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The Lieutenant has kindly furnished us with the following interesting account of the part he took in the defeat of Morgan . The authorities here have recommended him for promotion to the rank of Major . ` INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHT WITH MORGAN , AT BUFFINGTON 'S ISLAND , ON THE 20TH OF JULY . ` On the night of the 19th , about 10 o'clock , Gen. Judah , with his cavalry and artillery command , left Pomeroy for Buffington . The General sent First Lieutenant John O'Neill , of the 5th Indiana cavalry , with fifty men , ahead , with instructions to try and open communications with the militia , said to be in close proximity to the island . The Lieutenant was delayed by losing the road during the night , and did not arrive till about an hour and a half after daylight . He then learned that the militia had been skirmishing with the enemy during the night , and that Gen. Judah 's advance had been ambushed , the morning being foggy ; and the General 's Assistant Adjutant General , Capt. Rice , with some twenty-five or thirty men and a piece of artillery , and Chief of Artillery , Capt. Henshaw , had been captured and sent to Gen. Morgan 's headquarters on the river road , some thirty miles ahead of him , on the enemy 's left flank .