The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-12-27

the illinois river, cut them up very badly, d.
stroyed their train and took portion Of thai.
men prisoners. They next surprised and :,
lacked General Herrons body guard, cou.,,,,n.
one Battalion of the LIST Missouri Cavalry ~
had preceded the column some distance A. 81
vance guard, killing and wounding numbe, a,
them, and taking the Major and number Of n.
command prisoners.
General Heron came up about q O'CLOCK :,
the morning, when they pitched into him, ,hinL.
ing, a. some of their wounded ofscers III,
whom have since conversed, told me. thu. ~.
command would just about finish out thei,
breakfast" when they intended to fall hat
upon General Blunt, whom they supposed To !.
still upon "Paiae Hil," and dine upon hi, con.
mand. They thought that they would hsv. n.
tie or no trouble 10 annhilating both the ann,
mands in twenty-four hours. But alas for In.
man calculations; they were doomed to be adj,
disappointed. When they ran upon Genera
Heron they caught "tartar" With an Inv.
General to direct, and Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin
and Indiana troops to execute, the capture Of
six thousand men, even though twenty thousand
were pitted against them, was no easy task, and
they soon found it to be so to|their sorrow.
| A wounded Lieutenant Colonial said to me on
Yesterday: "Our plans we're we'll laid, our men
fought bravely, but you out generated US in eve.
~ move. We ought to have WHIPPED Gener.
Heron easy before General Blunt came 10, but
We failed in all our calculations
The Iowa regiments engaged, and more "a.
pecally the 10th, has added largely to the envis-
BILE reputation of our Iowa soldiers. The three
companies from Louisa and Henry suffered per-
haps more than any others. They fought like
tigers and fell like soldiers, making two william,
bite the dust for each one of them that fell.
In fact there was no falteriug upon the field !;
all fought nobly and won a glorious victory over
force out-numbering them two to one. ,r
have not fully ascertained our loss in killed
and wounded; you will get the official report
long before this will reach you. The enemvs
loss will never be known by rs, their ambul.
ances and every team they could raise we're en-.
gagged all day and night, drawing them from the
neld, and parties we're engaged burying them in
deep large pits-how many we're put into one
OF these places, no one knows but we do know
that after all their efforts for two days and nights
under dag of truce to get their dead And
wounded out of our sight, piles of them from ten
to thirty in place are still unburied, and Iy;nu
upon the field, while every house and yard with.
in from three to five miles of US are filled with
their wounded and dying. Three thousand
consider, moderate estimate uaea their loss
The fight continued increasingly until dark.
ness put an end to the deadly conflict for the
night. We bivouaced that night upon the field,
expecting to renew the fight at early dawn i.
the morning, but when morning came the enc.
my we're not to be found. They had re.reated
during the night, leaving party with fac of
truce to bury their dead, and care for the
wounded g.. .-.. ......
Their army was we'll supplied with new arms :
and ammunition, Of English manufacture. and
of superior quality. They are completely
broken up and demoralizsd. and e1pec. the
next we see of them, will be at Fort Smith
where they may make another stand behind
their entertainments
The Iowa lst Cavalry held the post of honor
during the fight, being the reserved troops, SUD.
porting the artillery, and held in readiness for
any desperate emergency that might arise, but
the very presence of the Regiment UPON the
ground in front of their aanking Regiments.
caused them to fall back under cover of the
woods, and abandon every such attempt.
why it is cannot tell, but the very name of
the "lowa First" strikes terror to the hearts Of
their troops, many of whom are from Missouri
and were compelled to flee before us to tbs
State-and to that cause more than anv otbs,
attribute our wonderful success and escape du-
rug .ae Gay. IOWA.
4 YAScros, D. c., Dec 18th, 1862.
Nh. EDITOR IL have received intelligence
from Major Pattee. who, at the time of writing
was at camp No. 5, on the march from Fort
Randall to Fort Pierre, dated Dec. LIST, that
shortly before the command reached Camp
No. 5 they met thirteen released prisoners in
charge Of Mr.. Dupee and Mr.. Lesplant, on
their way to Fort Randall. The prisoners
had been released from the Sauntees through
the influence Of Major dalpin, who, when he
passed Fort Pierre, sent out party OF men
with ponies and chattles to effect the ransom,
Five Of the thirteen were half breeds who
were taken prisoners at Yellow Medicine,
Mimi, and subsequently escaped. The names
OF the remaining eight are given to wit: Mrs.
Julia Wright, wife of John A. Wright, and
her daughter, aged five years. Mrs. Laura
Duly and her daughter. aged nine years,
little son Off. NJ. Dudley aged FIVE years, Ro.
sana and Ella, daughters of Thomas Ireland,
aged respectively seven and nine years, and
LILA DAUGHTER Of Vim Eaxa.ott