, 1862-03-17
the ARKANSAS VICTORY.
The PEA RIDGE BATTLE.
FURTHER DETAILS OF the FIGHT.
Resistless Valor Of Western Troops.
Returns Of Killed and Wounded.

1c north side, but unexpectedly the attack v
as commenced on the feas, norm oi our /
tmy, by 1,5tN to 2,ooo rebel cavalry Gen.
t7eral hours, alternately retfeatlng aud STOP {
ing to hold the rebels IN ehech, "nie Lhe t
cams pushed eack"ard 70 TIC nam ooos Of
be army. "haie thus engaged stsel "as I
nfee tunes surrounded, put cut nls way {
trough eeeh hmc- Inc pflncapal ngntlhs Oh
?hureday was done by Gen slgel IN this way.
On Friday the engagement became general, .
nd continued So onf olhcefs oehaV1hg then- !!
ewes WEI muen gailantfJ. lne most e1-
oseo posle'oa oelus oceupfee os co1' cafl I
lsasion, INC gleates1 LOSS was Soneseo ~
hem- Col Dodse's naagade, ot thas oaslsion'
onRlEts OF the Fourth Iowa and t'rst Iowa
'attery, the Thirty-1itt Illinois, Col Phelps'6
twenty fourth Missouri, known as the Lyon
4eglon-' line second brigade, COMMANDED
y Col Vandcyere, OF the Ninth Iowa, con
asts Of his own regiment, the Dubuque hattc-
r, and Col. Cars regiment Of cavalry.
4 letter from Col Dodge says the losses in
HE Fourth and Ninth Iowa, the Thirty fifth
r7,7,3. ,,,3 pbo1,.-. Trran+v.fft1, 1f;ezonr; aro
LIMOS ano fnclpS "ents.nsn Alssou1l arc
Only 500 Of the Tweuty-fourth
Missouri were present, but they LOST ~ Killed
and a large number wounded. s -
Ihe IHeHtn and osVehteentn 1Alssoufi,
Third Iowa cavalry and the sth Indiana lost
- u, w..
ABOUT " meh eaeA. 1ne fHs' anu oeeona
a-,aam a,,~ ronndsa 80 Cav as,ot,, n +b,
1alnobs ouf "ouhoeo are 1eh. tAsootu III tne
t
oal1S"' " lnc eoul IL 1'"a, 1nu AAsu'. eoA'
Heron and Major Co9le Of the Ninth iowa; |
ocslac JULIE "ounoeos eol' nsiion "''9 taee'.
prisoner. Coz. Dodge had three horses shot |
under him. Lieut.. Smith, of the Second Ohio
ws1on +o in.,e lis escane and was killed
"'Son ~ nAaAe A49 sSe Ae "'0 .
Rebel officers killed and wounded, Brig
Con r McCp11och. killed. 7,ria. Gen T..
-
l,,1ca. co1 r n. Rjves. Second regiment
.-:-o~.,,.,,, ..,o,,,,asa. ~ H..
Volunteers dangerously wounded; coa. Her-
o,,a1,, 7z,,,,dod, ro,,,a7 T r Rnrhero
49,, .,.a-.-:,,,s. 49, p,,a1-o. r;,.t 20;
s11 49, 1,;ss - n;.;s;o, sF;ssau-; - s+ata c,raEa
ment, lhlrd D1V1siof', Missour1 Statc tuard,
wounded: Major Price, slightly wounded in
hand.
Thirteen pieces of artillery we're captured
~ OUT men' amons 1' ene'n o4' l's' ~ oeNe1'a
Onr loss Is estiuated at 500 or i. 600 killed:
Tin -,,,c1 ,oss Sc ,o+ Known bnt snnnosed
Inc 'eoel loss S. Is noe ~ hlo"n' ou' 7npposeo
A ,a~,,n ,',,,a,,or ~ -,1,a, ,,r;-onore ,,-ora
Il 1atGe nahipct u 1eoe1 pt4soneia "ei9
| taken, probably 500, and more were constant
| is wm. G. Price, Of this place, formerly Uni
] tea states ifeasalef' ...
The First and Second Iowa batteries rcn-
dcred efficient service, but met with eeTere
| Losses.
I PRICE 7sii1, ahont ten t1,onsan5 men :rftreat-
| cd pol nlward, and thea took an easter1J di-
| recfion..' Col:IaE C.. Dayis>is ofter him,
- 8. -: sI.:,f* *Snnn r.,
.1he ftoets Aat IL :t'scit III 9ny sloous 1,ooo III
| dianE. wc suppose under the command Of Nc
lntosn: Eighteen ol our sola1eIs were found
seapeo ssa1 anu 0'nS'"'Eo 'n'el'a'so '' 'DsSs say
The following correspondence passed be.
s"esn eene ou4.4s .uu ." .au ool1' *..1s1 w
battlc, In which TIC atroclty IS properly retef-
red to by the Federal commander:
March $: 1s;2
Jorces on Sugar CREEK, dT8aHSqS-slr: IL accord
auco with the usaces Of WAT. have the honor tf
request that yon Tll permit Inc burta! party whom
send from this army with has OF truce to sttent
to the duty Of collecting and inteFEing the bodies
mcnt Of the nth and Sth Inst.
Te1J respectfully your obedient servant,
| EAEL VAN DoKT,
Il Major General Commanding Army
t.
, HEADQUARTERS A1s1T or TIE SOUTHWEST,
PEA RIDGE, March 9, 1882.
Eara Iaa 20, Do,n. Co1maaaing &c, congfezsraa T. 2: a.
! |
ceipt Of yours Of the alh, -eaying that, in &c
:, party to collect aud bury the aead an di1ecte
tosay 81l possible facilities vii be given for bury
ing tho dead. many OF whom have already been II
tered, Qntte number of your surgeons has
fallen into our hands, and are permitted to act n
g General Hal1eck, further liberty will he alsowe
them i such accommodation be reciprocatcd b
you. The General regrets tnat We find On tho ba
te-1cld contrary to civilized warfare many OF tt
:. I Federal dead who wore tomahaEked sca1pcd an
J their bodies shamefu1iy mangled, and expresses
d hope that this important struggle may not degel
+ erate to q savage warfare.
BY order Of Brig. Gtn. S. r. Curtis.
T. J. MCKINNEY, \. i. 4. G.
1,rpp .ccot,xrs
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d "tIoffcspahoence ol Inc hlssouf1 DemocratI
>. PEA RIDGE, Near Sugar Greek, Ark.,}
March q, 1862.
1t nn,;pr t1,e n.st Three days x-e harc had ann
~ WaGnesSaTs Ts" inn Isnrtjs ou. nomuon3o-.,
cbn5 hotn hesa .,n,rtc,e % as # Gamn Maiiec
n fslaof an enna fsaI ne FPs5ets
WI %'.I oolnt 9tt1nLosA. oiSsEaluoGnt iAtEe d
rebcs "a 81 a6gf nSan o7c'