Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-10-08

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I. ef lhs position. HpnksE determinsd
saka y. He rode Ont 10 front Of |
furthersss troops On u hill to 3exami
aha gsoand sof j bsaEsAwy4 Al tha top
dlssasaaEsd aaasseas farward 30 SoG
eoAplftsd bis rseonaaisaauca, return,
and reniounted. The musketry fire fro
die point Of woods VIA Ill the wf1iIe 9,
f. ansnsly hetg As De pat his foos In Il
stiFrae fresh sollay Of rife bullets eaa
whaSEing b.. The ssll saldisrly 6gaxa
The General. the while horse which |
1ra&e, the elevated place where be was-
Il All made bsra noss sdaagsroasIy coE
Apizasas ,marks So rha bad besa sn de-,
faidlag sSten without . stat sfaeez ag )
orderly near him-all sent of on urger
snt Visible everywhere on shs field
Il 1tseo4eSsl oailssa had followed aim i.
: DAYS bat ahey had ne& hEs hiza, and
Nusald noz regard them, Rsmouating, O
sAla hui be Ind not ridden 6ge steps whs
hs WA struck N she foot by d ban. '' =
.ia.7 aAsss a sasufe Eshss aswn as taeskts
! muznsaaE By ehis aian. Tha air was falis
With bullets. He kept on bis horse fo
- z nGnasass, q bsa shopgh sss, wouad We
vi %#s#k0 9a0 fACtAsfNeiY pAsHIuls anu WgQIi
/ nj asahsaAt ssal Aa lad gisen his zKAs
[ ora@ 10 adsaaues afsa Naa5 chimasla u
| ~ Bsfy fFspt. Swssing sastes4iIy q
lazis horses he turned ia his 8saE to looI
abpai him. aThess Il regiment 10 th,
4 rigas0' Orasaa &C. Ifsrwara b. Crawford
and sSoEdon ere sazaing ap., Tell shssz
! % osrry thsss Esoda and hold thsmr-and
i il Is our hght,D -.
/ lfwas fund that shs ballet had ADJ bass. i.
sd Sss@plUsAiy' sAsoush bis foot. s'Yhe
frgaos rho szauisaa lts on the spos
| could give no opinion WHISTLER boaea
were broken, bat il wAs afterward ascsr-
nined that though erased, they were
nea ffsetpred, spfa sepraeu yshy ssxsr ~
| d 5ps quR5s made iii Sn Izssaible fsr hiSs
| to keep the field which be believed Tread '
vons 50 fas - Il belQqgsd ~ hia 20, vii,
r. II was nlns o'elouk. The fsht, bad
beef furious sEose Eve. 4 largs part or
his osasnaana wss broken, bat, wist his
,Bg as ssilL anbonnissd aud with Crawford
and GoFdonjs brigadss juss up, aksss all
with the advance. Of Ehs whole central
Tine which the men haai heard ordered
ElIh cheers, With q rsgimens already 6u
the ladgs of 8haI zssodss be wanss4, be
might ye4 ,LssSs sAa 6aia taiakiag the
hsttle waa WDn-7 thai his battle was wen,
FOR I an writing Of course, only about
thh 7stsack on shs rebel iefs.t1 III nl g2ss
nssnusr arrived jasb as Tfuokes was
iiaying, and assumed oanznand. s9raw-
forp and EqFdop had gone into the
se5 5us, and Rere holding them ssoutiv
aagasrst husvy odds. AS Frois over 10.
wsfls shsllaft EnstAssa,nsrsA At che head
OF ais colana advancing rspiall y. shrsug
p the timber opposite the point where
GFawford was lighting. The veteran
General vas ritiiag alone la the forest far
ahead Of his Is&dtng brigade, Ala has OF,
bis grey hair and beard and mustaehe
strangely contrasting With the fre in bis
eTsa ana his martial air, as he hurried ON
aw b Ere toe bullets were ttickesE. ~ q
Sajgwa oks division waa In advance.
moving forward to support Crawford and
Gordon. Rebel rciuforeemepts were 40
peoaehing also, and tbs struggle FOR the
roads was again to be renswsd.r Samner
senF forward swo divisions, Richardson
and French, on the lrft. SedgWick,
moving in columns Of divisions through
the wo9as Il, ss~.. sss, ,.r-,-s a.,s al ras.s
= ffss over taaE cora hshd. Thrrg was a |
broad interval betweea hine @ad the
nearesf division, and he saw thai il the
rspA hue wers complete his own division
ESsss 10 Immediate danger of being aakei. |
assxs me- orders ere to advance, and those |
ssa the orders which a soldier-and
sedgEiek is every inch q apldier-lovss
best TO obey. .-s 81. '..''S1 -
To extend bin own front Aa far as reg
slhae, he ordersd tbs ThiTty-fourth Nsw
York 70 move by the LETT gAnk. The
rn~nnuvre was attempted under Grs of
Toe greatest intensity, and the regimen
ore&F' Al IL sagae anoRsna the enerny,
their Advsasage, came raund
90 that aank. Crawford was obliged 10
giTe On the right, and his troops pouring
Id sonfasaon throagh tAe ranks Of Sefg-
wiskis advance brigade, shrrw II into
disorder an'I back on the second and
:hird lines. The enemy adyaced, thsir
ire Increasing. ' .-'-'E
sibns Ssdgwiok was'thsee times wound /
i'd in abe aaoaldeF, leg, and wrist, b at
De persisted IN rezaaiaing On she 6sld 20
ong IS there was chance Of saving it.
His Ad5t. Gen., Major Sedgwfck, brayely |
'ssliytag and trying to reform the troops, |
<As shot through the body, the bullet
odging 10 the spine, snd fall frau his
lerse. Severe as the wound Is IL Ia
,Fobably not mortal. Lieut.. Howe. OIL
5ent. Ssdgwiok ssaG, endeavore,s vainIy /
o Tally tha Thirty-fourth New York.
Fheg gesP badly cat up Aaa woaId na4
tani. Half their officers were killed or
rounded, their cotots shot to pieces. the
olot-sergssns killed, every one of the
oipr-guard wounded. oniy thirty y-swo
Vers afteryaE,s yses togsshI- Gs III Il
The Eneenth Massachusetts, went into
ictioh With I officers AID nearly 500
asss. Vine officers were killed or woun.
lsds &asa asssaa Of Ehe latter are pYison4sk. h
)ne h9a5zad and thirty -foas nea wars
be only rsmnant shat could be eullussed
( sals spIsndid regiment. 10. '''1 Il
Gen. Dana was wounded. Gen. How
I'd she soek command Of the eivig,oa |
fur Gsa. Seagwiek Was disabled, exert
9 h'ta.e11 Ge Eassore order; but ii could
os De done there. Gen. Summer ordered
be line TO be rsformed pndsy fire, The .
81 was to severe for Soidutasf sroops
hasf saeh a are. sumner himsaif at
erppsen 10 arrest the aisossi,rs bat 70 ! 1
lele purpose. Lieut.. Col, Mssveraz AMI
APT. .Andsnried OF his ssaf were waun- !
ed severely, but not dangerously. Itfs
ras impossible 10 hold the positi ,n,-- |
ten. Sumner withdrew the division Ia !
be rear and oHea aors shs cosn.Rel,s
ras abandoned to the enemy. -
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Ereneh sent Ford hs coald bold kis
Fean,d' Richardson, while galIaasly ,
aaalng . regiment under heavy 6re, was
sseFety WSuhued IN sbe sisuiaer. Gen.
lwgilsg ssas sounded at the head of his
Figaae. The Loss ia general olz,cars was
,ocomipg frightful.
At one O'clock affairs on the riVht haa ,
. gloomy louk. Hooker's tyoops wers
.reately exhausted, and theiy sssar,arnI