Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-02-22

a eRlLLlAMt sUccEss.

Early Saturday Morning the 18th, the
earnest work began, although, there had
been some preyious fighting. The fight
began early in the morning, upon the right
wing Of our forces in the rear Of the ene-
my's works, in which tue lst and 2pd brig,
ades o. Gen. MeClcrnahd's division was
engaged.
The Slst and 9Th illinois regiments,
were eucamped near The exaeme
right The lsi brigade, Col.tR. j. Ogles-d
by, commanding. was, Immediately. drawn
in line after the following order the 18th, !
Cot l.awler, on the Extreme right Sth, !
lieutenant Col Rodes, commanding; next, |
B0tll, Iieut, O0Ls Dennis, ccrnmandiug 81
next followed BY the 29th, CSl Reerdon.
Which supported the right Of Schgarlz'sI
battery Of light artillery, With the, 3lst,
Col. john A Logan, on the extreme left !
aud supporting TIE left Of SchSatps bats
lery, all the illinois regiments, the ~ Brig
ade, Col. W. H. L. Wallace, commanding, |
consisting OF The lib, Lieut.. Colonel ttan
som, commanding 2Oth, Col O. Carol
Marsh Ash, Coll Smith, and 45th, Col. !
lIapcy, Illinosregimeals, with McAlisIer's (
and Taylor's batteries, four siege gnns.
| The attacking force of the enemy was
abontnl zoe meh The position gOf the
ground was so thmtnot more than Que Of
our regiments could operate at the same
time, while the rebels could bring nearly
their whole fofce tO beat against US.
I The hrst regiment to receive the rebels
4 was the 18th, which fought With desper-
late courage, until their ammunition Leeame
exhausted, when they wero forced TO retire
with severe loss OF eficers aud men aud
vefe replaced by TIC S;b regt,, which
shfought with like bravery, but they too we're
4 Idriyen back after disburSing their ammpRi.
hsion, and was replaced by The 18th which
also fell back in turn. meanwhile the
other regiments we're lending sneh feeble
aid as their position waul udnit Of N IScw
Wallace was then ordered to reinforce the
forces under Gen McClernand ,aad he scat
two brigades Of his division from the cen.
ter. The 3lst regt. Col john A Logan,
fought like veterans VINO bad never had
Eany other oeeupatiou than defending
q Schwartz's battery under the calling Gre
! OF the enemy until every horse vt the bat-
terry was killed, with the oficer who, bad
! charge OF the guns, as well as Lieut.. Col.
White, Capt Kigby, acting Major, aud !
tother Captaihs aud apumbdr of Eiehtca.
! Fahts of the 3lst had been killed, with Col
Logan wounded Being nearly surround
ed by the rebels, Capt Edwin s. McCOok,
: who was left ID command drew the fegi
ment, or what remained of ite of the 6eld,
J but not until their last round was expendr
led and they had commenced 10 drive the
rebels before them Tue Second Brigade
now came up and took the place of the e
! tired one, aud fought sbFagelyi lopsing a
!. fgi eat number in killed aud wounded, when
JEith The assistance of portion of Wallace:
|. division, The 49tf and 59th Ohio witi
ETayioPs battery. which was stationed on .
bill uear by As thesrebels3eame up, they
! lopeRed fsespen thea and drove . iporliol
of them back into the, ,entrenchments, Mh hil'
Il q large potion still occupied the gronnt
: they had gained. The object Of thesrebel
5 was eFideD9y to'cut theirswsy through on
/. lrauks, .-F,. !. ..,.., -;...-.... -.
In.the afternoon, Gen. Grant saw tia
something should be douo to restore tht
I spiriis OF our disbeartened troops, and or
! dered Gen. Smith to make an assault on
the west wing of the enemyiS works. Gen.
Smith, as quick as horseaesh could bear
him, rode along his lines aud ordered more
men 10 prepare for charge, which caused
shouts of joy to ring along his lines, With
!, out a moments unnecessary delay, Col
Lanman's brigade, the I'd and 7th lowe
: and the llth and 25th indiana charged u
e 10 the enemy's redoubts, driving the enem.
/. tbesOre them at the point Of the baycnet lik
d frightened sheep. and gaining possession {
their outer works. GeR Smith behaye
= like ono inspiritcd, for nothing less tha
continual victories He could be see
riding along the lines amid the lbickest {
= The fight, encouraging bis men and chez
ID ing them on to victory, regardless Of Ii
% deadly misseIs flying around bin, The Co
Of the 3D. Iowa was the FIRST man 10 mong
the enemys works With his men close
bis wake. The storming was eomplet
. Our troops gained position inside OF the
works where the Jay. on their arms all nigh
= prepated to follow up their success IN Il
)" morning The 7th Illinois, Col Cook, fc
u lowed np sh reserve and q portion OF b
y, regiment got into the action while the ba
Is ance acted as skirmishes With sharp shoe
4. ters. After Gen. Smith had gained his p
sition inside the eneuly's entrenchnent
Gen. G raHt sent word of his success to Il
N right wing, and ordered MeClernand al
Wallace TO renew their attack upon Il
> FIRST and second brigades, which had be-
v in the bloody affair in the morning vii
/. McClernand's division aud two brigades
!. Wallsce's division made a fresh assault u
Oh tho enemy, aud gained the, ground th'
. had lost, aud pushed forward close to Il
~ left Of thcir Notifications, aud then lay {
their arms prepared, ID concert with ere
Smiths colnmn, foEln6rnmg. Operations
" On the morning of she l6rh mo fri
y, Of any account was heard,l There nppea
I'd to be Il lull that was. not understood 4
following are among the Killed ana @enn
ed Killed, Lieut. Col Smith, 4Sth II
r.. Leut. Col Cowan, 29th lii, Sbieut. G.
~ White. 3lSt ILL., Moulded. Col John
at Logan, 3lst H., slightly, Col. NJ. X. La
&C Eer, 18th H., Col G. Carol Marsh. 20
Hl, Col w. r. Morrison, 10th III, Liet
Col Ransom. lith I'll. -
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