The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24

A few of the men belonging to thes,
!brigades were killed and wounded by tn,
= fire from the rebel cannon, but general,
the shot passed harmlessly over their heads
| was near one of the men who was killel
at the time he was struck, and could no
but regard it as a singular fatality Hi
name is Robb-probably well known il
Cincinnati, as he belonged to the 10th Ohio
and was Col. Lytle's orderly.
He was not with his own regiment at the
time of his death, but with the Sd Ohio
and was |, ing amongst the other men upon
the ground.
While in this position, a spherical shot
struck him in the side, passed entirely
/ through bis body, and buried itself in the
I ground beyond. ......-.. ....
He died instantly, and almost without &
gasp. Not a man of the regiment he was
with was, at this stage of the battle, either
! killed or wounded. l.. 49,.
shell burst very near General Rosseau
and his staff to the imminent danger of the
! General himself, and it was this that pro
badly gave rise to the report that he was
wounded. | do not think that he was
hurt at all, for the next morning | saw
him riding over the field in fine health aud
| spirits, his countenance only exhibiting al
expression OF sadness, when he came in
view Of those of his brave boys who were
lying stiff and cold in death.
While / was watching with Intense in
terest the effect of our fire on the enemy a
shell came bursting through the air and
exploded in the very midst of Capt. Simon
sons battery, killing two of his horses and
wounding couple of his men, The next
moment a case shot tore away the head of
another horse, entered his foreshoulder and
ranged through the entire length of his
body.
| Not man fiinched however, until the
enemy's batteries opposite LOOMS and 81
monson's ceased firing entirely.
| In fact there was lull in the battle at
this time all over the field, but it was the
| hull which follows the first blast of tenn
pest and indicates that it is gathering its
forces for more terrible onset Captain
LOOMS battery was now moved down the
lane and took position upon the hill which
lay Immediately behind the one from which
I he had just been fighting. At the same
time the infantry was moved nearer to the
crest Of the latter and there lay down
awaiting the onset which the enemy were
evidently about to make.
1t was nearly 2 O'Clock when the can
nonading commenced with terrific fury
along the entire line.
| Several Of the enemy's batteries had
evidently been moved much nearer, al
! though still under cover of certain necks
of wood which extended into the open
ground toward our position. Strange dis
charges of musketry began to be heard,
and the enemy's legions hitherto concealed
emerged in long and formidable lines from
| the cover OF the woods
In haitian hour afterward, the discharges
of musketry were sharp, Quick and terrific
/ from our right to our left, where jackson 8
division, now fully in position, was gallant
/ ly sustaining the battle.
1t was 3 O'Clock when the rebels, hth-
ertO unable to cause even a wavering in
any portion of our line of battle, collected
his chosen bands, and, under the leader
ship of Bragg himself, advanced determ-
inedly towards our center, or rather the
left of our center, in order to break, if
possible, the line which our gallant SOL
diers everywhere so stubbornly maintained.
In vain their artillery Numbered within
! 100 yards of us; in vain their infantry
poured volley after volley into our ranks !;
in vain their cavalry came forward with
loud shouts and in magnificent order
/ Their artillery was silenced by the murder
Gus fire of our batteries, and their cavalry
advanced only to strew the ground with
4 their cOrpses, and then retire in confusion.
| ATTACK UPON JACBsON's DIVISION
But the attack which began upon Jack
! sons division, about twenty minutes after
! that upon ROuSseau'S was more successful.
Here the infamous Buckner brought an
! immense force to bear against the two
brlgades of which JacksOn's division is
composed-the 22d, commanded by Gen.
i Terrell, and the 94th, by Col. Webster of
the 9Sth Ohio. A strip of woods lay be-
| tween the open ground in front of this
division and that in front of Gen. ROus-
seas, and extends very nearly back to the
woods upon the left of Perryville, where
the rebels had their forces posted in the
morning. This strip of timber formed a
covered way by which the rebels stealthily
advanced until they were near our lines,
wher suddenly deploying to the left, they
occupied the whole space in front of Jack
sons division, and rushed upon it with
demoniac yells.
The soldiers of the Union fought with
courage never surpassed, and again and
again were the advancing rebels checked
and thrown into confusion. Regiment We'd
with regiment, and man with man, to see
who should longest sustain the repeated
and terrible assaults of the foe. Occa-
sionally portions of the line would waver a
little under the murderous fire which the
enemy, in overwhelming numbers, poured
upon it; but even while their comrades
were falling thickly around them, the men
would rally, reform, and again drive their
bullets in the faces of their desperate enc
mics.
Harris, Stones, and Parsons batteries
ceased firing shell and round shot, and
hurled into the very bosom of the advanc-
ing host storm Of grape and canister, un-
til the ground was literally covered with
dead and mangled rebels
But with ever-increasing strength the
anoyny nnntipuo1 tho ooooult Jo DloooT