St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-11-06
c.olness our men handled their howitsers
now Knocking +, bel gun from position

colne@s our men handled their howit.ers
nov knocking r. bel gun from position
nov sendi"g rebels to their long ac-
count. At noon on the eighth the 6ght
grew hot. but a> yet the artillery alone
had part;. ipated and VIII so splendid snc
GERS that Ge': G"y r'de in person t" cheer
the men aud to speak complimentary
words. "Mea," said he, II never saw
.uch sh.nting." Here let me say that
with q ose bowitzers we're s. Cloud men
who did their duty like uen-lik, solliers
fresh as they we're trom their citisens
h"mes AL praise to David jarvis, the
Rl,ru.6elds. Will Kinkead aud, indeed,
ALL
At this time, 2P NJ, the rebels :ve'e
suffering severely .nd had ~ get done ue
,r, ,onc;d. r-tl" aunaHp They could
stand it longer Like rats driven into
the corner they aus, f:ht Aud fight
they did Nh.t they lacked in courage,
whisky aud ku"p'vdsr did f"r them
Ou: main line had been moved forward,
throwing cur bovitsers into R.seeau's Di
vision With the other -tvo sectione On the
right that Division under Mitchell
And NV. the storm, c,pInenced. Some
Of the enen.,'e best regiments under Har
dee, broke, impeturusIy from their cover
and for three hosrs e. sansui"ary coh-
Aict q has 'ccprrd a YET iu this var 80
enacted for ,be nu..b*rs eax'ged-a.y
twenty thousand. Fifty thousand men in
reserve never fred = gun-~why? Echo
answers, "Why?'
i: The eecon Ten .essee Regiment charg-
ed our guns like devils inoa,nste, . they
v:re;- what else cosid man be in b.ttle
iulsmed With whisky AID Rsnposdsr
On, on, they con,e 70 within Ire rods ;
our @.ns throwing the canister and doing
fearful rxecutios. Nov c~0e the or1se
lor. the infantry 70 sdvsuse-K~nts'&y
aod Michigan troops which shey d,a IN
good style, but On firing tie int vol!e, The
Michigan tnop bru&e che :'aea'y still
adv.ucin. AMI making fessfal vork
.mon.s. the Kentucky soope .ho aood
their ground - the le4< " q. Il, vss
With ds16cdty osr hovi.sers ve,r saved
!: he fshtiox Oh th.t p.r tn. le!d vs. ter
rife Our t.oo,~ suffered severely and st
pi9htt.ll vc.* in p,seess;on If that e'oa"d
where in the st.eraoop -, hovissen
etood., While al this va going On our
other tvo ste;ioue we're doing splendid
svrk under! e~rlin and :nitchel', .b<h, +
whom, q did Gen Gay, conl'hmented
our n,eu ou their brewery aud pn,A Ii =
lug On that p.,t the: lid t E enemy's
line w. hr"kea aid rs,ir%d IN ais'"der
Why this succc4 vas ~, fllnvsd ~, II
Note than / eau tell VII, brseee'r = h'Ie
ARMY v.s MT eou,,L,t. y r,ai.A-sh, she
enemy wa allowed tp!'e1cst in the aight
I csunp. "a. .C.@ssip It il, the 6ght 'e
barren Il Results The eu-n.> =" d"sbt
! suffered uure than ve. g the numbers
wounded .no~ IL. eur hands rhev, and By
7 w dad ief. on The. lid VIZ tUA bn'
,tx. ir.so,lr,s ts, With thr exception d
kervi.g the tn.n'y W the l,rve aud :! hu>-
thing h.u ost the St.se, not luz ~ grin M
a.. Nur Batter, shelled the cneoy sses
mv.ring q er the l@ht-their fsa guard
=. and our men we're sh.: 1rst - enser The
!. ,ill.xe uf ferr,vilIe< Our sn~ps sessd
veil, except in the s'"gle instance: a .
Michigan Regiment before n.saed. ! y
, vii yet full sccrsnts u the 6kht trom O.
xeial so.re*s. and / en- not .1t~id that
Sllnne.ot. vill so& Be- psosd II the -
Battery. We had f,sr sounded. That
~ many esq, ed il u me . mis.cle l
: can only .eccant lbr i u hir,v.y-the
.snnsuy hot over is: a:'' Certainly, their .r-
tille,y praetice sas not good. ..4.'.
T You never ssv i bstttv leid, and ought
! never vi.h l. IT.. horrible The gro.n'
Of the dying: the mutilated dead: the
butchery u, the surgeons, Slls ME With
dread. After tie battle | visited thar Iot;,-
: ton oi The deia occupied By the enemy 10
the morning and in rnanee "f. oar guns: -
We killed many With oa- artillery and in,
jared much property \ i eat many
, sheep and cattle we're killed, The enemy
! in their aipht lefe III their wounded md