The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-10-09


CaxP MEAN JAelkyo. Mss |
sept. atth, 1851
Fs,ESp DANrELs:- rsE
As you have heard, through Captain
Dean, Of the engagement near 1uks, in
which the old Fifth occupied . conspic-
nous place. aud to whom much Of the
victory is attributed, l only desire to
speak Of the general conduct Ct our regi
ment in forming line CT battle, Of the
maooer 10 which Company ga acquis-
ted ,hem.eles Is meu aud as soldiers, and |
Of 4 few instances Of personal bravery |
that came under my notice.
The action Of the regiment on the part |
Of both officers aud men va. calm, intel !
iisent and deliberate Every man 10 his !
place performing his own part-movins
forward in column OF wheeling into line,
all moved on like CLOCK work. /
We supported the battery on The right,
Captain Dean behaved ncbly. The first
command that he gave was uttered IN
tGat tone auu III Ibae auH wv
meaning tia. it carried an Inspiration to
the heart Of every ma, 10 the company.
Lieu,ensn,s Casad and Schswl, both act
ed braveE-uei.her lost any opportunity
to encourage the men, or in the use OF
their revol,ers. In fact they all acted
a. though there was something to be
done, aud done then and there. But
while>the officers did all tha. the occasion i,
required, il was the n,sa ia the RACKS 10
front of the officers who bad to face the
music. and be it said in honor TO them,
tha; they stood and Tough: like soldiers, ~
facing the most furious fire and REFUSING
the repeated charges Of several regi- =.
neuis. and this, too, amid the shrieks l"
aud groans Of the dead aud dying, until SO.
almost every man in the ranks was Gu
Knocked down. Many of the boys in "a
our company after being severely wound =
ed and ordered back, refused to 60, but
the contest until they were us
wounded and fell the second time unable da
% rise. Among these were Edgar, and II
Hussey. both Of whom seemed bent on ::
'eath or victory. Hussey is severely
rounded-wiII hardly recover. Edgar, to
he Oh y ole Of our company who was
hot dead on the field, although pale aud
eau,ltul in death, he retained the same
rave, courageous physiognomy as in life; Sc
> Natural You could scarcely realize that Id
e Was dead. |, is sad indeed to look Cp
pom comrads in the agony Of death, with III
o means of alleviatius their suffering,
ut this Is soon forgotten, or blended In or
he halo Of glory that clusters around the ~
row Of those who die in the cause of III
heir country. Even afflicted relatives h'
will be con,olcd by these reflections, aud Il
he memory Of the loved departed will "
grow bright and green with immortal 1
beauty.
THE BATTLE-FIELp.
1t was with strange feeling that we as
sembled on the green in the back ground, 8
IN front of the hospital where the wound
ed were being carried, and deposited, for e
amputatlon and treatment. Out of forty. o
seven of our company only eleven had u
escaped unini ured. Out of four humid 81
red aud forty eight, of the regiment who as
had gone out to fight, only two hundred u
and sixteen were rallied unhurt d., De
AS many men as could be used to any I'm
advantage were taken to assist 10 bear. ca
in: the wounded from the field and in DC
assisting and waiting upon the sick oo
About quarter Of an acre of ground 10
around the first hospital was covered IL.
with the wounded, and as fast as possible III
assistance was rendered to the suffering
We marched out to the battlefield in p
the morning, to assist in collecting aud CO
burying the dead. But unfortunately we
were not allowed that privilege. Every
thing here has to be done by detail con.
scquently a detail was made of two men u
from each company, commanded by u !
commissioned officer and sergeant We u
were allowed the privilege however of a
walking over the ground and viewing the
effects of the enemy's work-wc were c
then ordered Ito line and marched (
back two miles to the rear, whore we re.
manned during the night, and from
thence to this place.
have no means Of knowing the mum.
Der OF Killed and wounded, on either
side, during the engagement, but should
judge from the appearance on the battle.
held, that the rebels sustained a loss
thribble that Of our cwn. We buried
eighty of their dead on the field ia ad
d't'on to what they carried away, and
there was some eight hundred or a thou
sand in the hospital at Iuka.
In speaking of our regiment it is
enough to say We bore an important, par,
in the engagement Gen. Rosencrans ,s
SAID to have remarked that the 9TH Iowa
did nobly and gained to themselves great
credit and should be an exsple to other
regiments. Gen. Hamilton remarked
hat the 9th did just what he expected
them to do-stood 10 line of battle until
the shot away all their cartridges. We
are not disposed to beast of our good
deeds, but wan. our friends to know that
we have contributed something at least.
to the great object for which we were
sent out.
Your truly, CIV.
CAMP STRONG, Oct 9th.
MIR. EDITOR Il have been thinkinp
TOR some time that | woull ..arnn VIZ, .