The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-10-10
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.


river to Glasgow, aud arr cncamped just
| back Of town on small grassy knoll
Before leaving Bponville we threw up
some heavy earthworks, receiving some
. assistance from the 22d Tndiauians who
were eucampei there, We abandoned
! our Entertainments to the care Of the
! Home GUARDS, the luiianians leaving for
! Georgetown the same time We left The
surrender of Col Mulligan at Lexington
| has called ont great many maicdictions
! on the heads of our commanding officers.
He might have been reinforced as well as
not For . week We lay at Bonneville
after Col Nulican had sent 4 messenger
asking for aid, w lay here idle when al
most daily spies came in who had sue
ccricd in passing the rebel lines with
! letters from Nuliican, stating that he
was surrounded and entirely Gu. off from
water, and bis provisions nearly exhaust
cd-he could not hold out much longer.
and If not soon relieved would be forced
to capituate Finally h" cent word that
If not relieved before Friday he would
surrender. The 18th, 22d and Goth Ia.
dianans now started up the river on four
boats, with good park of artillery. os-
tensibly with view to relieve the Irish
Brigade. 4 few miles below Glasgow
they landed and tied up Cor the night
Here they posted picket guard and in
doing SO committed most fatal blundcr.
They had agreed in council to let one
company occupy certain hill back of
the cornfeld where they had landed and
had notified the the officer to that effect,
but afterwards changed the programme
without letting the captain know it, who
had now left to fulfil his orders On
reaching the bill the first intimati0n he
had Of its being occupied was by a voIIey
Of muskctry poured into his ranks, kill
ing several Of bis men. Surprising they
were rebels he returned the FIRE. -
The other fckets surprising q general
attack about to take place, fired into sou
scouting parties that were returning,
who in turn fred on the pickets. The
firing now became general all along the
line Of pckets, each man pitching into
his neighbor Us though the devil had
kicked him on end. During this hutb2b
The men on the boats not being able to
find their officers, most Of item being
lid, poured off the boats and formed
line along the bank and delivered several
voileys out into the cornfeld in the d.
rcction of the fight and marched out TO
tie field Of battle az the same time. On
scci'g these men advancing from the
direction Of -" boats, where it was i'm.
possible for an enemy 10 get, they dis
covered their mistake and stopped friDy,
aud 80 the battle crdcd The number of ,
killed and wounded could never asccr- {
'ain, as they would never tell. Some Of
the 18th say that there was eighteen kill
cd in their regime nt; there were four
buried here that were killed out of ono
company. They were buried in the
night, and great care taken to prevent
the fact being known The conduct Of
the officers was most cowardly--most Of
them hid when the hiring commenced -
The hold Of the War Eagle was literally
filed with Captains and Leutcnants.
/ he mate Of the boat armed his men with
sticks OF wood and made them 90 down !
and drive them out like rats. Col. Hen.
bricks, commarling the War Eagle, lid
behind the chimney, pitcous,y begging
the captain to LEI The boat 20 and leave
his men without possibility Of rescue;
but the captain saii it should not be
done. r..
As We went up @" ;hc War 2'e She
captain pointed out to us, a, " passed
the li"1 u battle. There were l.ars Oh,
through the corn Is smooth as If cut Ly
reaper, This WAS done by the pI.toons
firing in regular order.
Before arriving here We were boar,od
by The mate and pi.-t Of the Clor4 Bell,
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