The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-25

| have little or no f-oubIe ia annihl1atng
| both the commands in twonty-fonr hours.
But alas for human calculations they
were doomed to be sadly disappointed
When they ran upon General Heron they
caught q "tartar." With an Iowa Gene
raj to direct. and Town, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin and Indiana troops to execute, the cap
ture of six thousand men, even though,
twenty thousand were pitted against them
was no easy task, and they Soon found it
to be so to their sorrow.
A wounded Lieutenant Colonel sail to
me on yesterday. ssOnr plans were we'll
laid. our men fought bruvely, bur YOU out
generated us in every muvc. We uught
70 have whipped Gen. Heron easy before
Gen. Blunt came up, but We failed in all
our calculations" =.
The Iowa regiments engaged, and more
especially the 10th, has added largely to
the enviable reputation Of our Iowa sol.
diers. The three compa mics from Louisa
and Henry suffered perhaps more than
any others. They fought like tigers and
fell like soldiers, making two villains bite
tue uubt tOI chCu Ouc VI tuOHi chus 'Ois
la r..et there was no faltering upon the
leld; all fought nohly and won a glorious
victory, over force out-numbering them
two to one.
have not fully ascertained our loss in
killed and wounded you will get the Of
ficial report long before this will reach
you. The enemy's loss will never be
known by us, their ambalanees- and every
team they could raise were engaged all
day and night, drawing them from the
field, and parties were engaged burying
them in deep large pits-how many were
put into one of these places, no ono
knows, but we do know that after all their
efforts for two days and nights under a
flag Of truce to get their dead and wound
ed out of our sight, piles Of them from
ten TO thirty in place nrc still nnbnried,
aud Tying upon the field, while every
house and yard within from three to five
miles OF us arc filed with their wounded
and dying Thee thousand consider q
moderate estimate upon their loss.
The fight continued increasingly until
darkness put an end to the deadly con-
flict for the night. We bivouaccd that
| night upon the field, expecting to renew
the fight at early dawn in the morning,
| but when morning came the enemy were
not to be found. They had retrested du-
ring the night, leaving party with a flag
of truce to bury their dead, and care for
the wounded.
Their army was well supplied with
new arms and ammunition, of English
manufacture, and of superior quality
| They we're completely broken up, and de
morallzea, and expect the next we sc.
of them, will be at Fort Smith, where the
,, NAV make another stand behind their en-
trenchments.
i The Iowa LIST Cavalry held the post Q
ed troops, supporting the artillery. an
| held in readiness for any desperate emer
! genoy that might arise, but the presenc
Of the Regiment upon the ground in from
of their fanking Regiments, caused ther
to 1Rll back under cover of the woods, al
abandon every such attempt.
Why it is / cannot tell, but the YER
{ name Of the tfIowa First" strikes terro
to the hearts of their troops, many
whom are from Missouri, and were con
! PEELED 10 flee before us TO this Etate--an
to that cause more than any other, / a,
tribute our wonderful success aud escaI
+ during the day. IOWA.