The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-12-20
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HAWK-EYE.
THE BATTLE OF PRAIRIE GROVE.
onc,al Report OF General Herron-Re.
DeIs Completely OvsfWhelmea.
HsAD-QuARrBRs, PRAIRIE Grove, Ark.,1
December 10, 1862 {
Myor- General Curtis: ~
General Blunt has undoubtedly informed
you Of the battle Of yesterday. Hindman
moved to the east of Blunt with his entire
force, %, 600 men, intending to cut of my
command. had sent forward to Blunt allmy
cavalry, having left six regiments ofinfantry,
three battalions and about 500 cavalry. % as
Z Gen. Marmaduke opened on my advance ct
Z o'clock with heavy cavalry force, but
forced them back to Illinois Creek, eight miles
from Cane Hill. At this point they took .
strong position, with infantry and artillery,
and tried to prevent my crossing, but BY cut
ting roads through the woods, got the bat.
teriss into position, and at hslf-pxst 9 o'clock
opened on them with eighteen guns, bringing
forward my infantry, crossing the creek, and
getting them into position under cover Of my
artillery. From this hour until Z O'clock in
the evening, the firing Was furious. ID, ii
Gen. Blunt arrived within one mile Of my
right at 4 o'clock p. m, opening on the enc.
my's left. Learning definitely thst he vas on
the ground, orderedlthe infantry to charge
the enemy's batteries. The r19th Iowa and
Goth Wisconsin did it CALAMITY, taking whole
forced to leave it. Col. Huston, commanding
the Goth division. then charged the same bat
terry, with the 37th Illinois and Seth Indiana.
retsking it second time, but after holding it
half a. hour, was compelled to give way. The
fighting was constant aud furious throughout
the entire day. a31q11 al teje edo 3N AIRED
I met Gen. Blunt. late in the evening, and
We arranged the attack before morning, but
by daylight found the rebels gone. Their loss
is from 600 to 700 killed, and $500 wounded
Ours is probably $50 killed and 700 wounded
In the I'd AMI Sd divisions, Lieut. Col. NcFar-
land, 10th Iowa, is killed, and Col. Black, 37th
Illinois; Major Thompson, Goth Iowa, and .
large number Of line officers wounded The
prisoners state that Gen. Stein and Eve Colo.
nels were killed.A We captured four caissons
full Of ammunition, and . large number. of
small arms. Their artillery was knocked to
pieces by our batteries, and Major Hubbard,
who was prisoner with them reports seeing
piece after p;sce' of entirely disabled.
The working Of MurpheS' g and Faust's bat.
teries exceIIed anything | ever witnessed. -
Gen. Blunt and myself had an interview with
Hindman ard Marmaduke.. We are csmped on
the battle field .uadsyF. J. HEnRos, no.
! ,ta,,.,... ~. Brig.-General.
E.t, coNGRATULAToRY ORDER.
HEADQUARTERS DEp'r OF Af1ssouRr,I
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Brig Gen. Blunt, Bdttie:fe Prairie Gyove :: 70
GENERAL The country is rejoicing over
the victory Of Prairie Grove. I congratulate
you and Gen. Heron on your glorious success
| and thank you and the officers and soldiers Of
the Army of the Frontier for victory that
will carry despair into the hearts of our foes,
and gladness to the friends of liberty through
out our country. aly3ga IS. B. CgRrIs,if
Msj,-aen. Commanding Dept Of Missouri,
Late and Interesting from Galveston and
the Gulf. -
By late arrival from the Gulf we are favor
ed With the following interesting glance at the
progress Of fairs near Galveston, with other
matters of interest {" .S.-9' .h- ttt@s@A 500
It was wetl underwood, from trustworthy au~
thori:y, on the l3.h,, that the Rebels were pre-.
pairing to make en- attack on the Onion gunboats
in Galveston harbor with an armed 6otilla OF
| ltghs draft steamers-that FIVE of these vessels
were being fitted up for action BY removing
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their sides BY a double layer Of cotton bales.
All the heavy guns from the battery at Viz
ginia Point have been removed to arm the steam.
ers, and were to be immediately placed on
board. tits known that the battery consisted
of two "a FOUNDER riaed cannon, two 10 inch
columbiads four 8 inch columbisds, aud the re.
manning nine guns of "a and IL FOUNDER pieces.
| The Rebels have also light field battery of
| four or six pieces on Galveston Island. Two of
4 the boats thus being fitted up were the Bayou
4 City and Diana, which formerly piled between
Galveston and Houston, and are capable of car
| rying from 500 to 400 bales Of cotton. They
draw about g. feet of water, and will be able to
choose their own position at long range. Our
gunboats are compelled to keep the channel,
4 which il narrow. 49,. .,.,'s...,,-.- =
1 Another report is that the Rebels intend to
come down under cover Of the night, and board
OF Confederate troops under arms in the vicinity
of Virginia Point is estimated at from 5000 to
5000 They have become quite bold lately,
enter the city at night, and seize and press into
their service any one they may find capable Of
bearing arms, making no discrimination be-
tween natives and foreigners.
At the end of one of the piers, under cover Of
the United States steamer Westfeld, are gath
cred little band of 80 or 100 UnioLista They
are esid to be in most wretched plight-sl-
most starving-and are day after day eagerly
expecting the United States troops to come to
their relief. If caught by the Rebels they will
be Immediately put 70 death. i izaw goaaf
& Gen. Magruder had recently arrived and as
sumed command of the Rebel troops. His head.
quarters are at Harrisburg, on Buffalo Bayou.
Com. Renshsw, Ia command Of the Uaited
States feet, has everything in readiness for &C.
ton at moments notice. sioadwd,g5 s97aT
| On the morning of the 14th inst, . boats
crew CT ave men and . masters mate, belonging
to the gunboas, o wasco, landed on Bolivar Pen.
insula, and were suddenly fred upon BY . body
of thirty or forty Rebels lying in ambush. The
gunboat Immediately opened FIRE upon them,
but the Rebels succeeded in securing the boats
crew ss prisoners, with the exception of one
man, who was badly wounded cutter was
sfterward seat ashore, which brought him Of,
with the boat of the captured aorew.1 sAsuEH
H, B, N. steam corvette fGrayhound, three