Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-20
THE C0RINTH BATTLE.
nte.o.ssI~ss orshe Wounded

EDs. DEMOCRAT Acting in concert
with the delegation from MuscatiDe,
and with DR.. Hughes, Surgeon General
Of the State OF Iowa, we yesterday sent
ofi for Iowa upwards Of two hundred
wounded soldiers, belonging to the Iowa
regiments that were engaged 10 the late
battles Al this place. They are fret to
report At the ho-pitsl at keokuk. Quite
a large number are still here, who are
unable to be moved as yet. Some Of
these will be removed as soon as the
surgeons think it safe and advisable,
while others are so slightly hurt that
they will soon be fit for duty without
.emoval-and there are others still y no
linger only to iiod in death . release
FROM suffering. As 10 those who have
been, and who will be sent, our people
will have the satisfaction Of knowing
that they will be unused and cared for
within our own State, and away from
the excitement and vci.studes Of war.
The smoke Of the late battle OF Co
ninth has at length blown away, and
come thing can now be discovered Of
its proportions. 1t lasted during the
greater part Of two days. At Cher
wala, on the Memphis & Charlestown
X. r., about nine miles northwest of
Corintb, the Union forces had small
out post Of about 600 men. On Thurs.
day evening October al, this small force
was attacked and driven towards Co.
rinth by the advance of the rebel forces,
under VanDorn, Price, aud Lowell. 1t
was manifest that the enemy intended
10 advance upon Coribth from the west
ward On the following morning, FRI
day, forces were sent out TO check the
advance Of the rebels, and these came
in collision about five miles from town.
Over all this intervening space Of five
miles, the ground is rolling, and is GOV.
cred with an open growth Of pretty
heavy timber; and over this space, the
tide Of battle swaycd alternately all
day Friday. The ground was bravely
contested In every favorable position by
our troops, but the rebel legions kept
pouring in, and our inferior numbers
kept fighting and falling back at the
word Of command, Till the fighting
ceased at night fall, At the distance OF
perhaps little less than mile from
our forts and dcicnces, which are ada
cent to the town OH the west. No bet
ter fighting vas ever done than was
done BY portion Of the forces on that
day. All along that track Of miles, the
trees attest how frequent must have
been the crack of musketry and how
terrible the scream Of the shells. 1t was
not the short, hot work Of the stormed
intrenchment, but it was the steady val.
or which contends and cndures for hours,
without either food or rest, and in tue
teeth OF greatly superior odds. We
believe that every regiment Of
Iowa Infantry that has ever been cent
to Tennessee, except the Sd and 9Th,
took part in the engagement Of that Fri
day, and the roll of lost on that day
shows how tcnaciously they contested
the ground with the enemy, Col. Croc-
kcr, Of the 18th, was in command of the
"Iowa Brigade" made up of the
lltb, under Colonel William Hall,
the 18th, under Lieut.. Col. Shane, the
18th, under Col. Reid, and the 10th, un-
der Lieut.. Col. Sanders. These regi-
ments fought during the latter portion
Of that day with just that stcadincss Of
valor which those who know the men
and the officers, had expected that they
would display. During this part Of The
fight Lieut.. Col. Sanders was badly
wounded, but We arc told by his broth
er officers that he continued to lead and
direct his regiment till the fighting
ceased for the day.
The I'd and 7th Iowa Infantry were
also there, brigaded with the 57th Hi
nois. Their loss bears them witness
on that day fell Col. Baker and Lieut..
Col. Mills, both MORALLY wounded, and
since dead. Also Lieut.. Bing, Lieut..
Huntington and Lieut.. Snowden-all
now dead; also Suffer and Speed
wounded, and others, whose names
swell the loss Of the I'd Regiment on
that day among the scores. Col. Rice,
of the It'll, went through the whole
fight safe, but the killed ard wounded
OF his regiment on the first day is abont
equal to that of the Second.
The remnants of the 9Th, 10Th and
l4th Regiments were also in the first
days battle, and it was here that Lieut..
Tichenor, Of the sth, was killed.
The 9Th, 10th and 18th also had their
place in the line, but were not promi-
nently engaged that day.
The fight ceased for the night of
Friday, but before daylight on Satur-
day morning it was manifest that the
rebels had not been by any means idle,
tor shot and shell began to "drop
around" from battery which they had
planted during the night. They had
also during the night thrown heavy
force around to the north Of the town.
On their approach, both on the north
and the west, they found Notifications
which they must carry, before they could
obtain or hold the town. After sharp
cannonading for several hours in the
morning, which our forces replied to
with spirit, and with great destruction
to the rebels, the latter formed and
advanced for q charge to carry the
works which have been mentioned, on
the north and the west. And then fol.
lowed the hottest and the fie,cest fight
ofall. They made the attack from both
directions at the same time. and our ar
t'lery, With the infantry supporting it,
piled them 10 rows, as they advanced.
l&nf thu eo6olc Al r.