Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-04-02

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|suit III .rder fbaa its pfadenes, apd
war1hDd st>46lly an In the fnes of fsown-
ihx aAnxsxs 4hd 'formidxhIe opposikicn.
Our adsance rpaehed Eayesssvilis, fersy-
ass miles hslew the Missouri stsss iins,
and still Price rssksSted. -,
&c Bossoa MountAEns ne Mipouri rsb-
Il ras ioinA ~ Ben, MeCulloAh, Y ~
Dora, Albert pfks ard his Indiaas, and
Mcintosh, who had been made GensTslis-
siano ox the sesaesion forces Ri AfiAnsas.
mssA TO tAs shAgrin Of Ssszt1 Rftoe ~
ally more dsssrTfng ok the great Mshoa-
or.
As this time Gen. Carsia, hsariRg OF
The rebel seinlsrcamenis, and knowing hia
fesss 70 be mose than twice his owns had
No dsnbs hs weuid bs attacked OF % lssss
have ~ oppoxsanisy fos bassle In . seEy
few days. BE discovered that the yicin-
isy OF Sugar Greek wss mnch better adAps-
ed for c&npfnk and be shaTefosa oyvisFed
his advance 20 fall back 70 che nsighber.
hood Of that stream. Up 10 this time
Price and MaIx.sosh bad believed she Fsd-
eval army at lsasa 30, 90 saSong; not sup
posing shss Curtis and Sigel would hare
semssiIy 10 easer thiskly settled State,
whose every akAa, woEaan aGsd child bad
been reported % hostile, 70 the iass de-
gree, 10 the oalcus Yankaes.
Heaxing Of gaTsis' rgssograde move
Rasas, MeIneosk bad no deniS sha4 ha was
gesrsAsiag In hasss, anxious to escape frozn
the tolls In which be lad discovered him
self, ~ Il was hoped toe iase for extriea-
tisn. When be learned, hoe, through one
Of hia spies, he exact nnmbes Of che Fed
szal troops, hsj vas confident shey wegs
flying, and thereafter the only effort was
70 destroy or capture the Yankee host.
/ .-ea TEE yEpxxAL ARRY.
Oar effective foree soala not have been
more than twelva thousand on the day of
the Hrss engagement, and was composed
Of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Missouri
troops. The sxny VIA divided ints three
divisions, under the command Of General
Sanael &. Curtis, brave and pssEiosic
officer, and vac bEigsdsd, as nearly rs ]
can learB, ia sAe toliowiag manner:
GEN. sGGEI1s DIVISION.
ETksz BaISADx-coE- GaEUsxL.
Thirty sixth Illinois, Col. Gxeasel.
Twenty- 9Th Illinois, Col. Koleg.
ForEy-ffsh Illinois, Col. Knohlssdorf.
SECOND zRlSADK-~coE. osxERRAEs.
Twsifsh Miseouri, Col. 0sterhars.
Seventeenth Aisse ari, Col. Hessendeu-
fel.
Second Missouri, Col. SchasaeE.
THlRD BxzeApK--coL. AsBorH.
Third Missoari, Col. FriaIa-
Illinois Cavalry, tone battalion Cap
tain jerks and Smith.
Third lows Cavalry, Col. Busy.
GEN. DAVIS DIVISION.
EIKsT BRsaApE-coL. BKSTox.
Eighth Indi&na, Col. Bensoa.
Eiahtssnth Ea&liana, Col. Pa&teEsoa.
Twenty second indiana, Lsut. Colonel
Hendricks.
SECOND aRlGADR-Col. -
Fifty-ninih illinois, Col. FsedsriCka.
Thirty seventh Missouri. Col ----.
Missouri Cavalry, Maj. Bowen.
Second ohi9 Battery, Col. CariiB.
First Missouri Light AEtillary, one bat,
terry.
& &. GEN. pARR's DIVISION.
TIKsT BaIGApE-coL. DODGE.
Fourth lows, Lieut.. Col. Mulligsn.
Twenty Fifth Illinois, Col. G. A. SEnitt