Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-07-02
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Oaks, oh sasardsg, Aay sas Aas . few
EparalisEs In history - aefe sfsllswing ex-
fttaet from y private aesseTo Of d sassnser
Of Battery f., tn Oassy's Diyisisa-4bsk-
ter knewn As sAs saasapoison Gaa Esm4-
gives q lthriElfag aassspasa OF
the attack Of sss rebels On sa.as baEsmy,
and Of iss gaIHant defsnse 3 c5i5G2y
- ssous spassaosa case shat are
awful miaaaAs, Mach OF them consisting
OF . allotted macs Of seyenty-six muskeE
balls, with ehasge of powder in the cen
Ire, that il fred By {. fuse the same az @
she'll. The missile ssas acts q . solid
shot, pIoughing sss ways ahsough massss
Of Ezea, and, thsa sxsiodiag. kaEla for
ward q shoHw of Raskss balls, thai nov
down the foe In heaps, OuE battery
threw twensy four Of these minute, and
as we bad shei eiexact range OF every part
Of the &sld, eHssy shot sold with frighaaRl
shest. Hak The egsa8y were nat as all
dasetsds They marched steadily on, and
hailed perfect tempest Of balls upon az.
Why we, as we'll aa our horses weFe net
every one shot doaa, sin farezef ganasn
mystery 20 nae We did net mind tks
laaden hail. howeyexs hut kept pouring
our case shbt into the dense masses OF the
foe, vino eaaae en In Prodiglnas and aves-
whelzaiRg farce. AnaitAsy fesght splea-
aidly, too. Our sbos, tore their ranks
vide open, and shattered thgm asnnder
In manner that was frightfal zoo W.T.
al a
and cane On % a4asteadily % EagsisA Yss-
erans, Whsa tbay gct wiahin four hun-
dxed yards, we closed our case, shot and
opened ON them wite rauisseT, and such
. destruction aeveR elsewhere witness
I'd. As each discharge great gapa we're
maas IN their ranksvindesd, whole con-
panies went down before that znurdaroaa
are; but they closed ap with nm order
and discipline that was awe iRsotTing.--
TheJ seemed 10 baa animated With the
Courage Of despair blended with the hope
Of speedy victory Il they could by an
overwhelming rush drive as from our no
siti8n. Iswas awful ts zee their RANKS
toza and shstsayaa By every discharge of
eanaisssr that We poursd right into their
FACES, and while their dead and dying LAP
an pilSaS SA01S1 0E9 6tfA HbaAl ACRs AlF@A~
cling right In the 4acs OF thss fire. At
one time, three lipaea, ens behiBd aasthsE,
we're steadily aayancing, and three OF
their fags we're brought in range OF one
Of our guns shUfted with cannister.--
"E8reln shouted ehs ganner, and down
vent taase stTse Aaga, and . gsp wAs
opened thrpugA those three lines M if u
shunderbaIt had torn through them, and
the dead lay IN swathss But they as once
closed ups ana caznH stuaaziyz uss, avver
halsiHg ss watering, righl through. the
woods, over the fence, through the fed,
right up TO our guns, and sweeping eve
rything before them captured every piece.
When we delivered oar last Gre they we're
within Rfksen az twsafy PAGES Of us, aad,
as all of our horses lad been killed or
wounded, wa could NOT carry Oh gun
Our whole division was cut to pieces,
with whss loss 1 do asa kBsw. NHs fell
back % . seeaad line OF insrsaeAmaaas,
and there kapE the eneuy in cheek Till Re
inforcements arrived, and then we kept
our positiou until fight put an end 70 the
battle. This morning the Hght was ne
ResEsds aad ga haEs dEiEsa tbs saemy
back, regainsd possession Of Our camp,
and Il il reported, with what degree Of
truth cannot say. That ouT battery has
been rea4psassd-a 1as rebels stripped
our camp thor soaghsyai5 3 ~ ~