The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-10-16

men. drew the remainder 10 The rear,
and dragged the guns down the emf.
hence by hand, amid a shower Of bull
lets. Our men instantly rallied and
drove them froa, The pieces not however
until after they were spiked.
Nor did they gain BY the effort, FOR
their dead lay in hesps, and they were
completely mown down BY the con
tinuous fire Of our guns The dreing
ooni~,eL ON &hs right without inter.
mission until sor.e time after dark.
The foe sullen!y re,ireing as the gloom
Of night lervaAed the scene and the &C.
casional vollcv from the more distant
parts Of the field gave indication Of the
battle oeasing.
Our loss was considerable on the
"ield and staff" .ne Col. was xii, d,
Cox Bonner % Mo. was shot III the
breast while nrgi,g his men to the con-
tl;ct. Col. Chambers was seriously
wounded, and lett for dead, the rcbela
carried him into town and left him with
heir wounded. o her officers Of lower
grade suffered in the conflict.
Without few exceptions cur men
$ nd - ground, the rebels mane or
,cring with. considerable tact, and tried
with their almost energy to flank rs
They formed in the woods on the left
and were making preparation for open
ing cross fire on IA, when the 10th
Iowa opened g mrraerous ere On them,
causing them to FIJI hack and retreat
in confusion after which they could non
he rallied on TIE left. thus turning the
fortunes of the dav in our favor.
| Az they retreated ,he> carried all 81
] their men tina: ,sl,ey could find il Their
| lines, eiSaer wnua.led or dead TO n.
village. 1'hcy is,st among their orEecrs
| Gen. Little formerly Gov. Of Miss. Gen.
" hitctirli was n ,unded seriously and
one or two Cola. killed, quite nuAbe'
! Of Tue officers shared the same fate.
! THE Loss.
] AS near az ascertaincd Is lei killed
$50 wounded OF csu aide some fcwimis
sing. Rebel loss apprnximating 3ct
killed, l0OS wounded. We took acme
where sear eco prisoners. Every house
was 4 hospital rs they loft their wound
ed behind, aud everything else 80, eas,
Of Transportation.
GRANTS RLuNnER.
| There he lay within sound Of musketr,
and almost IN sight Of the field, while
we engaged them on orr front, lnsteat
Of attacking their rear, with blind stu
! riiity no effort was made, and when thu
1av WAS lost they rctreatcd toward.
Tnpclo 40 miles distant; otherwise the,
would without Doubt have beer
hapged and .i.e entire furcc taken. st
much for sGgn.ralel,if. We faIiowe,
hard otter on.,hc morrow bn, eoni,l no
nvertala their rctrsa'r- columns, art
a, 2 P. VI. about feed and gave up tl,
chase, satisfied Wit, what had Is. er
done, bat Disappointed in not destroying
hin entire force. The 2nd Iowa Ca
VARY did excellent service, and mad,
several splendid da~i,es. They ho,i,
pressed then rear guGrd ana took
number OF prisoners.
FORCE ENGAGED.
| We had about 60 900 but not al par
,icipan,s. The rebels had still large
lumber. They had S regiments Of Ca
yalry in their rear They boosted tha
,heY had the best troops in the Arm,
there and ,tnas they had never beel
whipped before. One regimen, callin,
themselves the Louisiana Tigers wa
completely cut to pieces and Tough
with reckless bravery.
THE NIGHT AFTER BATTLE.
| All night long there was hurrying I,
Land fro. All that could be spared az
sisted in rendering comfort TO the spi
fcring. Friends anxiously enquire,
after some missing friend, and from al
parts Of the woods went up the wall 0
anguish, and the cry Of distress. Ever,
effort was made bnt more than ope poo
fellow chilled with thcihcavy dews slep
his last sleep. Our men charged posi-
tion. frequently during the night, AM
our men fired into one anoths- as the,
were shifting, .wi,h.ssd result. a rcbe
Lieutenant was out with a company
reconnoitering in force. and through
mistake struggled in our lines, and wa
challenged by = Captain Of our side
He sung ont II surrender, but his me,