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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 183 (search)
r party to cross. The contest closed at this place without the accomplishment of a great deal on either side. From this place a Yankee brigade of two thousand men were sent in the direction of Rome, commanded by Colonel Streight, of Indiana. General Forrest left a regiment at Courtland, and with a small force went in pursuit of Streight, marching from forty to fifty miles a day and fighting more or less every day, and had one fight at two o'clock at night. A hard fight took place on Sand Mountain on Thursday, when Captain Forrest, a brother of the General, was wounded, and it is feared mortally. On Friday they fought at Blountsville, where Colonel Hathaway, of Indiana, was shot in the breast and fell dead from his horse. We are informed by Mr. Joseph G. Blount that when Colonel Hathaway fell, several Yankee officers went to him and fell on his body and wept like children. Colonel Streight asked Mr. B. to put the body of Col. Hathaway in a metallic coffin, and send it through t