, 1862-10-18

Pelk teH ots's'ons'j tne 'su 'fisaoe
[o1med our extreme ie1L IN Tue te1s OF our
regiment was the 21st Wisconsin, which had
!omea ou e.'e on .a' ~ ~ suele
was another regiment Of recruits. We oceu.
pied the height of 4 thick1y wooded hill, and
On the first charge in solid columns By the
h-,o,da of +ns .nerov tbe two reo1ments of
Mstor Schumacher Of the 21st Wisconsin was
!, ;,1.a a. tba first 4ine and Co, sveet v,s No.
hu'e1 ~ NaH-.aa. 80 - 49, ~. .ass 49, .ars
Fere!y "ounoeo' ol toe ses unar.0eo com@
papy officers more seems to have been able to
sasnrne the command of the regiment. Thus
e'es1's Wv 4.1:~,. ..r
We hao 10 etaaa Lie lou 4oA aeif1plc cu3ige VI
four regiments. Soon the fire of the enemy
thinned our ranks to such IN extent, that
Ieea. m' .sa,ops use. p ~ ~" 80 omasss F
to the rear, was ordered VI tne IL" omcefs
the regiment ha2, the gallant Capt Stedtns |
gas already disabled by = shot wound, also
w.. ,n+,an;a first ,,entan.nt NJ the Turner
'oe in1ep11 ns. 1s 80 ~ ,r-E ~
company, Peter Hand; the old Mexican SOL
der, Captain Hartman, had been unhorsed By
arebe] bullet while riding along the line and
CHI e,irg on the men; Capt Gunther's horse
had been wounded oy t9ree oalls, ana m1nY
OF cur ofasesI men lay pleeo1n9 On tne gtoono-
But our centre, grouped around the regimen
tal eolors, refused to give way. received
the f1ag toeaIry it 0n to victory" cried Joseph
Brossch, the colct-hsarer, ready to die at hi5
post, "never an enemy shall see my back"
But Immediately afterwards hetoo sank ne"n,
holding the dags:aft-the flag had already |
been slot to tatters-brayely alott. Quick Is |
Thought rebel officer sprarg forward from |
the column OF the enemy. which was only 3
lew PAGES from ours, IN order to con-
Corporal togelberg'a 1ihe laid him
low 1T the same. moment, how
| ever, the gallant corporal, too. was struck
down BY the deadly lead. 4 tsrfible hand to
band cerfict with butt and bayonet ROW en-
sued around the remnants of the fig: The
tnemy's Tag was only twenty PAGES from ours,
| a1,i t*ice tie bearers Of il were shot down By
| onr rifiemeu: but from our heroic color guard
t one by Que sank to the dust. Here our
khchntr received bis death wound, and now
Helen M to TIC ground asn s:o 5a seas7f& 3D. sr%s rs
acs;,.st or nfficer whn hsd laid hands mon
80 n",ss,fF sst4 Psu} Kenmler. alreadv bleed
| irG from wound in the arm, cried not to for
osnI "mS sSot ia The leo' Dnrinfr the me{ee the
saas as ~ hT< keHct nryeE shon1d flti into
i ~ hands n he enemy. We haye collectsd
+he the ra.,nants as q sscr4d memory to onr dead
uIoees ~ 5,,;naa a rho nnce ,,reSartsd she 1iag
zsns ~ elueaEo' ~" 00~~ r. NA1~
W. r,n,x, ~, .,,r eocond ncs;t7on vre took nm the
.,,,',,at w;,b renewt1 raor. and from here We
s.n'a1' .s'a1 d.,nr shn anen1E whn nnW fnnyht
$3.50 oa.or hr fhe nbole ranls Hsra
T.o1 possass ynada his a,,neara1co vi+h ne
~ rar;nr ris r1nmrd hat ut the point OF
~ r5 6,on.!tt three chrers Tar Tia .ross
- ~ 20 81 !, I1ii,'o;s and crcourarYd ns to
sf.na an Our 1e1t fl.nk vas now protected
ns ~ +iEr;h1a lss har1'a arnonc The reht1s Tnev
"a 1n.,era. ,naea ssanG against mr. ioint
ot1 ~ ,'g trn"4e5 =, .H;ia $anrl.~ - ao3 d;S
, tn~7cst' Ne ne, M more New attacks WonId nee
Heearie u bsTa heen nernc;ous to ns. Tor onr
. ammunition was nearly spent, and it took an
th.s ~ ~ ~, mr. ieft VIM lu'ied We dis.
!. t;,nt1r nus hen1d frsm mr. right that The
J., ena,ny haS the adVantagt and soyn
. ~n Sney yreeei1ed lie ter1ihIs news ths!
}. ~. ~ en.1 49,, A".t r,s ,nsh,n~ r;ror,n i,
= nc Sneiy ~. hr;nsda ~ racs,;,oa ne 49,,
!; 10 iii back hs,f I1ile, 1t tnis critical no
J. ment the roar Of cannon and and the rattline
T. fire OF emall arms suddenly rose to stun
ming. eartbqnoking fierceness. Maior General
Tncmas, with his division, had arrived to r.
5. ipio:ce us. Ills timely arrival sarea the da,
j. for us. The fresh troops threw themse1Tea
J. with irresistible jlnpetuosIty upon the enemy
q already e1ated bg bis supposed victory, ao'
although the rebels still made stout resist
ID ance, their whole line fnslly had to retreat
r. The rising moon shone upon tue Union troop
victorious and masters OF the battlefield.
Is During the night our regiment and the 79t
in PENNSYLVANIA, which had also suffered terribly
neld a position about one mile to the right {
&c our first one, Towards morning the whol
es srmV vas placed in line Of battle two mile
-. further TO The right, but soou it became app
~ rent that the enemy had further retEeated an
:, was not willing to accept smother battle.
~' position, which had been assigned to the med
re cal director as = Temporary hospital for ii
r. wounded. who, aside from the paius cause
- BY their wounds, bad to suffer very nu.h fro
NV tie utter wsnt of water. The trausportiI
be over the uneven road, now. up,
=, | hill then down another again addt
@ 10 their suffe1ings. My means
rd transportation were very limited. Just
I'M the beginning of the battle my largest amo
- lance had been shot to pieces, and thus the
lie Kept busy the whole Of next da until daz
~. to pick up on the hill and unde. bzash. .oa: po
" Wourded, and to carry them back. Area
he in the night after the battle, had tried, vi
he the assistance of my iudefsttgabie steTas
~ Mr. Wild, to reach the battle field OF onr Il
ere position with some braocard bearers, but
4 fierce fire the rebels compelled us to
lire. am sorry to SAY that vas Z
allowed to stay IN the hospital 70 nurse I
wounded, as a renewal Of tne eHag.
80, +,as, mas ~ ~ ,,.a'neIt hut hans thai !
~ medical director ordered \ sufficient numf
ac- OF surgeons, to proceed to the hospital
me, The losses OF our brigade are enormou
. | 4OcEE NV Ge9a 8nA %0uuUEA IL A1Nf IT
use mepts. the Is4h Kentucky had to stand gus
AXE over the ammunition, and was not in the Il
q +o In conft querce Of the {atiguiug march fr
Nashville to Louisville, great number OF I
l0W men had to remain in the hospitals at b.
lii- ing Gfcen and Louisville, SO that We numb
ed at the highest $50 bayonets. Col. Nj
so lofty, also, We bad to leave severely sick
the latter place: also, lieuts. Schxeinfc
BorItmsn and Pull. As We had no field {
ERE c1s. tht 1hrec Oldest captains {Mauff, G
~ thrT and Hartmarn1 had to act as such. an,
1cality the Tn compa6ics only had ssyen q
nj Stored officers instead Of thirty. s
i, tho xesnts Woke, Fr;tze, Kaufman, Loama
.cN. and Biter acted as hcatsnanss: -. II ~ n
@1ss officers are filled at last. We have
on'd twenty.fcur dad, eevsn'y-six xoundea
nus ss naues ,e.1 - ~ ~ ~ 49,. ss,s.
..d1 wounded CAM OF survive. Most Of the Il,
ported to The hospitals OF other regiments
~"o To-day our two divisions marched over
| r.fa .<%f had nSr