Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-02-25
VOL. 10 NO. 81.
The Fighting ON Saturday.

ION Saturday morning the battle was
| resumed with unusual vigOr and deterpi>
nation The Eighth. Eighteenth, Tweu-
tieth, and Thirty first Illinois occuuied a
! position above the fort. she Eighih heldir q
the extreme right, the Eighteenth next.
then the Thirty first and Twentieth. Af.er
another severe night, our men were about
/ 10 prepare q liltle food, when the rc bells
f., opened upon them q FIRE Of mnsketr that
( was well calculated TO create the widest
confusion, # not = panic; bot the iine Of
battle was al cnce formed, and the 4 I'm
ot leaden hail returned, perceptibIy thin
mig the rebel ranks as they advanced.
/ There are many reasons for believing that
the real object Of the rebel. was 10 eyacu-
ate the fort, and to cut their way through
Colonel O6lesby's command in doing so ;
but. although they seemed as an overrower
ing host. and from advantageous positions
showered upon our ranks the most murder
Gus 7olleys OF musketry, grape and canister,
killing aud wounding our men almost BY
companies at every round, yet the stars
{ and stripes moved not a single foot back
! ward. Bravely, determinedly, without
/ hinchlng. these four regiments held their
ground. dealing death-dying aud lighting
against appalling odds. and in this face Of
ment seems to have resisted the severest
storm. Against their ranks the rebels d.
Tected their heaviest fire; but instead Of
falling back they advanced to the very face
o. the enemy, and there stood. as it we're.
in the very jaws Of death, fighting bravely
and determlnedly, with scarcely a prospect
that single one would escape sure and
/ swift destruction.
| For thraa hnpra thnea fN1r r,c;..o.t.
numbering scarcely three thousands men,
held their ground against the whole rebel
! garrison. At one time the Eighteenth. being
| partially hanked, was exposed to cross
/ fire of both musketry and artillery, but our
right wing, securing the rebels left, at once
relieved then. During the critical moment,
! Col. Michael X. Lawler fell, pierced by
/ two musket balls Capt, Brush, acting
! Lieut. Colonel, assumed command, hat was
soon wounded. Capt Cruise vas shot dead;
| Captain Lawler was mortally wounded !;
Lieuts. Mansford and Thompson were Kill
led Lieuts Dillon and Wilson were wound
ed /; so that the daring Egyptian regiment
stood before an overwhelming foe almost
without the officers actually required to
direct its operations. How desperately
they fought, how terribly they suffered can
never be fully known. They fell in heaps,
| dead and wounded Companies were be-
! reit Of captains and heutenants, captains
! were almost bereft of companies
The Eighteenth Twentieth and Thirty
frs. did their duty ro6iy. Co.'s. Oglesby,
Marsh and Logan dashed along their ranks.
waving their hats, and cheering their men
on to the conflict. Suffer death, men. I"
cried Logan, 'but Disgrace never; stand
frm-yield never" Aud well they heed
ed him. Many fell, killed and wounded
Among the former we are panied to name
Lieut.. Col. White, and among the latter
Logan.
Ogle>by's tthe Eighteenth), and Marsh's
(the Twentieth), fought desperately and
suffered severely, losing. like the other
regiments, and undue portion of oficers.--
Col. Oglesby displayed GOODNESS and
courage that have elected the highest
praise, and served well in stimulating his
men to deeds of valoT
Never perhaps on the american cnnti-
nent has a more bloody battle been fought.
An officer who participated and was wOun-
ded in the fight informs US that the scene
beggars description Of those who were not
present. lie says that he scarcely thinks
he exaggerates when he saws that 30 thick
ly was the battle field strewn with the dead
and wounded that he could have traversed
acres 81 1t, taking almost every ste2 upon q
PROSTATE body The rebels fought with
desperation, seeming to be inspired with
what will prove meGsnrably true, that theil
hopes for success in this rebellion were i'm
mediately connected with the result Of the
battle then raging. The artillerists were
skiiitul, using their pieces adruitiy and " ith
nost fearful effect. o. either side could
be heard the voices Of those in command,
cheering their men or. using every means
to Tx them IN the purpose to die rather
than yield the contest. In such a firht. the
four linois regiments We have named heli
their ground for full three hours. Nearl;
one third Of the whole number had beer
killed or wounded, yet the balance stoat
ready and willing t. fall sacrifices 10 then
country. Over five hundred of the Eigh-
teenth were still in death, or suffering from
their wounds. The other commands had
suffered less, but greatly; and for all, with
out relief, 1t seemed that nothing short OF
annihilatiOn could he expected Al
this Juncture reinforcements arrived. The
battle was waged with renewed vigor on our
side, but with scarcely less determination
on the part Of the rebels. For an hour i,
was continued, the slaughter on both sides
beng irightful, but upon that of the rebel.
immeasurably the greatest About 4
O'Clock +. NJ. our right wing turned theil
left, giving turn to the tide of battle thai
sOon operated greatly in our favor. The
rebels fell back into the fort, the stars anC
stripes were planted upon the position oc-
. cupicd by their left wing, a3d for the time
at least, the carnage and slaughter ceased
The number of regiments that composed
: the reinfOI cements have not all been ascer
, tanned. In this connection the Seventh
Twenty ninth and Forty eighth Illinois
, and the Eleventh Indiana are spokon OF. bu
, others were engaged, two or three Of then
/ finching for the moment. but raliyin.
speedily, and firing like heroes Lieuten
snt Ctlonel Thomas Ii. Smith, Of the Fort,
eighth Regiment, fearlessly leading hi
regiment in :he thickest of the fight, fel
pierced by ball and died upon the field
The news of his death reaches us to direc,
~ to admit of doubt. lie is dead, an
Egypt is called upon to mourn the loss Of
brave, noble, high minded man, one VIII
gave promise of bright future, and OF
around whom clustered the strong and en-
during friendship of our whole people.
, Dresser's aud Schwariz's batteries wer
brought into action, but were soon take
by the enemy. The Eighteenth Illinoi
Regiment with dubbed muskets, recover
ed Dresser's, while the thirty first re cover
; ed Schwartz. The rebels had run til
horses of before this however. compelling
our men to bring away the guns, &c, b
, hand. More daring deeds than these di
not characterize the battle.
Two thousand Of cur soldiers are reporte
as killed and wounded; the dead. it
thought, numbering fully FIVE hundred
: The rebel loss is believed to be fully as grea
! or greater.
An exchange says that scamp in Yer
mont hung hoop skirt up in his cornfiel
as scarecrow. IL there was pretty We
man inside, it would serve the purpose bel
ter. The field would be SO full of Gree
Maintain Rows that the nrows v-ould No