and 26 men: Killed, enlisted men, 2; wounded, enlisted men, 1; missing, enlisted men, 7; total, 10.

L. CHILSON,

Captain, Commanding First Squadron Fourth Kentucky Cavalry.

Major SIDELL.

Numbers 5.

Report of Colonel George C. Wynkoop, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, of action August 21.

NASHVILLE, August 26, 1862.

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the forces engaged near Gallatin, Tenn., on the 21st instant, under command of Brigadier-General Johnson, now a prisoner of war.

We left Hartsville early on the morning of the 21st instant and marched in the direction of Gallatin, which is 14 miles west of Hartsville, with the Second Indiana Cavalry, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart, numbering 287 men, in the advance; then my command, consisting of detachments of three companies of my regiment and two of the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, numbering in all 187 men, and a detachment of the Fifth Kentucky Cavalry, under command of Major Winfrey, numbering 293 men, in the rear; our force, including officers and men, numbering some 767 men.

We marched on slowly until about 8 o'clock, when General Johnson was informed that the rebel pickets were driven in 3 miles from Gallatin. We were then ordered to march in close column by fours. Soon after the general received word by a courier from the advance guard that the enemy were flanking us right and left. We then moved on rapidly about 1 mile, when we were ordered to halt and take down the fence on our right, and soon our line of battle was formed in the field.

The enemy then made a stand to our right, and the Second Indiana was ordered to charge upon them; the charge was a complete success, and threw the rebel line into great confusion. Too great praise cannot be awarded Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart for the manner in which he conducted this charge.

My command was ordered to engage the enemy on the left, where they were firing from behind trees and bushes, but owing to the superiority of their arms I could not do effective service. I ordered my men to take down a fence and was about to charge upon them, when I was ordered by General Johnson to fall back.

About this time the Fifth Kentucky seemed to have been panic-stricken and retreated in great disorder. I fell back to the brow of a hill and formed a line, men dismounted; the rebels pushed forward and a fiercely contested battle ensued.

The general, seeing the superior numbers of enemy, ordered us to retreat to a cross-road, where we halted, and the general sent in a flag of truce by his adjutant, asking permission to bury his dead. Colonel John H. Morgan, who seemed to be in command of the rebel forces, sent word that he would attend to our wounded and bury our dead, and solicited an interview with General Johnson. The general rode over and had an interview with Colonel Morgan, who demanded an immediate and unconditional surrender, saying he was prepared to march three heavy columns of cavalry on us.

General Johnson returned, saying that further resistance would be