The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-04-26
Correspondence Of the Nonparsii.
FROM CURTIS COLUMN.

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Galena. Stone Co.. No., April .. lsss.
OEAR MAYNARD:
We Of the Alb Iowa are rejoicing that
our Col. (DoDcE) has been promoted, and
confirmed Brigadier General. - it vas due
to his military genius and abilities. You
should have seen him on the battle field
He sits on horse, you know, about half.
doubled up, and has a slouchy, SLOW. and.
easy kind Of way with him that s.shs boys -
like. Well, all the lose days Of the battle,
be vas precisely she came DoDos. Nothing
perturbed the coolness Of his appearance,
and bis orders, 10 the ,hickess Of the fght,
we're given in the same cool and determined
manner rs Of old, ss the camp ground be-
low Council Bluffs. But, while We rejoice
for our Colonel's sake, at bis promotion,
our regiment 10 left withoas = &c o6ser.
and is rapidly, I Tear, beco@ing half de-
moralised. 1t. Col. GALLIcAS has resigned,
and Major EAGLlsa il on detached service II
Rolls, as Ordnance officer for this army, and
Il il esen difficult for me to say vhe con-
mands this regiment.
notice some Of the German papers.) and
certain American journals are too prone to
copy their opinions in order to court favor
with the Germnns.) are iustisutinR a very
unfavorable comparison Of our commanding
General with their immaculate SEIGEL.-
These companions are all founded, ~ |
believe, on the grossest fabrication and
having taken pains to ascertsin the exact
facts from . clerk ip Adju,ant CuRTIs'
Office, give them to you FOR what they are
worth.
Asboth. (Seisel's right. hand man, wrote
Gen. Curtis, the night Of Friday, the lib,
advising hassyresress, BY . concentrated
attack on one Of the enemy's points. thro'
bic lines 70 Kei,s~sille and on, the Sih,
Seigel himseH wrote to Curtis, from k-i,,s-
vile, advising to fall back q osce. This
latter ~ss after the enemy bad resrsased,
but Seigel expressed the idss that they
would concentrate and come on 10 sgsin.
Curtis ordered hin iuneaisssly 10 return
to camp. .sYs must remain on the soll we
hav conquered" was his language.
Daring Friday Seixel did no fighting OF
sny account. Saturday morning hs vi.hed
10 make de,our which would have lost u
the battle 10 the same manner ~ be lost
Lvon the ba,,ls Of Wilson's Greek. and
Curtis had to send hiu persup'ery or Yer
1, take position where he did. That be de-.
ployed his forces, and did noe. magnificent
execu, ,ion during the battle Of the ssh, n"
one will deny, though CArr's Division claim
TO have done equally veil, al.hough they had
f.uxAs all day Rrsdsy.
Nv ows opinion 10, from what | cao
ssssss, sod 1 believe ny isfsrna.ion eas-
no. hs isoorrecs, tha. Curtis ordered oil the
,,rs.esieal movemenss Of the battle, and il
i. dus % ,hs S,ase rsf Isvs that she should
M, peyuis those lsurels 70 Be takes fron
him.
Where re are gohg now I An not able
to ssy. The ~hoie army LETT Csssv'is see
wors;rs of~,hs 9th, and - 700 say ses oy
.As .aps, are noviag aearly doe eastward.
W. hese heard rumors, soassime, Of
Prices arm, going to Poeshoo,ss, 10 ess'ern
Arlapsss, and ssrpsss ss ere % ssss.s-
~ 20 ebsesve his novenesss, asa aGAs bin
.s.ip il be feels like trying -. -
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