The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-04-24

shot and shell! one timber cl,>t on TIE
ca>>ion having explt dcd. though still
containing some - OF 20 uncxploded
sh'I,> and some round shot, with powder
still uncon$umed-~,hc wLole covered
with burning rags ana tow We saved
Ill b. taking the burning material out Of
tie box BY hand TO have left it so in
the road to whelc We Lad taken it, (half
mile to the lc4r of thc first position J
would have been dangerous to pass, and
thus impede the main road, our priuci-
pal. indeed | hight say our Oh Y, avenue
Of approach to the conflict There WIS
un2 large liuIuer ci.,>t We were compcll-
. ed 70 leave IN gathering the parts of the
ha:trr',s This WIS on the fore axle OF Il
cannon carriage, ;1' tongue and hounds
having been >Aot way Rather than
let the enemy get possession of its con-
tents (tor it was filed with shot and
she'll which we afterwards found they
very much nvc@vM directed my ID
Lieutenant to open aud set match to it,
which he did.
afterwards learned that when the en-.
cniy had !airIl got up and surrounded it,
1t exploded; the truth OF which was fully
attrstcd hy the many manclCd soccsh
forms Strewn lmme ediateiy around where
1t stood, and where the scattered chest
still Laid when last viewed the spot
GA the second day We rctook the three
pieces taken irom the Dn'uque battery
The day before, and have them now.
The magnificent scene of bnttle array
On the Hth when the enclny Wa, ia his
prodjStOus coMhiu,d strength routed, |
VIII not-cannot portray 1t as well as
that cf tie 1th, will hereafter be seen in
history.
We have almost all withdrawn from
the battle gr,uyd The wounded aud
thcl: attendants u,e the last remaining,
and they will AZ be removed by to n.or-
row, back to Na>syiiIc Thcy have been
berry active two days and nights rcmov-
ing them.
We hay" taken great many prisoners
"nong whom are L great number Of off
GERS, ana some Indians OF the latter
the enen.y bad from 1000 to 1000.
Your old townsman, Asher Kelley, was
elected Lieutenant lately, to ill tho va
caucy created ~ the resignation Of Al,
pheus Alexander, formerly Of ne village
of LEXINGTON. Asher is nuw with me
aud acting as adjutaut lie mak"s most
! excellcc; officer, as di1 .ilph.
I'll company to which they belonged
suffered severely. TA,ir very able Cap,
tain nripps Was killed their lst Lieut.
had one log shot off His men suffered,
as did all the cornparies, except uine-
! | having but five wounded and ore mis-.
: sing
cnjoinrl upon my cr''o.s to always
hecp cool and uudcr cover if possible, as
mine is Intended from its position to be
skirlnishing company. l have had ex-
cellent opportunity to prepare them by
training III sklrn4ishing for just the kind
Of a fight we had.
We are now eucumpcd on the banks Of
Sugar creek, seven miles west Of the bat
tie field. Fine sprirgs gush ont Of the
bank, aud we arc having Il refreshing aud
purifying time, whilst ioraging parties
are gathering us plenty Of Subsistence,
such as fodder and fresh beef, though
the latter | must say is rather poor
The enemy We believe are try ing to
concentrate their scattered forces at Bus.
ton mountains, some forty miles from
here, whore they were before they NOV
ed with such assurGIcc ln the ability Of
their numbers aud skill to place item
selves i'll our rear.
1t is amusing to hear the prisoners re.
late the boasts Of the enemy in regard to
cutting off our retreat to railroads, refer
ring to the act Of Gen, Sigel at the time
Of the battle Of Wilson's Creek, falling
back to Rolla, thence 70 St, Louis But
that business we have mostly quit. 1t
would not be consistent with the general
order Of things and plan followed cast.
We expect to 60 OH from ''cOnqucrlng
to conquer.
Don \. CAEHENTER.