The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-22

MT xK FRIESDSsA received you
very .elccne letter, written By g., la.
sunday nsosuisg, which vs. read viii
much interest. an truly grateful /.
yaq the syutpasaiy - interest whist
3salAass shaSn ussis shat kind ls,pcr
have shsss1nyssr gesaps;sy in day,
past; ma isasy ID housf y ,osr 'socia
hearth hare. ! passed ia. joy which. la,
les<iea i4Dssaa s.apDsl .jsdclihlys spou
ny mind. Thoss sesayshours have passed
lonsprene agOh asaospsa the tables ol
the pass have lsft their Images 10 cbeei
mo sew and iises from such iear fsien,ds
p yon, hase come e cheer me ia my
'ossly csn Like soas bright bsseoo d
the past, they asen ssco hsisks vii. j.,
TOT the dark present aad tie s,iil darker
fasurss They eall to niaa the bv;gh.
by.gons days sf freedom, which your
dear presence made still brighter: Those
days arc sossysesns rfSssssst yet their
intmory linyttl, With mo still; aud ,.ou
insgiuation's mirror, yoss forms aud facss
on reelected, are within these prison w.lls.
There I see then s,iii, a in fond moments
sfa.hs past, asd, with then, are the
forms aud faces Of those who 10 mo arc
dedrer than comrades who fell 10 che fear
4 HnNs> Ia LII. rt H.r
Eleven Of our little baud arc sleeping
in their bloody graves, With TIE cold earth
above them; ,Braver men never livcd.E-
Truer men, TO their plighted word, we're
never banded together: Five o. thcm
fell By my side while lighting in sell. de.
fence aud for tho cssse 10 shich they had
enlisted. There, on the ,ftcrooon Of the
l7th, the 6rst negro, BY the name Of
Dsugcr6eld, fell By my side While run
ming to the aid Of some of our friends,
who were surrounded ~ the enemy
Tso more, 5. Taylor and Oliver Brown,
fell in the engine house. Taylor lived
about . Hhoars after b. was shot. He
suffered vesy, much aud begged Us to
kin him. Oliver Brown died in about
l5 minstes after he was shot. lie said
nothing. Duriag their last moments We
could not administer to their wants such
ears as they deserved, for We were sur.
rounded By the troops who were friOs
voliey after volley upon Us, aud We had
10 keep brisk Ere 10 return 10 keep them
from charging ia a2sn rs Two morc
Jercmiah Anderson sud Dolf Tounsou,
fell in the engine hos.e, o4 lhe morning
Of the lssh, when tL. last chssge was
made. They both had surrendered after
the fr but owing to the noise, were not
heard.
Csptain Drovs and / were the only
ones TINT fought to the last. The negro,
Green, after | had stationed him behind
one Of the engines, she safes, pluce 10 the
house, Land down his gun and cartridge
bog, snd passed himself for one Of the
prisoners. He and we're the only ones
that were not wounded,
Watson DroSn vss wounded about 10
Q clock, on Mendsy lsorsiog, st tse same
time Sseveas va sLile passing through
the streets with q IA; Of truce, but vas
not 50 badly wouaded bat that be got
back to the engine house. Durin. the
tight in the afternoon, he fought as brav-
y - ever man fought. Bat Is sooa as
the tight Vas over he got worse-xhen
We we're taken in the morning be was just
able to walk. He and Green aud myself
we're pu; in the watch-hoase. Watson
kept getting worse fro:a then until about
) o'clock, Wednesday morning, vhea be
died. did everything in my power to
wake him comfortable lie begged for
bed, but | could not get one; 30 I pulled
of my coat and put Il andsr him, placed
his head upon my lap, and in that p ,si,ion
) died. - I a.st
Cooke and Tidd had left the Ferry carly
IN the morsiog, By the order Of the Cap
lain, 10 cross the river for the purpose Of
taking sou,e prisoners, and 70 convey the
lrns 70 > school-Aouss, shout s'aile end
4 s -
! half from the Ferry, there to guard
Eiuum sstil the Captain came; bat hearing
, tsssy Ere It che Fsss5, tsvsss dews,s
: tn. side 81 dest,se SspSsisS Sths Fss1.
where he found We we're surroundsd/ So
be ascended the side Of the moantain, to |
get by.el dct.v Wkjls.thsfs,l lhe saw
, party firing on Us, and in order to relieve
Is, he fred on them; and in SO doing,
drew the Ere on himself, The result of
which vas the cutting Of Of limb and
giving him q fall Of about Is Sset down |
The mountain side, tearing bis clothes
md laceratiug his 1esh. as ]
There veisS % 81 70 men ID TIE party
zhs after the 6rst Grs wers taken with .