Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-03
THE BATTLE OF lUkA.
A Decided Rebel Defeat.

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CcRiNTE. Miss. Sept. 2e.-Thc evacuation OF
tuka. - miles distant. nv tiCn. Murphy,
mas breH already made known throughout
'Ee Country. and the subsequent occupation OF
mat point Icy Gen. Sterling Price. Reronnois-
sahces OF his position We're ordered by Gen.
hosecrans the Monday and Tuesday fol-
lowing, sept 18th and 10th. and Second divi-
Eicn, Gen. Stanley. and Third division. Gen.
hamilton. moved from !he vicinity OF COrinth
OF tuesday night, in all about n ,Wp et;e5tiy
men, hy the way III Jacinto. a distance around
10 lnka Of i3 miles. Gen. Rosecrans and
StaN followed on "Wednesday morning.
ne force OF Gen Grant, IN the meantime,
was expected TO be in readiness at Burnsyille
seven miles this side OF Iukn by rail, 10 CO.
operate with Gen. ROsecrans, when. after his
Sfcuitous route TO the rear, by Jacinto and
Bnrnctts lie should appear before the formid.
able MISSOURI CHiPftain.
Arriving near the foe on Friday afternoon,
;t1tcl consi ierable skrmishing. Gen. Rosecrans
had barely time 10 form his line of battle before
The Confederate enemy was upon him. The
action commenced in hot and sudden earnest
ut twenty minutes past four, on one of the most
BEAUTIFUL autumnal days Of the season. and
ragged withou: cessation until the thick dark.
nrss OF the night closed upon the struggling
cembatahls. Inc enemy consisted Of twenty
regiments, commanded by Price in person. and
heavily HIasscd upon high ground oyprlooknr
1ua and ut the forks OF two roads one lea dino
directly 10 the village. and the other few
hundred yards across to the Fulton road south
upon Which the rebels afterwa ards made their
escape. .... ~ 80. n
AGAINST this force, possessing decided ad.
vantage OF ground. Hamilton's division ,uaiu-
tanned the unequal contest, with varying sIIc.
cess. the odds OF the battle upon the apnroach
Of night. however, heng i'm the Federal favor
This became more clearly evident when stan
ley's division was drawn up on SATURDAY. morn
ing 10 renew the fight. and il was fonud thar
Tie bird had flown. or al least commenced mis-
Hight. The division promptly pushed on TO
lukG; in time 10 shell the rear of the rerpa ting
column, while the 2d Iowa ca yaIry Lieut. Col
Hatch. was dispatched 10 the right and the
third division moved ba elk to Barnct's and across
10 Thompsons corners upon the Fulton road,
10 ar;:ss and, if possible, intercppt orr swiftly
moving antagonists Pursuit was contip ned
fer about eleven miles. but tho enemy, at,nira
lily falling back, made Fulton safely. some sixty
miles soutliCrly trCm this place The failure
of Gen. Grant 10 cooperate from above NV
which diversion OF the rebels could ha ye been
effected. so as 10 enable Gen. ROsecrans To ad
vance nearer luka and cftectually occupy their
every avenue OF escape, is at least severely
criticized. and as Yet is not off cially 'accounte1
Tor. II is generally admitted thar Gen Rose
Grams not Only accomplished al that was hu-
manly pr2cucable.. bat distinguished himself
very signally under circumstances greatly ad
VefSc TO his complete success.
II is positively known that our forces buried
go Of the enemys dead on the field, and I62
others, who had been removed from the field
and were subsequently left behind There
were found III hospitals and scattered about
The town about $50 Of their wounded, and from
the numerous bloody stretchers which they left
behind in their flight it is probable they carried
off and crowded into wagons TWO 10 three hun
dr"6 more. We also captured over IJO pris-
onerS.
Tie Federal loss in killed was between %
and ~; wounded, 35G: prisoners, 23.
The 5th Iowa, Col. Matthias, as true-hearted
a soldier a. was ever mounted 1lth Missouri,
commanded by the CIlValric Mower, and 11th
Ohio Battery, Capt. Sands, under the inllnedi.
ate command OF 1-ieuts. Sears and Neil, bore
tie brunt OF the battle, and fought and suffered
with herpism unsurpassed in the gorv annals
W IL mn nod
up 10 tue fearful slaughter with only iS2 men,
lost 81 Kali, q. among whom We're four lieuten-
ants, and IL wounded the ith Missouri. which
numbered $50 lost 30 in killed and wounded:
and The battery had over half their number
killed OF wounded and all their horses killed
bat twelve.
The Adiutant OF the 10th Iowa was killed,
and Col. Chambers, OF the same regiment. Sc.
Nereiy wounded. Col. Boomer, of the 26th
Missouri, was also wounded.
Gen. Hamilton had his horse shot uudpr him,
and to him, as well as 10 Gems Stanley Sulli-
van and Rosecrans, and no man better deserves
The Major Generalshp which he has received
conducted himself with admirable daring and
cooiness, directing movements with the luti-
clous mind of a thorough soldier, and fearless
ly exposing himself dismountpd along the
front oi his essed and breaking lines.
Among the trophies OF The fight was beau
tlful stand of reeimental colcrs. inscribed .Oak
Hills and ..Eikhorn,'' showing that the rebel
flag had been borne through the perilous fields
known more fiIniliarly 10 the North as VIZ
sons Creek and Pea Ridge. ...5
When Price retreated he covered his masnifi.
cent tram. over two miles In length with a full
brigade, until nearing Thcmson's corners, he
folmed IN line OF battle till the train passed on
Gen. Little, the military adviser OF Gen.
Prlce, was killed while in conversation with
Price, and Gen. Whitfield, of some other di.
vision, wounded in the shoulder.
II IS supposed that Price did nos expect an at
TACK at 1uiE,, but was cooperating with Van
Dorm; Bleck'nlldse, and Nillipigue for a COM
hined attack upon Corinth. His reverse ut
1uka, causing him TO fall back. has doubtless
dlsconcesTd this plan, although at the date of
tins wrsinS II Is supposed that Van Dorm &
Co. are doing their part OF the progralume by a
demons tr;tion a. Bolivar, to the .issistancc of
whicd pointreinforcementsh n; We been sent from
here eo-day i..
FROM PENSACOLA.