Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-04-30
!, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 80, 1852

color- bearers stepped deAautIy to Chi
front, 40 the engakame ens opened furious
| ", thersbsia pouring In sharp quick vol
leys Of nauakstty, and their batteries o.
| bsve continuing 10 support shem with !
D destructive hre. Our sharp shooters
wanted 20 pick OF the audael0us color.
bearers, but Colonel Stuart interposed
|" No, no, they'rs too brave fellows 10 be
killed" Almost at the first 6re, Lieu.
tenant Colonel Barton 8. Kyle, of the
1iss, waa shos through the breast. The
brigade stood scarcely ten minutss, when
II came evident that its position was an
tenable, and they fell rapidly back, peE-
haps quarter of mile, 10 the next ridge;
few OF bis men, at gresst personal riak,
carrying Lieutenant Colonal Kyle, Ia d
dying condition, from she field shey were
abandoning. Ohio lost no bfayer, truer
man thai day.
Col. Steward was wounded, and his
brigade were obliged to retreat TO the rear.
DEsPEaATE ooSprrox or LAk xAzEoSAL
TROOPS. so~a s
Thia clears our entire frona line of d.
visioas. The sneray has full possession
OF all Shsrgnan'g, Prentiaa' and NeClern-
and's camps. By ten O'Clock our whole
front, except stnart's Brigade, had given
way, aad the burden of the Rght was rest
ing on Hurlbut ard w. III. L. Wallace
Before twelve Stuart too had come back,
and for the time absolutely only those two
divisions stood between our army ard de-
| stTuosion or surrender. ..
Still all was not lost. Haribut and
Wallace began making . most gallant
stand, and msahtime most of the troops
from the three driven divisions were stiII
| 10 soma extent available, Many Of them
dad wandered dawn tha river-some as
far as Crump's Landing, and some even 10
Savannah. Theso were brought back
gain on transports. LINES of guards were
extenied To pTnFsBt skuikers from getting
back ~ the aadEng, and especially To stop
the shrgwd dodge among the crayen& Of
taxing six or gbt AbiV- bodied soldiers To
assist some slightly- Wounded fellow into
the hospital and between shis Gordon and
the rear Of the lighting divisions the frHg-
Enents Of regiments we're FeorganiSed after
fashion and sent back TO the field
Brigades could not be got together again,
much less divisions, but the regim ents
pieced together from the loose squads that
could be gathered and offered, often by
men who could find scarcely a soldier of
their own commands, we're BARRED to the
front, &za Eaaa5 sf sheaa did geea ser
vice.
HuRLBUT's uTv1aoN New cAxE rSro THE
ACTION.
Huxlbut had been speanped in The edge
nearest the river Of dreteh of open fields,
backed With heavy timber. Among his
troops were tha lTEh and 25th Kentucky,
44th and 3lst Indiana, constituting Lan.
mans Brigade; Sd Iowa, 4lss Illinois
and some others, forming Col. Williams
Brigade.
NObly did they nov stand their ground.
From ten 10 half past three they held the
enemy in check, and through nearly that
whole time they were actively engaged.
Huribat himself displayed the ulo%t daring
and brilliant gallantry, aud his example,
with that Of the brave officers aadsr him,
neryed the men TO the steTnest endurance.
But there is still mach 10 the Napoleon
10 theory that Providance has q tendency
at leaAt to 60 with the heaviest battalions.
The bastalions were against Us. The reh.
el Generals, too, handled their forces with
skill that eEtorted admiration In the
midst Of our sufsrings. Repulsa was
nothing 30 them, and rush On our lines
failed they took their disoFdeEed troops
TO the rear, and sent Up fresh troops, who,
unknowing the fearful reception await
ing them, we're ready 10 try il again. The
I'll ID al EF, al
and, after six hours magnificent lighting,
il fell back out of sight Of iss camps, and
to point within half mile Of the Land
ing. .
WALLAGk's RRIGADE-THE LEADER WOUNDED.
Let US turn to the fate Of Huribut's
companion divlsion-that Of Brigadier-
General w, Fl. L. Wallace, which fnclud.
ed the Second and Seventh Iowa, Ninth
and Tweuty-eighth Illinois, and several
| os she other regiments composing Major.
General Smiths old division. Wallace
bad also three excellent batteries, Stones,
Richardson's and Weber's taIl from Mis-.
souri,l formerly an artillery battalion,
under the general management Of Major
| Lavender. .a
With him, too, the fght began about
ten O'Clock, as already described. From
that time until four in the afternoon. they
msnfuliy bore nr. The musketYy are
was absolutely continuous; there was
| scarcely 3 moment that some part of the
line WAS not pouring IN their rattling vol.
| legs, aud the artillery was admirably srrv-
| cd, with oat liftie intermission through
| the entire time.
| Once or twiee the infantry advanced,
attempting to drive the continually in
| creasing enemy, but though they could
| hold What they bad, their numbers were
! not equal to thb task Of corqugring any
more ..
! Fo,sT EppaTRge times III turn the rebels
/ attempted In tarn TO charge on them
| Each tune the infantry poured in its quick
| est vollsys, the artillery redoubicd its ex-
eFtiuns, and che rebels retreatcd with
heavy slaughter. The division was eager
to remain, even when Huribut fell back.
and the fine fellows with the gums were
particularly indignant az not being per-
misted to peuRd away. But their sup
ports were gone on either side; to have
| remained in isolased advance would have
been madness. Just as the necessity for
| retreating waa becoming apparent, Gen.
Wallace, whose cool, collected bravery
had commanded the admiration Of all,
| was, ~ ii waS thought, mortalsy wounded,
| and was borne away from the field. AT
last the divisiea fell back. Its soldiers
clain--justly, l belisve--ths proasi dis
tinction of being the last to Yield, in the
general break BIT our lines, that gloomy
| Sunday aftsrnoon, whigh, at half past
four O'Clock, bad len the moaa OF our ar
my within balls b mile of the Landing,
with The rebels ap 10 shoasani yards 81
their position.
rue cLosR OF Sundays FEaHT.
| We have reached the Last act in tha kra-
gedy Of Sunday. Ii in half-pass fear
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