The Council Bluffs nonpareil., 1862-04-12


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| a. The l..s dav. ,he s,b. Gen. Carsis had
Il. ~h,l. .rmv on tbe rroun,f near tho
E,t horn r., rayern-S Seirel on the left, Davis
1, ~. ca..r.. va.d.ver,s Brieado ,ppport-
;,. ,he Dahno.e .hattery. and DoylSe,s
| Rio. Az on i,he r;ehe. This eas Tho posi.
tion of COR forces u he lius .of moving
| a,.ines ia epenv.s Earl. .in, the. uoraine.
| .he Al D;v;sioa tCo,. Csrrss1 vas ID sshs
rear Of Davis. but was socu changed as
above. The 1st Iowa Battery (Dpdge's
Brisadel opeoed 6re from 4 hill sas sunr 20
on the enemy, and shiea was .ery effective
shrouehous. Soon Dasis, With h:s battery,
aud then Seigel With biz, and the Dubuque
Battery poured sserrible 6re from 40 guns
II the ranks Of The enepy-our batteries
being % posted ~by Curtis as ID make mos,
complete and destsuc,iss cross ere. The
enemy opened With all bis guns, dong us
j,,.ls harm. while &c could plainly see that
our batteries were dung GOOD exscu,ion.-
Af,.r an hoar,s caLonadiug. Gen. Curtis
ordered AN ndv.nce along ,ha entire lioe.-
,ho,. ,,,., w,s ~ ,;s. ~ ora, sadie
the enemy were posted in the brush. No
srander or magni6sent sight was ever vii.
De...a ,h.o our .dyance ,,n,,er eovc, - oar
h..,er;e. The l2,h M;ssour; lof.r,,v
cburped on one Of the epemy,s batteries
and tool i. On The riyhr : !, N, Il nd b.s,erv
onened .. the 22d Indiana. buti anon had
60 leave. and the roll Of muske,ry a,ony the
whole lima .en. terror "a ,be heart. of ,hs
enamv ana ,hev A,d Il conf..;on = ali a.
rec,;o.s. leaving ,bo.sand. of arm.-,ons
bu, P,,es,s q confederate M;.scnr; ,roon, ee,-
tiny OF The field n anv .or, of order bn, IT,.
sn,.,,,. S.;.e. f..iiowaa,o Ka;,,l.;,,. l -.
c.rn.d or ,ha. h..,le .8.,a .na Dav;. van.
.o hi. old camp. iiil e Fy9
Af,er rhe f;vht was over. IN, ,rema;n,,ar IF
the dav seemed exceedingly rloomv. tOur
~ounbr,i.ruou, ds.d.s our missinc I, we're
counted. and The gallant iowa regiments
aud ba.teries. i. waa soon found. had sus-
tanned abou, one hair Of the entire loss Of I
the army. The losses Of the respective
Divisions were as follows: aa
,ssi5s, ,a :, =, =. - Killed. ~es...a- ni.,s
nas,s, % A. d;,a1 liz ] - Ss,vasa S .oIi M 10
Carr. .4th Division, 1870 zai 543 90
Z or these. that portion1 of the troons that |
fought with Cpi Dodge, have lost up 70 nov.
74killed, o65 wounded, and II missiog.-
II was during the afternoon fisht OF the /
7,h, tha. the loss arnonr the Iowa troops
was so heavy. Dodge, Heron. COVE. and |
Galliean, were wounded; and il VA. 10 that
mart Of the day that Col. Dodge lost his
horses, ana, as be thought, escaped unhur,;
but ime has proven that he was mis.ak en-,
for be has serious wound in she side, Two
of his ribs being broken. OF Col. Dodee,s
Brigade, not Geld officer was left-Lieut.
Col. Chandler, Of the 35.b Illinois, having
been taken prisoner in the af.eruoon..-
When the % Brigade fell back, Lieas. Col.
Heron, Of the OH Iowa, was taken prison.
er, being too badly wounded to. leave the
field. ltaas. sga Sa,33 E.s4
The acts OF individual brxyerv and dar.
ing deeds, would cover pages. The bows
cheered as they went back wounded, always
and 4. great macy, afrer being
wounded, sat down and fought the battle
through. sff IS es t'8a fstset
To Gen. Curtis i the credit OF the bat
tle dse, and his plsD Of. n.sack the Las, day
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