, 1862-03-19

prompuywith his batteries, with lntle effect,
except disabling enc Of sigcrs guns.:; The
1nurderons cross fire Of our batteries crashed
tbroneL the timber With terrible effect. The
cannonade Was terrible for two hours and q,
half, during which time the infantry advanced
slowly Under coTer Of our fire FROM the bat,
te1cE. As soon as the .cnc1ny broke the in
tantry advanced with yell in double quick,
sending yo1ley' upon 4yollcy> Of well aimed
The Twelfth Missouri rushed forward and
charged OF battery In the Eeavy timber, cap
tuT1rg three guns and a flag belonging to the
Dallas Artillery. The TwcntJ-second Indiana
::l:o captured gun and two caissons, At
flank, while Gen. Davis aud Col. Carr drive
forward his left flank. The flight BECAME
general, and the rayine near the Eikhorn Tar-
:ern was thronged with the flying enemy. The
bluffs on the LEFT, forming NATURAL fortihca-
;batte5y posted, were sto!n,ed BY Col. Greu-
sells brigade. The precipiee here is seventy
i've feet high.
Tie lstb, 18th and 18th Missouri and s1st
Illinois, scaled the hill and drove. the sentmY
unt, the brigade losing only eight men killed
and twenty-five wounded. The top Of the
blnH WIS completely covered with their dead
and wounded from our Epherical.casc shetland
shells. The arms and accoutrements were
scattered in all directions. 4 prisoner taken
] ere stated that Van Dom had not been seen
for two honrs, and they thought it time to
leave. The victory was complete. The re-
treating enemy were pursued for two miles
BY Company u, Of BoTman's Battery, and the
pursuit was kept up by the Benton Hussars
:snd.Gen Sigel to Kcetsv1llc. Prisoners, In
Guiding officers, were taken IN large numbers.
Our loss in the battle was comparatively
small, but the enemy's was terribly severe.
We Killed Gen. Slack, and young Clark. son
Of Mer7jwether Clark, Of st. Louis, who had
his head taken oil by:a cannon ball. He COM
lnanded battery t;allantly, and had Just given
his horse. Lieut.. Col. McCul1och, son Of the
General, was also found among the dead, with,
his commission in his pocket, near Elk Horn
Tavern.
Gen. Curtis has won victory that should
place bis nan1e in the front rank of heroes
battling for the national cause. From his po-
sltlon in the field he observed every move
1Etnt, and gave his orders with admirable
eool1ess and decision. His Aids, CAPTAINS
Mckinney, Stark. Anghfelt, Still, and Lien
tenants ADAMS and Hoepner, were seen flying
over The field, conveying orders and bringing
intelligence.
Good Judges place our loss in killed, wound
ed and missing, not over l, 500, while the enc
my's loss will not fall far short Of $500. The
reports as soon as soou as obtained will be
sent forward.
We have captured over 1000 prisoners, and
recovered all our guns Several Of the enemy j
guns and caissons hare been found abandoned
in the woods, aud any quantity Of ammunition
has been captured.
On The rebel side the indians were in CON-
mand OF Pike, Standwartz aud RosE. They
proved Of little account, except to plunder
and rifle the dead and scalp the wounded, Of
which fact Col. Bussey, Of the Third Illinois
cavalry, has ample evidence. In the field
these cowardly. allies could not be brought
within range Of our cannon. They would say,
g 9Tuh 1,fAr f71Y ~ nd a1-a1Sf3HIa far ha
brush.
1IcCulloth was killed in the brush on a
slight elevation on the opposite side Of the
feld, By Peter Pelican, private in company
3, Thirty.six Illinois. The attack in which
| the ubiquitous Ben was taken off was led By
Capt Miller. McCnlloch wore . dress 81
black velvet, patent leather high top-boots,
! and he had OH light colored broad -briu1med
| Texan lar, He was on a light bay horse.
| Pelican went up and took good
watch, now. in possession Of Col. Greusel
A cannon ball struck the ground, and ricoch
citing, passed under Col. Whites borsc, car
1ied away leg Of the horse rode by Lieut.
| Landgrove. The Lieutenant fell with the
horse, but cztrieated himself as soon as pos
sible. The horse getting up, hobbled to tht
secesh ranks, taking along the Lieutenaut's
| pocket money, which was concealed in tllt
ha1sters-
We had IN alarm In camp yesterday, which
| called cut nearly ourwho1c force into line, ani
! considerable 11rlng. The panic was caused b,
! lC0 5ebEl cavalry, who were moving over tn,
battlefield to bury their dead. Some person
not knowing their object gave the ALARM aud q
ono time We thought the camp WAS invested
by mytiads Of The skulkiug enemy aud In
i dians.
The third and fourth division moved toward
Bcntonsyllle to take up new quarters.
KILLED AND WOUNDED or TIE e6fu REGIMENT 0!
ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS.
|
Ira Fuller. co. Z.
paul Stephenson. co. f.
.Jaues h Ha1rison, CO. C.
JOHN Ray, co. E.
Ernst Ansorg, co. B. -.. ...-.
William Gibecn: CO. c. right arm amputatcd a
And1sw seoaead Corporal CO. D, right arm broker
Edward Lyon co. G, left thigh broken.
G. Pratts CO. 6. let shoulder.
james Eddy. co. B, in left hip.
| Frank Leei, co. c. in right temple.
Thomas MeComb, CO. G, through left hand
| Vim T an Ohleu, CO. 3, in abdomen.
Oliver Brownlec, corporal &C. B, through right arm
II. Eemple CO. Ii, through neck.
| Henry Hoag, CO. c, thronghle arm
Y. :: Partridge, co. T. through left arm.
David DordWc1l: co. 9, in LETT hip.
Louis JoEes> co. G, through right leg.
q. N: stltf. @. 9, through Right arsle.
VIM L: Campbell co. B. IN Fight leg:
4s5 5 e. f Eio"sh sas t. ks:
5: II. Mccartney. CO, in forehead.
Charles Cox, co. A. il right thigh.
G,rrin Pickett. CO. q. in abdomen, morta1ly-
franklin Snail. CO: g, in left arm
John Dix Benuttt, ,corporsleo: G. in right thigh
Robert n. Thompson. co. h, in left side.
: 1amcs McCreary, CO. K, in right side.