Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-11-06

anil sun mes 4 4 hen stood arm
nd \ kYely, t. snSmy's ~aoilays- sd
yeIls increased Ii loudness, and Ii was es-
ident that reinforaeznsnEs wars pouring
into his aid. Capt. Stewart, Gen. Stones
AdjuEant, came Oh the faid with the
tehseEiag ssstsmaas shas lsea. 6orman
would shortly suppnrt us. At61-4 P.a.
ws hea9 q council of war, and resolved
| III stsnd ouf ground, General Baker or
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this kime GeGssxell VS. Nesadsd Yfisr
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Just then q rehAl aaiesK, riding white
horse, earae out ef The weeds and beck
| onsd TO as TO come forward. : Col. Baker
thought it was Gen. Johnston, and thai
the enemy would meet Us in open light
Part faar colaaan charged, Baker cheer
ing Us an, when . sxemendoas oase6 VISA
maae By the rebels. One maa rode for
ward, presented . revolver at Bakas, and
fred all fts charges at him. Our gallant
leader fell aud DC the sams moment aA
our lines were driven back by the over
whelming force opposed 20 them. But
Capt. Beira, with his company, fought
Ais way back to Col. Bakarss body, res
saed Y sFpsgAs i aisng sons, raa thea
. HanaEal TstseAs sOminssfsea. = , 's5sFf
rs VISA was sasss qsa psafI I ge& the
gufoneiss body to the Island before the
worst Of the foat, and ahea, locking 70
the ViFgiaia shore, saw sarh specsaels
Is NO tongue can describe, Our entire
forces we're refreshing, stumbling, rolliag,
leapiBg down the steep heights The ene-
my following them, lnarsaariagy aad tax
ing prisoners. Gel. Dsvan left bic com
naand, and SWAMI the river % horseback.
Col. Ooggswell, altar unayaiiing bravery,
| had ordered the retreat himself. bat, be.
| ing wounded, was taken. The one boat
In the Virginia channel was speedily flI-
ed and sunk. 4 Thousand men thronged
the further bank. Muskets, coats every
thing were thrown aside, and all were
desperately trying 10 escape Hundreds
plunged into the rapid current, and the
shrieks Of the drowning added "a the beg
rpr Of seuads aad sights. The arseasy
kaps np their kra from enc clif aboye.--
Al 8as terror. cnufusien and dismay.-
A Captain OF the Fifteenth Massachusetts
q ene Eaemank charged calamity up the
bill, leading two coHIpanies who ssiIi had
their arms, against the parsning foe. A
moment later and the same oihcax, per-
| eeiFing the hopelesaness of the situation,
waved white handkerchief, and surran-
aezed the maiH body of bis regimen.
Other portions of tina column surrender
ed, but the rebels kept I'D their fire upon
| those who tried 10 cross, and many not
drowned in the river were shot In The act
Of swimming.
Night came on. Ats8P. u. all of eur
band whose fortune it was to return had
landed pa .Harrissa Islagad, axa tho ape
from the qfrgiufa heights had ceased.
The rsheas took al COR guns baE oaese-
When left Yesterday, they bad shouted
| to US, telling Us TO come over and Saxe
sway eur dead sons Of b-s under flag
of truce; had also mounted our own guns
on the heights, and warned us to leave
the island iafouE hoaEs.
The cause of this sad haFoc wa that
We had no proper means of transit and
retreat. The following 10 an approgia
mate list OF the officers killed, wounded,
o. missing, for the first battalion OF the
First California regiment, and comprises
two-thirda Of the entire number In con,
mand; 1862 ~ ae-as-a z-s 7 Eat
Gel. Baker, killed Lieutenant Colo
mel Wistar, wounded in the arm and Ease
(safel. Company A, Capf, Markoe, Lien
tenant Parker, prisoners. Company G
Capt. Otter, Lieut.. Kerns, prfsoners.--
Company ID, Lieutenant Williams, killed,
body saved. Company G, Capt. Bears,
Lieut.. -, slightly wounded and safe.
Company II, Lieutenant Hams, prisoner,
Lieut.. Uric, wounded and safe. Com
pany L, Lieut.. Fisher, wounded and safe.
Company n, Capt. Keller, prisaner, Lisut.
Hooper, wounded and prisoner. Com
pany P. Capt. Hicks, wounded and safe,
| Lieutenant Kenney prisoner.
The Califorhia regiment took into ac-
ton across the river: -s.-rsasz
First sAttalton, stEcsFs and naaa--tntaI ass
4 OF tdese ws4s drvwued shoHt,.r....o
Killed s.s.-,........,. -r....s.....-..+..+Sn
Ff1sohefs. rss'tsst,s 300
wounded LzS--ssaS
AsIeatsd "a safety aEiT 49, >. - Ia
The Lieutenant Colonel af the Massa-
etinsesas Fifteenth lost ! lag, the Masor
| got safely back. These are aboat the
right details OF ear owa losses. OF the
other forces engaged cannot speak with
certainty. But the Massachusetts Psf-
teeuth report nearly six hundred killed,
wounded and taksn--~she balance of the
rugi4Aent having joined thesix companies
/ first named, during the day. The Tan
many regiment has lost about oae comps
NY. The easualties Of the Twentieth
| Massachusetts are not known bat are We
j ~ severe.
/ Assistant Adjutant General Harvey, Of
Bakers Brigade is taken prisoner.
stopped yesterday on my war hare at
Gen. Banks. He has 1000 men across
the river at Edwards Ferry, whera he
crossed. Yesterday there vas sharp
engagement at his lines late ia the after
NOON but do not know The particulars. I
Such is the substance Of Qaartarmasser
Toang's story, from such rnemorania As
4 have been able to gather, in the great
est possible hurry, and pat together for
| the morning mail. Major Smith at the
Cahfornia regiment, vito also assompaa-
led Bakers remains 10 this city, CONFIRMS
Il In al It's details, and l fear they are bas
too true, g
| From tire members Of she funeral es-
oort learn that Uaptaia Yeung dssaeAn-
cd hiBsslf most gallaatly through the ac-
ton taking 10 charge the arduous da-
ties Of experimenting the river transit,
and afterwards actively and braYsay lead
ing on the Califnrnians Ia the oonAict On
the heights.
tell the tale as 'tls taid 10 aae, max
| ing 40 addeuda or commend. We are