Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-10-08
THE BATTLEoF THE
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I The battls began with the dawn
Morning found both armies just a. til,
had slepty almost close enough TO bed
4 into eashs ssharsT syaa<e II The left /
AaadsSSs reserves and khs right Of Risl
etna line became engaged ak nearly q
saaae rnosnent, Que With Aftifiefy, the on
ss wssh saafaatsyga 4 sassegy was Alsaa.
im,nsaisEelp pashsd lpEwaFd Aeysaa 4
eeasral Weofis, over . nlaNad. asld, .nas
the top OF the keId where the corn Eel
begkn. Oh thfs 6pen fehd, 6 In the 9be
/ beyond, and In the woods which streteA
ed forward into the broad fields, like
premoasssSE lite alseA scsaa, we're u
lhafdess&&zid dssalisss saraggiss Of th
aaksnt, L. 3sFsS}z II .sa gd gap i
For half an hour after skssbaktls b.
grsgp 70 ,its fpu ssgengtb, Lhs line Of fg
swATs 81 DaSshss way. Hooksrss NEG Wes
fully PIP TO their work, they saw hei
GsnssI ri whsrs q lropg, asyes ava
from The arss aad al The troops believe,
in their Gonna shdsrs and fought With
vii il Two aTas 81 item rsFs the ssn,
men ne rb9 aqdsF Nd u y EeEI hsa broken :
The hs1f bsas p,ssssd. The rebels bsg,ssl.
to give way = Iltle, osly p little, bat a
lhe hrst INDIGESTION Of ) fssedinS krs
Horwafd, was the wosd, apa .ea wsnE th.
Tine With . eheeg and ! gnsb.. Bacl
across the corn geld, leaving dead and
wounded behind mem, over tie reGcs suc
across The read, md then back again lsse
the dssk woods which eissed arpand
thfms went the rstreating rebels. 80 ':.4...
- Meade and BID PeansyIranians follow.
ed harf and YaaG followed TIL they sslns
wahin sasy range sf fths woods, aapoAag
whieh they ssi#e thssni bsassn enemy die: liz
appearing -foAoNsd slill, wish anorhei
shest' @ aaa dung themselves b against j! the
\ But oat Of thoss gloomy woods came
suddenly And heavily terrible yolieys--,
vallsys Whieh snoto and benz, aud broke
ina. Enouent that eager, 'front.', and hurled
she1a swiftly, back Tor bali she distance
shey had won. NOT swiftly, net In panic,
any tfnrshsr. Closing up ghsiE shattered
linea, thsy came slowly awsao-a regiment
whers brigade bad been, hardly b4i-
gade where = whole division had been
victorious. They had met from the
W Oads shs ssaa Eollsys of anaskstry fEusa
fresh syoap4--hac met them And returned
them till their line bad yielded and gone
down before the weight If Ore, and ill
sheir ammunition was exhausted.
In ten minutes the fortune Of the day
ssemed 10 h2Te .ehangea-7it was the
rebels nSw was #oss'advaneiug, pouring
,us Of she woods ia sodlsss lines, sweep.
heir comrades bad just aed. Hoosksassp
lent in his besrest brigade 10 meet them,
BAT is could not do Aha work. he called
,dr another. There was nothing close
.nough,, unlsss be took it from his fighs.,
His righG might be in danger if i vac
bat his center was already
hrsatene4 With annihil&non. Not kss-
taaang one musnenE, be saut to Double
lay; "GiFs ma your beat brigade instant
y.b %ftEs .,a~4a.f = "A
The best brigade came down the bill to
be right bn the run, went through the
itnbeT in front through 8 storm Of ahos
nd bursting abel .apd eEashiag Iiazbs,
yer the open 9ehd beyond, and sgfRfght
nto the corn f1rfi, passing a. thev vent
be trAkments Of dared slgaies zhsstAt-
d by the rebel IRE, and streaming to the
ear They passed BY Hooker, whose
Yss Lighted as he saw these veteran
roops bed by q soldier whom be knEw be |
ould snst- 81 GbiRk they viii hold It, p
E said. .aS - p
General HaraznR took his troops Eery
.eadiiy, bas pqy#, that tasg wsrs undsr |
re, not hurriedly, Up the kll from whiCh
10 eozn~6eld begins 20 descend, snd |
,rtned them on the ersss. Not . man
hs vas not 10 full yiew-~aok one who |
ent bsfsTs tbs ssorm. Firing at first In |
alieys, thay fred them at will With |
onderful rapidisy and effect. The
hole line efpwurd the hill and stood
ut darkfy against the aky, bat lighted
nd shr0nded ever in fame and smoke
hers were the tsrwsIfth. ard Thiraasash
and another regiment
bichs cannot rsmsmher-old truops all |
I them.
There fsrr Aalf saf hsar shey had shs
dgs, unyisadiug IN purpose, sxhaussless
e0urages There Wers gaps In thsliaa,
as Is aaahere auailed. Thair Gaasgal /
as wauHded baulY early 10 tho Hghs,
at shao faaght ~. Their supports did T
st come~~shey determined to win with
&c them. They began to go down the
III and into the corn they did not stOr
lAiak thak their ammuniEisn was neAr-
gone; thsX xgg thsra q Ssa EhY asld,
I'D they won il. The rebel ffae for the
.cond time fisd through the cora and
ito tee woods. Fl;amRAss tell how fsa \
HartsuE's brigade we're lsft, whsn The
ork was done, buE it was done. There
as no more gallant, determined, heruIc
citing in all thss desp arasa aay. Gen.
srssaT il severely wounded, hat l dol
os hslieye be counts hia succssa too
sarly purchased 4 .
The eFisis Of the fghG "a shis point had
rived; Ricketts, divisios, vsiniy en-
- advassce, and exhausted by
le effort, had fallen back. Part Of
Iaas6eldss earps was ordered in TO their
.lisf, bas MAnsz sIpa troops came back
xAsn, end lAaiE asasYal waa meatally
The Left, nevertheless, was
70 extended 30 hs sarnsdz aad sao sttaaga
|, be- broken. nlekeEsss seus wUrd be
sald not aaEauss, bus saald hold bis
raands peableday had kspt bic guas
/ work Oh fls right, and had finally
lsnced rshel basasfs ssas fer bali an
our had poured in CALLING aaglaaiag |.
re along Hooksx's ssalxal line. 1s.f
There were weode ia,font Of Double
ay's bill which shsgsbela held, bat 30
,nsg ~ ssass guas pointed thai way they
i'd nss cars 10 Attack. With bss lagl
ash able 10 take care Of itself, with hia
ighs isBpsagnAhIs with two brlgadss OF
iaasasss ssaal fFesh and eomiag as, and
Iiih bis center second time v1osorious,
ien. Hooker deter mined to advance. /
DginYs we're srns TO Crawford and Cor
on--ths Two .AaAAnsadR brigades--to !.
aosostliFscaly4 leFward ak oacs, chs has4s
cries In he eeaseE were ordered og. and