Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-04-30

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aaqa The eaeny, their positisns we're no
vel chosens and all had 70 fall back 10
gss4ar. 4. E0 s
MigadieY- Geaenal preaalss and thss
Eegimenls with himys the 23d Missouri. o
bis own disision, and the 18th and l4sl
Iowa. OF thOae thai had consa TO his as
sistance. delayed their retreat too loag
Almost before they we're aware Of sheil
danger the aanklng FORCES rushed in from
eathar aide behind them and tkey stood
perhaps 1900 ssrong. i'm ths midst d
thrice their namber. They threw dowr
shsir arms, and the rebels signalizsd thar
hrst attack by maEohing three LincolnIta
IFsgiments, With DiEision General, -
Ipgisoners to their rear. ,z t5az
| OVERWHELMED by this fresh disasteR,
without a General to organize them, with
still hotter and hotter hFe to thair 'front.'
and tanks, the remainder Of tha Division,
wnola regiments At = time, gavH way in
disorder. For short tims few nain-
tadned eSnfnsed aefeuse. rasrsasing,
hAitings aring, eourtiug death by remain
Ing In isolated sqaads or companies, 10
resist little Longer the ossrpowsting
advance; bat before ten O'Clock the whole
Division was in rapid retreat. Some
regiments eame OF the feid in adegEee Of
order; the moat in sad confusion.
And thus By zen O'CLOCK one entire Di-
vision ot onR army was hogs da combat.
A deep gap in our front line was made,
the rebels had Dsarly pierced through,
and were only held back by AieArthur's
Brigade, and the rest of ". HI. Wal.
iace's Division, which hurried aser to its
assistance,
For the present let as Leave them there.
They held the line from this time on till
four.
General McClsrnapd's Division was
aroused By the hnng, and came to the
rescue of Sherman. He says:
As Shgru4n's other brigadcs fell back,
Mct.eg0and's m0vfd up aud Engaged the
n NJ IN support. Gradually The ? sist-
! ance in Hi!durbrnd Brigade, bceasae
more confused an4 iEresoIuts. The inns
wavervd, che men he'll back IN squads aud
companies, thy failed to rally promptly
al the call Of their officers. AS they re-
treated the woods behind them became
thinner, and there was less protection from
the storm Of grape thai wept Is if Oh blasts
Of 8 hurricane among the trees. Lieu
tenant Can6eld, commanding the I'D
Ohio, was mortally wounded, and borne
dying from the held. Colonel Sullivan,
of the 46th Ohio, was wounded, bat con
sinued Mt the head of his men. Company
officers fell and were carried away from
their men. At one of our waveFing Ee-
treats the rebels, by certain dash for
ward, had taken part of WAREHOUSES;
Battery, which AcCleTnand had sent them
over. Beers Battery too wss taken, and
| Taylor's Chicago Light Artill%Fy was so
| terribly pounded as TO be forced to retire
with II heavy loss. As the troops gave
way they came out from the open woods
into old fields, completely raked By the
enemy's hre. For them all was lost, anu
away went Backuer's and Hllderbrand's
BEigades, Obioans and Illinoisaas sogesh-
eE, to the rear and right, in such order as
they might.
McDoweA's Brigade bad fallen back less
slowly than its two companies Of the same
| division, but it was now left entire
alone. 1t had formed our extreme right,
and Ct course had no support there, its
supporting brigades On tho left had gone;
| though the space they had occupied the
rebels were pouring they were in tmmi-
nent danger Of being entirely cut of, and
back they fell too, still farther to the
righi and rear, among the raVines that
border Snake Greek.
GENERAL SIBERIAN BxERFKp HIMsELR TO
| RALLY BIS BATTALION AND WAS sRoT II
gHE HAND WHILE so DOING,
Sherman fell back, McClernand was
compelled to bring 10 his brigades again
to protect bis left against the onset Of the
rebels, who, seeing how be had weakened
himself there, and inspired By their recent
success over Prentiss, hurled themselves
against him with tremendous force. To
avoid bringing back these troops, a couple
of new regiments, the 18th and 10th Iowa,
were brought up, bus taking utterly ra~'
sroors Gu the Held, ander heavy fre, was
too severe q trial for them, and they gave
way in confusion. 10 meet the attack,
then the whole division made change in
| front, and faced along the Corintb road.
Here the batteries were placed in position,
and till ten O'Clock the rebels were foiled
in every attempt to gain the road.
| But Sherman having now fallen back,
there was nothing to prevent the rebels
| from coming in, further out on the road,
and turning Netherlands right. Prompt
| to size the advantage, a brigade Of them
went dasning audaeiously through the di-
Visions abandoned camp, pashing up the
! road 10 come in above McCleFnapd, be-
/ tween him gnd where Sherman had been.
Drtsscz's Battery Of rified guns opened
on them ~ they passed, and with fearful
faugbEer-not confined, alas TO one side
anly- drove them back.
Rs t.@ eBs'ay's reserves we've mos.
skilifuEy handled, aud tal constant al
/ rance If frtsh regiments was st last tb5
Hus;G for our inferior numbers. Major
Eaton, commanding tho 18th Illinois, was
killed; Colonel Haynie was severely
wounded Colonel Raith, commanding a
brigade, had his leg 30 shattered that am
put&tioa was necessary; Major Nesins, oil
the llth Illinois, was wounded LieuEen-
ant Colonel Ransem, of the same regi-
meut, was wounded three Of General
MeCiernand's STAFF Major Schwayts, Ma
| iar Stewart and Lieutenant Freeman
we're wounded, aud carried from the field.
| Line officers had suffered heavily, The
/ batteries we're broken up. Schwartz had
lost bali his guns and sixteen horses
/ Dresser had lost several Of his rifed
pieces, three cassons and eighteen horses.
| MeAilister had lost half his twenty -four
| pound howitzers.
TaE ASSAULT on sHERAAS's LKET.
But the fortunes of the isolated brigade
] of sherman's Division, on the extrepe
lefss must not be forgotten. twas doab.
ly Bet alone by sae denerals. Genera
/ Grant did not arrive on the Aald Till aftes
nearly all these disassers had crowded ap,
On Us, and each Division General had
4 doue that which was good in bis own vYes
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