Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-10-08

range on the Secesh behini the fence
Here our boys piled, them up in heaps.
most awful to speak of The most Of the
Secesh appeared to be strDk IN the head.
Gen. Robert Lee, son Of ttr rebel general
r. Z. Lee was killed, besile several Cors
and Majors on their side We withdrew
about 10 o clock at night. During the time
that Gen. Hooker had dro-e the enemy ON
the right, General Reno hid run them on
the left, giving us after thee hours con
test, possession of the field IN this en-
gagement our Brigade suffered loss of
over 400. My company hal five wounded
as follows:
Corporal w A Nelson A. I. Budlone.
B. f. Knowlton, G. w. Williams and Geo.
Gilbert
In this battle, as in the former oar men
behaved most CALAMITY and nobly held
their ground. The next morning Mon
day. we commenced the pursuit of the en-
emy, often capturing large number Of
prisoners. Both Monday and Tuesday
we were occupied in eannonadine and
pushing forward close upon the heels of
the retreating foes. Tuesday evening we
came upon their lines and lay down with
out supper, in sight of the enemy, and di
rectly under their guns During the
nj ght heavy skirmishing and continual
cannonading was kept mp At daylight
our brigade was ordered forward to open
for the enemy We wers marching in
Division front, and had reached clump
Of woods when the enemy opened with a
battery on US, but fortunately done no
great harm to us, but she'll burst in a
division of the 9th Regiment, killing sew
eral and wounding number-how many
L know not. We passed through the
woods into an open field, and through a.
corn field with the 9th Regiment on the
right, and n. Y. regiment on the left
We slow y crawled up through the corn-
field while Gibbons Battery was throwing
canister and shell into the enemy. AT
ter passing through the cornfeld into the
open field, the enemy was discovered to
be in great force on our right and left,
leaving their centre almost open, Cos. /
and y had the first shot at the foe, and
soon the 9th Regt 7th and 9th Ind, and
the y. I. regiments opened upon them
Then commenced the shower Of bullets
yolley upon yolley was poured in by the
contendInc parties. 1t seemed as if it
were a perfect rain Of hail In all battles
l have not seen the like I thought the
battle OF the 28th bad enough, but this
days battle seemed most horrible. Soon
our regiment charged directly on the first
Company, giving us a cross fire on the en-
emy. Major Allen was wounded and had
to leave the field. Captain Ely of Co. d
then took command. Our men were fall
ing fast-our ranks were thinned when
1t seemed that we had scarce forty men
left to defend our colors All around me
men were falling-some begging to be car
ried off the feld-others giving their last
request to some comrade. For once while
standing there with but six of my own
company left, with the bullets flying all
around me and man after man dropping
here and there, I thought of the awful
carnage-of this dastardly work oftakiRg
the lives OF human beings The n. Y
Brooklyn boys came up, and with q cheer
our boys turned to them and asked them
forward With a hurrah they rushed
through our ranks and opened on the en-
emy, our boys joining with them. But it
seemed as if the Secesh rose from the
ground-for of sudden a whole brigade
of fresh rebels rose and poured in on our
distracted men volley upon volley of Min
lie balls. Then and not till then did it
seem that the old Brigade would give way.
But alas It slowly, gradually fell back
till it passed through column OF fresh
Union troops who marched forward to
meet the exultant foe 1t. Sanford Of my
company had fell, wounded in the head
his brains partly protruding when l had
him put in blanket and carried to the
rear Lit Hill of Co. G was also wound
I ed and carried to the rear, as also was 1t.
1 Jones of Co. A. Our men what could,
served the wounded As many as posi-
+ bic rallied ground the old Colors, and as
soon as we reached the woods column
was formed to stop stragslers coming from
the field
/ Ny Orderly Sergeant, Wm Noble, land
a brayer man never shouldered amusketl
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stuck by the colors, and done his whole
duty He has been all to me, and his
course and manly bearing has taught me
to love the man For his noble conducs
he deserves an honorable promotion. |
/ had 1t. Sanford carried to the hospital.
but the Doctors gave him up. He Is now
at Keedysville under the care of Geo. III.
I Legate He is about the same, and as
yet unable to speak-at times out of his
head The Surgeons all agree that he
cannot live. l have sent by telegraph for
some ofhis relations to come to him. In
I this battle ] had wounded: