The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-04-26

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rme wATrar IN r1w MEXICO
4 sIgnal success Gained ~ the FEDERAL
TToopss
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From MAJOR a.. q. Aayers ~ - III w. ~
MAJOR elect o. the fouIsa nse,meu. 49, ~.
volunteer, VINO )oss sfnsso Ilssc. .oI. =:
Of war. We are favored WIN sne Ioll0wInx in.s..
est'n8 paEsiculsu Oh sue isse e"ssss'le1 "s.'
Santa re. c.
y Tue main ngns TOOK place u APacne o.rou'
eighty miles from toi. union' anu ..eny sion.
Santa re. Three DasaHons, one unuel A.O,
Cnivlngton, one unoci CAP' IeNns ,esuI' .n.
one unoer Csps. ynkooP, so..ueu - sus ~. ~
on on tne zs.n u'e' Wnen tue p'cAe'' 'eps''eu w
enemy IN sgnt.
The command then advanced, when shots were
nred 81 them Dy the Ie1ans, Wno sere ~ auou'n'
and they succeeded 10 kiihng OF our prlvatsn
Our men, under siougn, rosoeo On tnem, Ahilns
~ or ~ IexAns, woune,ne many VI ..en.. anu
taxing prisoners, : omceIs anu p.v.sI
Aa!or Onivingsons comm.nu, 1n.cn Mon =. .ue:1
ana surprised the .exan picke.s' .akins % prs
oners .ho or Pros'si"u "asouS' ~
plan OF acsion vas oesermlnee uPon. ~ me-
tne ehehy III iroh' sno hanA sls" - '"' 's''e
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M NJ w - q "nn 80, ID
"ounueu' lug eury ,au soo "no A,ooO "o. .'u
| one 81. pouhael. we nau i'ooo men ana one
escn ok n sna .we'se.poonoer anu .oul re- now a.
as.s TUG e.emy ,oss ',e ooe e" IT. a" W. ~
ons .na p,osislous anu 1' 40 .;sa,s.
Ameu, xJU wosuuI 49, .so San,a e ,ho Iat'
.mTne hs,I ,,;..;nas :, .ha soiun 10. ooras
1 NJ tho Terr;torv
| Cent CooL nos -o,ndea hn. =. do,. ~a,,
His heaviest ;n;nrv v.s sustsned bv his horse
falling down and brnisino n. .nt,e Iieut
Narsh.ll Of Cooks command shot himself while
irving to break one Of the Texan crns wing in
| the field after the battle. Lieut.. Chambers was
| wounded severely. and Afterwards died. Lieut.
Baker Tor Beckerl and Lieut.. P. NcGrath were
Also killed.
The Texans. when surprised supposed it was
Col. Canby's force instead of ours that was com
ing.
The Texan officer in command. with two of
his companies, made two different attempts to
charge on our men and seize their batteries, but
were each time repulsed with tremendous loss
performed by our soldiers. AZ one time the Tex.
an companies charged within few Yards of onr
batteries.
CAPTAINS Logan and Wynkoop were with
Cbiyirpton when thew seized the above wagons
and prisoners. Cspts Sopris' and Anthony,s
companies, during the fighting in the canon. were
situated so that their men sustained the heay
disaster.
Our command fell back on the morning of the
the Teen ossoar, s,S ,.;s,.s. aoLno.,aasa
this The nr;sonera teLen vero can't 70 Eort
Union. Coi Slouph,s entire command marched
nm the aoth to Gan Ioaa to..rds Eort ITn;on On
as N no nren,rea Gor emergonn ;os an Mo ronort
cd arrival of S;h,ax With goo n,on S;hias ;s
sa;d 20 no m ~ na.oS .,-s.i. p;me., -
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