was moving. I sent an order to him to join me with his command; but unfortunately before the order reached him he had made the fatal charge in which he and Lieutenant Colonel [James G.] Bullard and many of his officers and men fell. Colonel Smith was found in advance of his own regiment almost at the very foot of the entrenchments. A number of Federal officers who witnessed his conduct testify in glowing terms to his dauntless intrepidity.

Lieutenant-Colonel Moore, of Blythe's Mississippi regiment, who was ordered with his regiment to support Colonel Smith, fell mortally wounded while leading his men on. I shall not attempt to express my admiration of the conduct of my troops. There was not an officer nor a man who did not discharge his whole duty with a cheerfulness and courage worthy of all honor. After marching for the great part of two nights in succession and fighting unceasingly for four hours without food or water the only murmurs that I heard were when the flag of truce demanding the surrender of the fort was sent in, and some of the troops who did not not understand its object feared that it was designed to make terms in our own behalf; and as we fell back last night their only wish seemed to be that the enemy might leave the cover of his walls and follows us.

We took one prisoner, who had been sent out as a skirmisher, and a Missourian who was in the enemy's service and who was on picket deserted to us; both of these are now here. I captured and brought off from the depot at Woodsville 1 hand car and 3 barrels salt. I captured here 3 boarding cars, 4 box cars, 2 hand cars, 9 hogsheads tobacco, 1 barrel salt, 2 boxes new clothing, 6 boxes worn clothing, and 1 box boots to the quartermaster, who has distributed them to the troops. The tobacco belongs to citizens. I shall send all my wounded who can bear it to Glasgow to-day.

I am, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES R. CHALMERS,

Brigadier-General.

Major HUGER, A. A. G., Res. Div., Right Wing Army of the Miss.

HDQRS. SECOND BRIGADE RESERVE DIVISION, RIGHT WING ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Fort Craig, near Munfordville, Ky., September 19, 1862.

MAJOR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the action of this brigade from the 12th to the 17th instant inclusive:

In obedience to orders from Major-General Withers, received on the afternoon of the 12th while passing through Glasgow, Ky., I halted my brigade at Beaver Creek, about 3 miles from that place, on the Louisville turnpike, to cook rations, and then moved forward at 8 p.m., leaving all my wagons except the ordnance train in camp at Cave City. I sent forward a small detachment of cavalry which had been furnished to me by General Withers, under the command of my aide-de-camp, Lieutenant G. T. Banks, with orders to enter the town without giving any alarm, if possible, to take possession of the telegraph and post-offices and to place guards on all the avenues of approach so as to prevent all passing, and I followed them as rapidly as possible with the infantry and artillery. After a march of 11 miles, which was made in excellent order, we reached Cave City at 11.30 p.m. The town was completely