Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-04-02

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| ID eus ef fskis sYsnus fnr rsinfo nfospsnsnas.
| Thsy clossd ssund hin nil tumuI Itnush
ahosU, and hslisssa ths5 had ssssnpllesr
a M tsn rish sis brsss y IslIsssss - 90 i -.
pslled sken Is riys xsv. sixeI eoaN aos
relinsrish the yaaushle xaiss. ana - hs
feaxks On, and sxhor4ad kis sssn % -
nswsd hnpe and eousswa g,y his sxsmpIa.
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great srsaoY an hosk si3ss: but Ii ssaznaa
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| Ter sAsm. Thsy uaas hsooans exhaustsd,
and doubtisss thar nasase hare doas %. haa
| their desslay been In less pswsa and a.
pert hands DIAN aisslss.
The raves Of oppositisa rplisa asoaaa
Sixeass eoura9aans band oaaa xaoxs. nd
again the Eraitorous shout wsns ap . %
sky. and swapt lha asse az vscsery sasag
tbs xising bin. Many ! ssons loya haass
daahsisss sank whss tia esy vas heard
bal Sigai had pe thoughts Of Sssluxs. Hs
WAS exhiSng for his a4cpksd sonnsxx. assa
shs salyatian sf his JSfs54 hsna, aad oxasr~
Ing thrss eosnpasutes a his nssa . skxxs
bsyoaess. ahe rabef sn4nIgy was dIspezsea,
sna he MY was apsns once mora.
SsiH no rainfoscemeaM aAmss aad oar
gaalsns aolaieu appeared as ksElsra
hope - 81.
About lAe trains Ehs din oE atxife poss
loudsr than bssoxe, aaA the gassle of mask,
etry and shs Leomiag OF eanasa awoks
the surrounding eahaes. 81
The ensny we're leaing ground. TAsy
rallied and fell with sed0ubled force On
our heroic band, two hundred ef whom
bad already proFed fhasE patriotism With
theig blood. 81 -" 8, s.ej.
TIE eombat was hand 70 band. HaEss.
men were dismounted, and struggled With
the InfanEgy, while the oEieers were sona-
times seen deanding themselves agssaat
tbs advancing bayoness OF aAe common
soiaisra. -
A supeEhumAn enors on the part Of the
ensmT, and shird time the ksoeFslssss
wsre surronnded. f
Firmes sad nrmsr were the rebels clos
Ing asonnd the hYs or ak hnndsed braysss
who we're evidsnfiy golng 20 the wall
The sun OF hope seemed shaking thoagh
saat o. nature was shining clear from eus
the quiet sky. IL.
sigei saw the sEaile o. Heaven onlyy
and YOU'D not aeapond: hia syes n&snea
and DIS form expanded Aa the snoaLa OF
the enemy rose above the din OF the ssrug"
gle. Only one way Was left
"FoiloE me shouted aigei, and ms
psouu ssesd tssmpled an approacaiag req
ei UNDER nis haugnty teeG
deep, strong, earnest CRY from the
unionists, and they met the toe with the
rash Of Determination and ths energy Of
despair ... 80.
Ana sigei wss yaSsovio9a with zoe sun
Sui eeasaing eaeaRiy Out nf ne qnles sky.
The train was saved. The hrst DAY Was
won- t... ... ....
rHx aEcosD DAY's sATTLE.
The eaemys during the night and eaSly
| In the moraing, poured In from the Bea-
touville road, and gathered In heaxy fsrcs
70 oar rear, sweeping round to the right,
aad occupying both sides Of the Keeta-
vilIe road q positiaa from il was abses-
lutely necessary TO dislodge them, or sur
| render all hope of success.
Truly, before the second days engage
msns began, the prsspecs was very dark.
Defeat seemed TO stair Us In the face,
and the sole thing possible appeared =
| struggle 10 prevent 200 aisastrons q dis
comhsure.
The way to Missouri was defended by
thirty thousand of the snsauy; and we had
Iittls more than one third aha nanheg TO
dispufe the perilous passage On the
south wsse the Bostop mountains. To the
east or wess we could net GO Were We
not heEnmed in by nature and the enemY?
/ Could Ne longer resist /? Gould we Say
we were con.ending Gals for victory when
the shadows were IenethAning and deep-
ening On oar hearts
Gen. Cars division was sent by Gen.
| Curtis TO force the enemy froEa their po-
sition. and about ssss O'Clock In The nora.
ing he battle was cwsd With increased
aEdor, and soon the batteries from both
sides wgre replying to each Other with
death dealing voices. The main ASTON
in the morning was to the right Of oar
eneampment, aad for seven hours the
Eeld was hatly contested
Gen. Carr made a spirited and heavy
charge upon the snesny under MCCullosh
and Price. The masket and riae axiRg
was very sharp, and every few seconds
the boom Of the batteries bnrst across the
country, and the iron bail swept down the
stream of life, and allied the surging and
noisy waves with spectral eorpses.
The rebels reeled a. We went against
| them, but their column did not break
The charge was repeated. Still the fos
stood frn, opening CALLING are from
two batteries whose pEssencs bad nos be.
fore been known. Our troops vera thFows
into confusion, and ihrea companies oa
infantry and Col. Ellis cavalry we're order
ed 10 silence the destructive guns.
| Like lightning oaz men leaped forth
prompt to the word, and ragged about Lhl
rebel batteries as rayenoas wolves aroune