The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-12-16

1 AtS vas SPii i'Cuiy Vail ASA ou1 Hiu hCNCI
closed until after dark.
Gen. Franklin, who commanded the
attack on the LETT, met with better sue.
cess. He succeeded after hard day.
fight, in driving the rebels about one
mile. AT one time the rebels advanced
to attack him, but were handsomely re-
pulsed with terrible slaughter, and loss
of between 400 and 500 prisoners, be.
longing to Gen. A. p. Hill.
Gen. Franklin's movement was direct.
ed down the river, and his troops are en-
camped tonight not far from the Mas
sasoit Creek
Our troops sleep tonight where they
fought TO day.
The dead and wounded are being car
lied from The field.
The following is list of the officers
killed aud wounded, as far as known !:
Gen. jackson, OF the Pennsylvania Re.
erves, killed. Gen. Bayard struck in
the thigh by shell, aud afterwards died.
Gen. Vnton wounded in the side but
not seriously. Gen. Gibbons wounded
in the head Gen Kim ball wounded in
the thigh; Gen. Caldwell wounded in
two places, not seriously /; Col. Sinclair,
Of the Penn. Reserves, wounded serious
ly; Capt. Hendrickson, commanding the
! 9th N. Y. State militia, wounded SER
ously
The firing Of musketry ceased about
six O'Clock this evening, but the, rebels
continued throwing shell into the city
until o'clock.
The position of the rebels was as fol-
lows Gen. Longstreet was on the left
and holding the main works.
Gen. A. P. Hill and Stonewall Jack
son were in front of Gen. Franklin. with
Jackson's right resting on the Kappa
hammock, and Hills forces acting as a
reserve.
Gen Burnside will review the battle
ground at daylight.
The troops are in good spirits and not
in the least disheartened.
BATTLE FIELD NEAR FAYErTEvrLLE, Ark
December 3, 1862.
Gen. Herron's forces en- route to rein.
| force Gen Blunt, met the enemy yester-
day on Crawford Prairie. ten miles south
of Fayetteville. Arkansas, and won de-
cisive victory over them. The enemy
were $4,000 strong, divided in four d.
visions under Generals Persons, Marina
duke, Frost, and Rains, all under Gen.
Hindman, and embraced the flower of
the trans Mississippi army, well sup
ported by Ell hteen pieces of artillery
The enemy thanked Bunt's position at
Cave Hill, and made a sudden dash on
Heron to prevent him uniting with
Blunt. Herron's force consisted Of the
94th and 37th Illinois, 19Ih and Goth
Iowa, Goth Indiana, Goth Wisconsin, and
a battalion or two of cavalry, in all from
6, 800 10 1000 men, and twenty four
pieces of artillery. The battle ragged
from 10 O'Clock in the forenoon till dark
and was desperately fought throughout
Our artillery drove the enemy from two
strong positions, and kept their over
whelming numbers at bay.
The Goth Wisconsin captured rebel
battery of four heavy guns, but were
forced 10 abandon thaya nnder ....;-I -.
GUS IRE. The 18th Iowa also took the
same battery and fought most desperate.
ly, but were also obliged to yield it.
Almost every regiment distinguished
itself. About O'Clock Cen Blunt ar
rived from Cave Hill with 5000 men,
and strong force of artillery and attack.
ed the enemy in the rear. The rebels
made desperate efforts TO capture his
batteries, but were repused with terrible
slaug liter. We held the whole field at
dark, and before 9'o'clock that night the
entire rebel force were in full rstreat,
over Boston mountains. Our loss in
killed and wounded is 600; that of the
rebels 1900, by their own admission.
Several OF the enemy's field officers were
killed, among them Col. Stein, comman-
ding brigade, formerly brigadier of
the Missouri State guard. Only few
prisoners were taken. We captured four
caissons filed with ammunition. Lieut..
Col. McFaran. of the 10Th Iowa, was
the only field officer killed on our side.
Major Hubbard, LIST Missouri Cavalry,
was taken prisoner.
NEwBERN, N. c., via Fl. MONROE,
Dec. Great dissatisfaction exists IN
the interior, and the impression prevails
that signal victory by Burnside will
be followed by immediate and entire
abandonment of the border States inclu-
ding North Carolina and Tennessee.
The p rogress OF the Goth ult., has the
following total Of rebel losses in the re.
cent battles. which amounts to $4,000
men. It, says the people at Charleston
pulled up their lead pipes and contrbu-
ted 10000 pounds 10 the Government.
and that the Government will issue re-
ceipts for all lead pipe and other fixtures,
and binds itself 10 replace them at the
end OF the war.