The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-04-24
From the Mansfield (Ohio) Herald
THE PEA RIDGE BATTLE.

Gen. Scott, reached the city Of Mexico,
! having been in every important engage
mcut on the route. Sometime after the
war he removed to Rome, Joncs county,
Iowa, whore his family now resides,
turning his attention to agriculture,
farming quarter section of land located
by himself by the warrant received for
his services az soldier in the Mexican
war. On the breaking out Of the rebel
lion, Capt Carpenter again rallied to his
country's defence, and we a,e pleased to
furnish our readers and his numerous
friends with the suhjoincd account Of his
conduct in the glorious victory Of Pea
Rid4e:
SUGAR GREER, ARKANSAS,
NEAR BATTLE t;KOr I'D or PEA KIruE,
March 10Th, 1867. )
! DEAR BKnTuEE:
! The last week has been to US one of the
most momcnto1s ever passed The choice
men Of the 9th iowa, and Phelps Mis-
sour! rcgimrnt, battalion ,i cavalry, one
section Of the }uhuquc hattyry and few
EvEht"in ho%Itz,l~, start i one week
az" yesterday mutnin@ ttom Cross lIol-
lows (wLcr' I'll" whole army I'd the south
west were cucampcd) for the town Of
. Huntsville, distant 80 OF 33 nile, in "A
>ont@}r!y direction, for thr purpose of
capturing some Of TIE enemy quartering
there with large amount of stores.
{ We reached the town on the next day
at c'c'och, captured number Of pria-
On"r> HuI IA large amount ,f rommis>ary
stores; but learning frcm the prisoners
that the enemy were marching in force
upon our position at Gross Ilnllows, we
hastily took what We could Of the most
necessary articles that we could carry,
and destroyed the rest, also the eXten-
slve barracks for the accommodation Of
5000 men, and started on our return. -
We stopped two miles from the town and
bivCuacked for the night At twelve
Q clock il the nigh: a dispatch reached
Us ordering our Immediate return to Su
-ar CI>@k, L. miles to the rear Of our
py,itIou at Cross !luI!ows, our army hay.
ing tat@n back to this point il tie light,
th!3 latter be!h4 Gcrmed the most form
ldaOle position vn which to meet the ct..
cmy, then known t. b2 near and advuuc
iug.
We arose from our beds Of snow, (!t
having showed during the nlgnt), and at
five in the morning resumed our march.
Soon ether dispatches caine urglng Us to
/ hasten our return and warning US to
move by circultOus routes TO avoid meet,
- hal,
nuMbcrS between US and our friends at
Sugar Creek, which was yet at least )
miles distant. We hurried on, stopping
, only as we pressed upon each other !;
waded two rivers, viz, the War Eagle
and " lite rivers, and achcd camp one
mile north Of SusGt Creek, at $ o'c!ock
p. III.
Never were men m".c r,joiccd to see
friends than ours were to sec u. They
had feared that We were completely cut
If, and why VIC We're not seems almost
miraculous
have had considerable experience ia
marching. bat never have ~ven marching
equal to thai, for 50 many consecutive
hours. History furnishes no parallel in
th2 movement 0: infantry. although We
were IN many ways lame, with our feet
swollen and laccrated by angular stones
with which nature had to all appearance
mac"1amizrl th1 roads through tins very
. mountainous G. uutry.
suppose tNo enemy had not crossed
ar return route until they discovered
1y the crm5onel pathway that we had
aIrca'!y passed
Next morning, the ever memorable 7th
"l March. W" arose early from "a refresh
Jag steep, and at once prepared for the
terrible conflict in which our regiment
the Iowa Jth-took such an active and
honorable part.
We entered action first with our re9i-
ment, 600 men strong, including the mcn
Of the Dubuque battery, attached and
forming a part Of our regiment. We
sustained this battery and one more of
six rided pieces all day, from - minutes
past 8 a. m, until darkness closed the
hrrrid scene.
1t this time We could employ but three
pieces of the Dubuque battery-thrcc
having fallen into the hands Of the enc,
mY-the other battery Of six guns being
sil2nced by the destructive ire ii the
enemy, and loss Of ammunition hy cxrlo-
sion, occasioncd by the enemy's shot
La killed and wounded our regiment
ct having suffered mCst severely OF all
enga-cd) lost upwards Of two hundred
and forty Of the six hundred upon the
field, including some Vi our most valua-
bic officers. Two captains oftho six en-
gagged, two Lieutenants, We're Killed -
Lieut.. Col Heron wounded aud N the
hands of the enemy Our Major, AdS5U-
taut, two Captains. and three LIcu'"n-
ants, woInded--sUmc OF them severely.
During the latter part Of the first day
(1th) and the whole Of the last tSth), as
well as ever since, the command of the
regiment devolyc1 on ne by virtu" #
seniority in rank, My company suffered
least of any, although holding the post Of
honor.
We lost and .ctook our position no less
than four times during the day, and once
at bayonet charge
was ordered by Col. Vandever Of our
regiment, Cbut acting i'rigadIcrGeneraI,
to take my company and bring off the
disabled pieces Of both batteries, now at
most in the hands Of the enemy, on the
deserted spot they then stood. I"WSo,
detachiug one part and attaching a-oth,
er: and with the aid Of two horses stll!
unhurt, but cntangled in the harness
f,sten to other horses dead in the brnsh'
st;ll in advance of the battery's posi- tion