The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24
HrHE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT
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in this battle, however, and gloriously
maintained it's honor.
J risy 10th Indiana battery III v
A few of the men belonging to these
'lbrigades were killed and wounded by the
fire Homl the rebel cannon, but Generally
the shot passed harmlessly over their heads.
l was near one Of the men, who was killed
at the time. he was struck, and could iidt
but regard it as singular fatality. His
name is Robb---probably well known in
Cincinnati, as he belonged to the 10th Ohio,
land was Col. Lytle's orderly.
He was notwith his own regiment at the
d time, of his death, but with the Sd Ohio,
and was !, ing amongst the othermen upon
the ground -
I'd While in this position, a spherical shot
struck him in the side, passed entirely
through his body, and buried itself in the
ground beyond ~. g.. al tna;.qc, aids ,i,oJ
III He died instantly, and almost without q
gasp. Not a man of the regiment he was
with was, at this stage. of the battle, either
killed or wounded. .yrjn@Gi 05t1 10 99Y0t
10 A shell burst very near General, Rosseau
and his staff to the imminent danger Ofthe
General himself, and it was this that pro
badly gave rise to the report that he was
wounded. i 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 an
expression Of Sadness, when he came in
view Of those of his brave. boys who were
lying stiff and cold in death. ~, -, A.
While / was Watching with intense in
terest the effect Of our fire on the enemy a
shell came bursting through the air, and
exploded ii 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 4"0 o,.G .'a ''o ,.5 : -
- Not man fiinched however, until the
enemy s batteries opposite Loomis' and 81
mOnson's ceased firing entirely. 80 f..
In fact there was lull in the battle at
this time all over the field, but it was the
lull which follows the first blast of tenn
pest and indicates that it is gathering its
forces for more terrible onset. Captain
Loonnis' battery was now moved down the
lane and took position upon the hill which
lay Immediately behind the one from which
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. 'A - !...'''','' =
HI It was nearly O'Clock when the can
,nonading commenced with terrific fury
along the entire line. liio' ~" ~ I'D -
II 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 enemys Iegions hitherto concealed
emerged in long and formidable lines from
the cover of the woods.
,n In haitian hour afterward, the discharges
of musketry were sharp, quick and terrific
from our right to our left, where Jackson 9
division, now fully in position, was gallant
ly sustaining the battle. Z ."-@i ssa4
1t was 3 O'Clock when the rebels, hith-
ertO unable to cause. even a wavering in
any portion of onr 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
their cOrpses, and then retire in confusion.
. ATTACK UPON JAOKsON'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
brigades of which Jacksons division is
compOsed-the 22d, commanded by Gen.
Terrell, and the S4th, by Col. Webster of
the 98th 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,
when suddenly deploying to the left, they
occupied the whole space in front of Jack
sons division, and rushed upon it with
demoniac yells Hl aaa .g f
The soldiers of the Union fought with
courage never surpassed, and again and
again were the advancing rebels checked
and thrown into confusion. Regiment Wed
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 q
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 theil
bullets in the faces of their desperate enc
mics. 9ae T9do590 alllyurhT
Harris, Stones, and Parsons batteries
g. u - - ~ !