Report of Major Frederick Townsend, Eighteenth U. S. Infantry.

HDQRS. DETACHMENT EIGHTEENTH U. S. INFANTRY,
Camp near Crab Orchard, Ky., October 17, 1862.

Brigadier General JAMES B. STEEDMAN,

Commanding Third Brigade, First Division, Third Army Corps:

GENERAL: I have the honor, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 3 13, of October 17, 1862, Headquarters Third Brigade, First Division, to report that on the evening of the 8th instant, about 6 o'clock, this detachment, at the head of the brigade, was ordered to re-enforce Major-General McCook's, too position on the right of Lieutenant Smith's battery, and was under severe fire, without the opportunity of replying, for perhaps an hour and a half, during which time 3 men were wounded-one private (Isaac Linn) in Captain Robert Hull's company (G), First Battalion, slightly in the breast, and Corpl. Bernard [C.] Connelly, and Private Dennis Brannon, of Captain Henry Belknap's company (D), Third Battalion, attached to Second Battalion; the first severely in the leg by a shell, whose leg has since been amputated, and the second slightly in the leg.

I take great pleasure in stating that all the officers and men of the detachment, in the performance of their duties, met my fullest expectation.

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

FRED. TOWNSEND,

Major Eighteenth, U. S. Infantry, Commanding.

AUGUST 30, 1862.-Battle of Richmond, Ky.

JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.

Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to General E. Kirby Smith for the signal victory achieved by him in the battle of Richmond, Ky., on the 30th of August, 1862 [1862], and to all the officers and soldiers of his command engaged in that battle, and especially to General Churchill, General Cleburne, and Colonel Preston Smith, of whom he says, "I almost fear to particularize, lest I do not full justice to all. But I cannot close without expressing my admiration at the promptness and intelligence with which General Churchill, Cleburne, and Colonel Preston Smith executed the orders given to themJanuary

SEC. 2. Resolved, That special acknowledgments and commendation are declared for that highest order of generalship with which this victory was followed up, utterly annihilating with 5,000 an army of 10,000, of whom full 5,000 were actually captured, besides the slain in battle; and for the brilliant campaign, in which the speed, vigor, and constancy of a rapid advance resulted in planting the Confederate flag upon the capitol of Kentucky, and upon the shores of the Ohio River, in front of the great city of Cincinnati.

SEC. 3. Resolved, That the superior generalship displayed in rapidly gathering the immediate fruits of a victory, and in following it promptly with a campaign of activity, enterprise, and unwearied constancy, renders it worthy of the applause of the Government and the emulation of the army.