The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-27


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II .s vho -ere f. advance h IA now an
a.-.rs sh.t the enemy had rot Wind Of tho sssur.
,r;ss y mi we're vaitipr for them. An .bortiye
erigort - made 10 form the men into line in
TIA fareet Int Il vas found necessary 70 ad-
.vsncs - more oman Ground. A thew approach
"A the hr;nk az ~ mountain. which thew found
Lacked d;reatIv down upon the enemy. behind
hre.stvorLs of loOs' on an onposite spur. the
rebels fred I sheli which burst near Col. Lander
and severelv wounded his horse. The rebels
followed with crane and canister. firing some
twenty rounds. ali of them too hiRh-besdes,
our men were ordered 70 lie down and advance
II intervala. J meantime. Gen, Rosecrans discov-
cred the two 6-pounders which played upon them.
Both we're considerably in advance of the rebel
en.rencbments. protected on the right flank BY
4 LOG stable. Occasionally there was an inter
lude of musketry on both sides, either party
watching an opportunity to make good Shots
The enemy generally Rred ton low, while our
boys made excellent ones. After considerable
dificulty-partly owing to the impraGticability
of the ground, and partially to the eagerness of
the men to rush in pell-mell-the General final
~ formed the c0lumn-the Tenth Indiana, Col.
Munson, on the right; the Eighth, under Col.
Benton, in the centre; the Thirteenth, Colonel
Sullivan On the left, and aanking toward the
front The Nineteenth was placed in reserve,
half mile in the rear, Col. Beatty commanding
under Captain Kingsbury, Acting Assistant
Adjutant General. After considerable prOmis-
cuous diminishing, during which some of our
men fell and number were wounded, the enc
my also suffering severely, large body OF the
rebels under cover OF their batteries, broke over
apd charged across the road some nifty Yards
towards our column. Tee Hoosiers land still in
the grass until they we're ordered to fire, in
stantly every man was on his ieeE, and poured
into the daring rebels murdeIous volley. A
large number ieii, ana the remainder prudently
retired to cover again. Our lads again broke
line and went to lighting on their own hook
Inc Thirteenth Indiana was returned to the re-
serve, ana the Nineteenth 9hlo advanced to its
place. Lander 9arlheiy leapeo upon Dig rock,
~ tuil view OF the enemy, and wanted to know
"wny IN the h-n the Hooslers didn't form by
platoons." He begged few men to follow his
directions, and take the batteries in ten minutes.
A lieutenant and twenty men yielded TO him and
deployed as skirmishers to pick off the gnnners.
The General, meantime, WAS dashing CALAMITY
among the men with their ColonelS and reform
ing them. At length he gave the order to Man
son and ReRson to take the batteries. The
skirmishers let drive and did cruel execution
| upon the gunners The Tenth and Eighth dash
down the hill like thunderholt, en- naasse, and
the guns were taken. The Tenth had the honor
of taking one gun-and the honor of capturing
the other in disputed point, Renton's men
claiming it. 1t is hard to say who did most of
the business, since they all " went in !" together
| like fends incarnate. The lads now made short
work Of it, and the Nineteenth Ohio, who had
steadily obeyed orders, had chance, of which
they ayailed themselves. qsiekly, to let drive
two cleverly executed voHeys full upon the
rebels, who were making their final stand. But
the work was too hot for them, and the brave
rebels, after making gallant fight, fed over the
hill to their main positions, our troops pursuing
them with fierce yells of triumph. and giving
them an occasional shot to promote their flight.
| The battle had occupied an hour and auusrter
| during considerable portion of which time
| there was sharp fighting. A nortion of the on.
gagement was a furious battle. Our men wen,
into the action with the chara cterstic ardor al
| American soldiers and never flipched MANY al
them were as cool as sportsmen shooting at game
! The rebels proved themselves Gallant and deter.
/ mined foemen. Their numbers are roundlv re-.
| ported nv themselves at from Aho tn eOo IN,
1 own men estimate their number at 900. think.
| from all accounts. that thew have about 400 q
The disparity of numbers was partially eoua)ized
by their two fine field pieces-one of Them r;Aed
and by their breastworks.
The casualties have not been definitely ascer.
tanned. Our own loss is confined entirely To
the three Indiana regiments. The Nineteenth
until the fight was almost ended The SURGEONS
report II killed, including thos killed by the
rebel pickets, and about 40 wounded. The ene-
my lost SIXTY killed-the bodies of whom were
found and respectfully .interred-and large
number wounded. About 100 prisoners were
captured, including two captains. 10
Among the enemy's dead was Capt Skipwith,
/ of the Richmond Blues a DrOminent rebel cav.