The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-04-24
1EIOsyt TRANSCRIPT


The Rattle Of l'ittsb,lrg.
here was a great blumder committed
he battle of Pittsbnrg by some OF
head officers in neglccting to have
|kcts stationed out at proper distan.
from each other and the main army
Twas one of the most c-regious hlun-
= Of the whole campaign. The OBJ.
II having pickcts Oh duty is to
il being taken by surprise by an
my. Situated as our army was Al,
.sburg, only few miles from LARGE
ny Of the enemy, and this fact being
II well known to our generals, it is
III astonishing, that they neglected a
Ter SO important and judicious. It
/ OF only Iii, long shame to the
Fer whose duty it was to have it
Ne, hut burning and enduring
grace to the American army.
he result Of this negligence was, we
e completely taken by surprise,
'e 81 orr men were still lounging in
II tents, others at their breakfast
none scarcely IN the ranks, so chat
IN the booming cannon Of the enemy
I sending its deathlv missiles AMONG
leuaeiny troops, they for the first
heard "Fall in men. Prepare for
on When such a state Of ,binos
ts It is well known, that the patty
surprised, will be thrown into q
K Of confusion, from which il il moi
to extrlcate itself, and most
orally ends in its defeat; in fact
was the fate, Of our army until
night fill Of the first day, when
troops from Gen. Buel's division.
had Just reached the battle field
the shells from the yunboats. saved
rom total rout. The second DIV
ever we were more fortunate and
'eeded ~ driving the enemy from
battlefield with great SLAUGHTER
Grant was III command Of ON,
es, and the person 10 whom Al look
~ explanation, ii tho reason wl,y
army lay there without rickets. /,
ported that he is under arrest
e lost III this battle many more nr;.
rs than wc took. The enemy claim
took 5000 Of us. This is probably
e'Y treat cNar9eration. The nun.
81 prisoners we took probably did
exceed one fourth If this number
ne loss on both sides,,was very great,
suffering the most in killed
Q take the following from Che cor.
andanec Of the Dee. Gs- writ,
1''h INST on board Of ore of,hc
hessee steamers which was s.;u
s'ng up the wounded.
great battle in tho wood.
aps never fought before. In many
'';ces the enemy planted their bat
y within forty rods Of our line.
'a' neing discovered until they
- IRE. The fierceness Of the on.
vas perhaps, scarcely ever eoualed
loih Ohio battery lost Sc horses
y y, almost at the first fire: and
.hel cases the loss Of men was almost
reat. s.'''os'
Oh may be assured that no state.
:, me papers concerning the
: on both sides will exceed, perhans
VII reach, the truth The hr;
81 which the 18th Iowa was ! nart
u Killed XIII, and 565 woundea-t;5e
ne same proportion in the 80
noes would give 81, 1l2 on one side
J are slightly wounded, and will
recover, but it is safe 10 say that
W OF our men are either killed Or
, :, disabled. 1t is believed
'he enemy's loss in killed and No.
y wounded is much greater than
=, i,oV many were killed by our
We DO not know, but rebels who
''ea ~ bnrrying their dead and
M Mus ieil INTO our hands, say that
f'aed two to their one. Union men
N the neighborhood, who rode
INC ground Immediately after the
IS corroborate this etaiemcnt 7,
os' a that our men have buried
4'ooo rebels since the battle.