The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-16


traetion? sAlasl there is nonei The he
roes of Carnifex are doomed The mass
: of rebels, which rising ground Just
to the right of the 10th has hitherto con-
cealed from view, rush upon the hapless
{ regiment, and from the distance of a
hundred yards pour into it an annihilat-
I ing fire, even while the men ere still upon
{ their facest Overwhelmed and con-
/ founded, they leap to their feet and vain
ly endeavor to change front and meet
the enemy. 1t is impossible to do it be-
meath that withering, murderous fire;
and for the first time in its history the
10th regiment turns its back upon the
enemy. They viii not run; they only
gcaIk away, and they are moved down
BY scores as they do SO. .sa .a
q The noble, gifted, generous Lyle, the
Chevalier Bayard, of the Ohio troops,
was pierced with bullets and fell where
the storm was fercest. One of his SER
geants lifted him in his arms and was
endeavoring to bear him from the field.
!" Yoa may do some good yet, said the
hero; :" can do no more; let me die
here" lHeiwas left there, and fell into
the hands of the enemy 1t is fervently
hoped that his wounds were not mortal,
and that he may yet again be restored to
us to fight for the cause he loved so well.
The brave Major Moore was badly
wounded while doing all in his power to
retrieve the terrible blundera which some
one had made. Lieut. Col. Burke, with
almost superhuman courage, endeavored
to rally his men, succeeding at last, and
fnr ba oltu4f Il IL, n4I
in line of battle a considerable distance
to the left .a4q A ~ -
s During all these bloody conflicts, Gen.
Rousseau seemed everywhere present,
land, as if he possessed a charmed life,
) rode fearlessly amidst the iron hail.
directing and encouraging the men. If
the dark and bloody ground" had fur
nished for the Union army only two such
F men as Pope and Rousseau, the patriot
might cry exultingly, "Well done, Ken
tuckyla M ~
'ssf ATTACK on sHERIDAN's DIVISION
While the Tenth Ohio was being so
terribly cut up, another immense body
of rebels filed off to the left, disappeared
behind the woods fronting Gen. Sheri-
dams division, and soon after com
menced a desperate assault upon our
right and right center. But Mitchell
and Sheridan were ready to receive
them, and the high hill to the right of
the road, occupied by the latter in the
morning, instantly became huge vol
cano, belching forth from every quarter
volumes of fire and smoke, and finging
into the midst of the dismayed and stag
gering traitors ten thousand projectiles,
deadly as volley of stone shot from the
crater of Mt Etna. After vainlv en-
deavoring to storm the hill, the shattered
masses of the enemy gave way, and were
l pursued by Gen. Mitchell beyond Perry
vile.
And now, while the 18th brigade was
still struggling gloriously, and even after
its frightful losses, was actually holding
the enemy in check, the 9th and 2Sth
brigades, both of which had borne dis
tinguished part so far, came to the res
cue. A halfdozen regiments rushed up
aloug the crest of an eminence situated
to the left, and with loud shouts bore
down upon the enemy Around farm
house to the left of the 18th brigade, and
in a woods in front of it, (the same un-
der cover of which the rebels had ad-
vanced in their assault upon Jackson's
DIVISION the combat ragged with unin-
termitted fury for more than half an
hour. But when the attack upon our
right was repalsed the enemy retired
from this portion of the field.
Just about sundown last despeiring
effort of the bafied foe, was made upon
the right of Rousseau's division. Our
line of battle in all this part of the field,
had now completely changed direction,
ranging from North to South, instead of
from East to West as in the beginning of
the day A battery, which believe was
Captain Loomis, repulsed this last as
sault But the firing of artillery, con-
tinued half an hour into the night, form
ing scene awfnlly sublime. At last its
thunder ceased as by mutual consent,
and the Union army lay down upon its
arms while the rebel hordes silently and
rapidly resumed their retreat, leaving us
in possession of the field of battle, and
large numbers of their dead and wound
ed in our hands
visited the various hospitals the next
morning, and rode over the field of bat
tie, where numbers of the slain and too
many of the wounded were still lying;
and l estimate our loss at FIVE hundred
killed and twelve hundred wounded, al
though ] am, perhaps. the only person,
that has yet made an estimate, who puts
it so low
/ do not believe the enemy's loss was
greater, but think it was equally severe.
A few hundred prisoners were taken by
each side. We lost seven pieces of can
non, and captured number of wagons
and ambulances. Several of the rebel
guns were disabled, and may now be in
our possession.
hope, in a future communication, to
notice particular instances of fidelity and
gallant conduct
When the, writer of this left the field,
our forces were still in line of battle, ex-
pecting a renewal of the rebel attack;
and consequently he could obtain only
few names of the killed and wounded.
From those presented here, nothing can
be inferred as to the fate of those not
named. Y. s.
FoRTY-sECoND INDIASA-KILLED.
Capt Charles 0lmsted, co. A.
Capt Alfred Myler, co, c, missing,
supposed to be killed
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