Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-09-18
DirrLE or rnE OAK HILLS.
Ol,ial Report OF Generai Meiall0eh'
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rlarrs sHl Gee, FIiye's ooinnsni ~ Nis'"n' Ah',
slN NsH.snu a,f,, Nas hse Thousand lhyse tuAiET
inuiFy nfiecn pirsrs Il artillery, AMI ~ lrasshl
h,r,ruis,, aTn,ri Niih nt-ltsk lsusArs, fifrs ani
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a-,ny wlo we're sniircly unaHaei, and nsl'aA l''i
Hsts continually Ia tho say Whrn lo llhi' a','Nti
a. ts ri.hI taIyh, u sulgaspfrA 10 T-sh slsh.Nt
arL lvTiug, n ~ the UAhi ~ "IsAIlll,6r'lshrf, 't'
nav ammunition Nuld ~ TEii'i "fl."a NC l'v's'
innl ,n b. stepped, holins 60 LiuNr ~" hrA hNlA'
la Nv men had huI ysNr niis ~ tsflt9Ns'si
All thrTr nn ia,Fr g. had Nh''v si'll he lla'lne'
il the muFnlpl iha'nrniy was plsr'r4 a'N'nelhs'
at,i mad aTIaiEtnfNls o. LiVI Llti, Tue ATTACK
Ma. made simultaneously ~ hAlg at hNe y Nl' on
| oar Tish, and itn fanks gEd the enemy hai EHlh'l
| thr POSITION they drsiT q, CT.
,icn, Lyon a,,arkta ~ en- our let Aha ''n' sl.sr
on ,,uT TshI aud Eyar, fTom ilrsr ltiui' l9lier"'
ou.nrl uIs,n ~. Ny rrmMaud Nas - o.. Isauh. lhs
MissNuTlans unddT urns, tlafs, ,iAiA' hrhI ~
par.,ns anil lain-s, seTr urAfrsi W. lhs''.h 'Ah'"
hy Gen. Lyon, N,lh hls main rec 'Lel t'iha''h
n, turn,i 10 IN, len aud VIxnui gho "a Nu wilh an
iHeessini fTc II smal uTins. N""uluh "piH stu hl'
battery 20 the battery rl ibr rh'N uNlrl 'aF'' l''
ten, and constant cal,nrnad'nS va, ~, " w,NN .
ILesa Iai,cTlfs dnrluR 'he lau,, Nelrtts ies1mgi
al luui,ana volunteers, aud aclnioshH rf W ~ v
Arau,a. n.un,l rlll' Era, wore ord fvd 10 Ihr ln'
aud alter Passing he battery lf'1tn y imH'u '"lb'
/ M and ,0pn cneag'd lc tu,ny Wi'h i.n rrS'mril'
,lrpIeyttI col. Mcintosh 'llsinonuici lhs Wsinrh'
| and The two marched up abreast toa thn' h'"nHu
laTr, rorHn-ld who're they g,c the ril ul Tie r'rhS
AlT,aly I0,yei. terrible cunnlc. ofsal arms i'n'
l niner Here The oppu. Ing iirrrWa- badly uiUsuai
! L. :, iIiauiT!, conInaldydl ~ Gr''' FIe'nin'r and
Gnbcri.
| Notwithstanding the gglll9g Gg" poured on thos'
two regiments, ihry lrapcd over The rnrc, A'l, ga
lanily irl by their CoiSncs, drove tho .n,my brUr'
them, back upOn the main body. During This 'in'c
ihr Mi' nnrlsns, under u,n. Price, were nelly a.
trmpting Iu sustain themselves IN the center, hn'
| were holly engaged un the sllcs OF tho height uloi
| which he enemy were posted Far on the right
Sicgr had opc,ivd his battery ulcn thurchillS aH'
Grrcrs regiments, aud had.adne!i! male ~, way e
c II rlngfrld road, upon each side Oi which thoainl
wa6 rnrampcd, aud IN prominent F"si'ion he thi""
lislcd his battery, gi once took two companies
the Louisiana regiment, who were ncai"st mo. aus
marched them rapidly 10 III" mont AMI iiSht to th
rear with order TO Col. Mcintosh TO bring the re-
| When We arrived near tho cntinys battery We ivnn'
that Rrid's battery had opened upon II, nnd II Nn
| already In confusion. AuNaninSt WIS lhktn nl "
anu soon the louisianinns were gallanty charging
among the gunr, aud swept tho Ct nnunicrs away
Five guns were here taken, and Si1gefS command
completely routed, were In rapid r'trrni, Win asinri
gun followed ly sUmG companies Of the Texas rc2i
mont and portion of Col. Majors Mi lrr cavalry
In the pursuit many of the enemy were killed an
t.kcu prisoners, and thoir last gun captured.
Having cleared right aud rear, 1t was ncccssaf
IA nrn nil o. our attention 10 the centre, under Gen
Lyon whp was pressing upon the Missourinns, hayin
driving them back. To this point MeintGsh:s Resi
incnt, under Lieut.. Col. Emhy, and Cn Is rcgi
mcnt on foot, Grai,is regiment and Mcsic S Datai
len, were sent 20 their aid.
A terrible fire of nuskctry was kept up alon
the whole side aud top of tho hill, upon which HE en-
emy were posted. Masses of Infantry fell buck nn
again rushci forward. The summit OF the hill wa
covered with tho dead and wounded-both sides wer
fighting with desperation fer the day Carrols an
Grccr's regiments, led gaanty by Capt. Bradin't
charged the battery mt the whole strength of the
c,ny a imncdiatoly in the rear, and deadly hr
was opened upon them. At this critical moment
when iho fortune ofthc day seemed TO be at the turn
ing point, two regiments of Gen. Pcarccs brigad
were ordered to march from their po 1t on las reserve
to support the centre. The order was obeycd wit
alucrity, and Gen. Pearce rushed with his brigade
the rescue.
Rrids battery was also ordered to move forward
and tho Louisiana regiment was agan called into nc
tion on the lc of 1t. The hattie then became genera
and probably two opposing forces ever fought wit
greater desperation inch by inch the enemy CAV
way, and were driven from their position Tottcn'
battery fell back. Missonrians, Arkansians, Louisi
of ml,skctry dcaening and the balls fell thick
balstones; but still our gallant Souhcrncrs pushe
onward, and with one wild yell broke the enenl,
pushing them back and strewirg the ground wit
their deat--nothing could withstand tho impctnoslt
of our final charge; tho enemy fed and could ne
again he rallied; and they wore seen, at II m, fa'
rctrcating among the hills IN the distance. Thus en-
dci tho laxllc. 1t lasted 81 hours.
The force of tho enemy, between 1900 and 10000
was ,mpo VEL of well disciplined troops, well armtt
and large part of them belonging TO The old army I
the United States
With every advantage on their side, they have mt
with signal rcpulsc. The loss of the onemy is
least 500 killed, 1000 wounded, aud 800 prisoners
We captured six pieces of artillery and several hun
drc stand of small arms and several Of their stand
ards Major General Lyon, chief In command, wa
killed Many ofthc officers, high in rank, were wour
ded. Our loss was also severe and we mourn the los
of many n gallant officer and soldier Our killed
mounts TO 25f, 500 wounded. and 80 missing. Co
weigh,m man fell the head of his brigade of Nilsson
rians, while gallany charging upon thc enemy II
place will not easily be filled Generals Slack an
Clark of Missouri were severely wounded; Gen pri'
Slightly Capt Hinson, of the Louisina regimen
Caat. t'cxandcr, of Churchs REGIMENT, Cops. b.
aud Brown, Of P,arce's hi ade, Lieuts. Walton A.
Weaver, all fell while nobly d gallantly doing the
duty. Col. Mcintosh was slightly wounded by agro[
shot, while charging with tho Louisiana regimen
Lieut. Col. Neal, Major II Ward, Captains Kin
Pearson, Gibbs, Ransour, Porter, Lieuts. pawsoi
Chamters, Johnson King, Adams, HNrdesty, NclvC
an Sudler, wounded while Mt the head Of the
.compani s. Where all wore doing heir duty go "a
lolttly, It is almost unfair to discriminate. mus
however. br ne to your mott tho gallant CT nduct
the Missouri Generals NJ Bride, Parsons, Clark S'ac
. and their officers To Gen. Price, am under man
obligations for assistance the battlefield. He WI
ut the head Of his force, leading them on and sustain
} ing them by his gallant bearing.
Gen. Pcarcc, with his Arkansas brigade tGratioi'
Walkers and Dockcry's regiments of intantry) con
gallantly to the rescue when sent for; leading h
men into the thickest Of the fight, lie contribute
much to the success of tho day. The commanders
regiments of my own brigadc--Cols. Churchill, Gree
Embry, Mcintosh, IIebcrt and McRac-led their di
fcrcnt regiments into action with great cooncss
bravery, and always in front OF their men, clec
ing them on. Woodruff and Reid managed their la
terics with great ability and did much execution.
For those officers and men who particularly col
spicuous, will refer the Department TO the roIor
of the different commanders.
To my personal staff am much indebted for u
coolness and raridty with which they carried crdo
about tho field, and would call particular attentc
, my volunteer aids, Captain Blcdsoc, Messrs. Arm
strong, Ben. johnson, (whose horse was xii ell und,
hin) Hamilton Pike and Major King. To MaiC
MOI tgomery, Quartcrmaster, am also indebted f
, much service as an aid during tho hattie, and
much use to me-. To Ccl. Mcintosh, at one time
the head Of his regiment, and at other times in h
capacity of Adjuiant General l cannot give too muc
praise; wherever tbs balls few tn ckcst he was ga
lantly leading different regmcnts into action and
presence gave confiderce ywlc-c have the hoi
T or TO be, sir, Your b fient e-vaDt
, BEN. N.MCULLoCH, Brig Gen. CONG.
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