoffer, who led his brigade valiantly, directed all his efforts. It was on the point of being carried; but the brigade of Carter having come to the assistance of the Federal centre, Thomas detached Colonel Fry with the Fourth Kentucky from that portion of the line, and sent him to the left great courage, tried in vain to bring back once more the chances of victory; his line, which had been for an instant re-formed, was again broken by the brigade of Carter. The volunteers from East Tennessee, who composed this brigade, displayed extraordinary ardor. The Federals pressed their adversaries on every side; they had th