Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-09-19
NEW YORK Sent. 1f.

when, probably burning with revenge, while |
their foes were engaged with other regiments,
they silently crept forward to stone wall the
other side of which skirmish was going on,
and opened a CALLING fire upon them. The
18th and 18th Ohio were ordered to charge
them, and mounting the wall for a forward
movement, desperate fight took place. The !
18th Ohio being engaged with the 18th North
Carolina and the 18th Ohio engaged the 23d
North Carolina.
The fight soon terminated in favor of the
Ohio regiments, the enemy scattering in great
confusion.
Three regiments surrounded and captured
1870 rebels belonging to the 10Th and 23rd
North Carolina and Goth Virginia regiments.
Gen. Garland, commanding these troops, was
instantly killed by shell, which struck him
on the head.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Is.
Two hundred of the wounded in the recent
battles at Bull Run, are in hospital at the Van
Pelt House, two miles from the battle field
They are in charge of DR.. Jameson, of the 9th
New York. The su.ferings of these soldiers
were very severe. They were without food
of any kind for two or three days, none reach
ing them from our lines, Notwithstanding the
almost superhuman efforts of our Govern
ment; and none were furnished by the rebels,
although proper requisitiOn was handed in
| by the surgeon in charge. All the food that
could be procured from the farmers was pur-
chased, at cXorbitant rates, by DR.. Jameson.
Men enough of our army remained behind to
take care of our wounded, but with the eycep-
ton of nine they wer, all marched away on
Sunday morning. As prisoners under protest.
All that could be effected to relieve the ne
cessities of the wounded was promptly done.
Our citizens and nurses worked night and
day Supplies were brought first by Dr.
Mcfarland, medical director, and afterwards
in greater quantities by the medical inspector,
who was unsparing in his efforts to get off the
wounded as quickly as possible. With few
exceptions, no blankets or clothing were fur
nshed, although great numbers were almost
in a state of nudity. Fortunately there was
only one day of rain.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 12-4 P. NJ.
The Evening Bulletin has the following in
relation to the Coldwater affair:
monday Col. Grierson, with $40 men,
came up with the enemy beyond Coldwater,
where they were in position, to Jackson's and
Persons cavalry, and number of infantry,
about 800 or 1000 men. They were posted
and commenced the attack, but were driven
tvo and a half miles through heavy timber.
In the affair, four of the enemy were killed,
and 70 CT so wounded. That night Grierson
camped between Cross Roads and fernando,
and remained during Wednesday in Herman
do. Next morning he removed, in the direc-
ton of Codwater, and came on the enemy's
pickets at Coldwater bridge, behind which
they lay in force.
They fired the bridge, but moved off, and
the bridge was so far saved that after some re-
pairs our forces crossed, the enemy retiring
as they advanced, and Grierson soon entered
Senatoba, where he burned the railroad depot
and contents and three cars.
Several scattered parties of guerrllas were
also come up with and dispersed"
While these events were proceeding, the
main body of Federals under Gen. Smith,
destroyed the bridge over Cold Water eight
miles beyond fernando, and tore up portion
of the track by which means railroad COM
munication of the enemy with fernando is
destroyed.
GREENCAsTLE, Pa, Sept. Is.
A cavalry force, which left Harper's Ferry
last evening at o'clock, arrived here at P
NJ to-day
1t seems the rebels contemplated surround
ing Harper's Ferry The cavalry obtained
permission to cut their way out, and after OBJ
tanning a guide, they started and succeeded
in making their way around the enemy with
out being discovered
On reaching the Wllliamsport road they
discovered a train Of fifty wagons, which they
captured. 1t belonged to Longstreet's am
munition train, which had Just left Hagers.
town, after supplying that division with am
munition, the wagons being still about half
full. Most of them proved to be wagons taken
from Pope's army at Centervile.
| About seventy-fve prisoners were captured
at the same time. some CT them having for
merly lived in this vicinity. Col. Mcclure,
with other officers had considerable trouble to
keep the crowd from hanging these double
dyed traitors, on the way to prison.
Capt Palmer proceeded to Hagerstown to-
day and found the rebels had gone, and learn
is now in pursuit of them with large force
of cavalry and infantry, which joined him to-
day.
| The cavalry which came through, say the
troops at Harper's Ferry could hold out till
to-day, and that if reinforcements came up
| before noon they would be safe.
A dispatch has reached here that Mcclellan
had defeated and routed Long street and Hill
yesterday With great slaughter, and that the
rebels were flying in every direction to get
out of MARYLAND.
At o'clock this morning, the telegraph
operator at Point of Rocks reports that Frank
lin was heavily engaged this morning some
miles in front of him.
The Division, or army corps, that yester-
day morning occupied Hagerstown, was not
in yesterdays action, though it hastily re-
traced its steps in order to be in the fight to-
day.
Neither Summers army corps, nor COUGHS
Division was in the action yesterday, though
both are doubtless supporting Franklin to-day,
as they were in position to do so yesterday ,,
evening.
The army corps of Porter passed through
Frederick to- day at A. NJ, and were to have
arrived on the battle field at noon
Rebels that were in the fight say Beaure-
gard expected to Join them to-day with his
army corps, 10000 strong. We have no idea
that any such expectation Of theirs can be re-
allied.
Burnside's position from the enemy in yes
terday's battle commands the road from Ha-
gerstown to the position where Franklin is
fighting, we believe, to-day. Hence its great
importance to lose will be most damaging to
the enemy.
.+ WASHINGTON, Sept. 15..
An officer slightly wounded in the fight
yesterday, who arrived here last night, reports
that the fight took place three or four miles
west Of Middletown, at the foot of the first
going west.
Their army was strongly posted, but our
men, with the most determined courage, drove
them up the mountain through strip of
woods, corn fields, and open ground. The
rebels made frequent stands behind walls and ,
fences, but were driven thence to the top of