The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-21

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Iowa Troops I'm the Battle.
L. N, Blakeley writes to the Hawkeye
on the 9th giving an account of the battle
on Sunday and Monday. We make an
extract in regard to Iowa troops.
Our regiment, the 9th, lost everything,
among which was the subscribers estab.
hshment containing $4,000 worth = Of
merchandise my tents Gen. BeauTegara
made his headquarters n mighty good
place.. little thought Of entertaining so
important a parsonage. On their retreat
all of our batteries lost in the fight the
day previous were retaken together with
large amount of prisoners.
On Sunday they took great many of
our men prisoners, large majority Of
whom were Iowa troops. The 9Th. 18th
and l4th had a great many men taken.
Our Iowa troops behaved most nobly
throughout the whole engagement. Our
men were sent to Memphis. Our Sur
geon. DR.. Shaw, was prisoner, also Lieut..
Halliday (wounded) but were taken back.
On Sunday the losses in killed were about
equal. but the battle was entirely in their
favor--the second day turned the scale
and their loss was fully three to our one.
They lost some of their best Generals,
among whom was General Albert Sidney
johnson. killed dead. Acting rebel Gov
ernor johnson. of Kentucky, at the time
Brigadier General, wounded severely and
taken prisoner. The 9th Iowa suffered
severely. Their average was 90 to the
Company in killed and wounded. They
fought most nobly. and at times under the
most discouraging circumstances. Their
support were all young troops and were
panic stricken at the onset They were
always engaging FIVE times their own
number. At the time Iseminger and
White fell, they were engaging three re-
giments and battery of two pieces,
Capt. Iseminger and Williams led the re-
giments most Of the time COL Mellow
ell was acting Brigadier. and behaved
most nobly, always in the thickest of the
fight. He commanded the LIST brigade,
under Gen. Sherman, on the extreme
right wing. The flower of the Southern
army we're in the engagement. | think
our General, Grant, underrated their
strength, and did not prepare himself suf-
6cienty. Their attack was complete
surprise to our whole army, causing a
panic among all the young troops
The enemy entered our camps, 30 saw
prisoners, with between forty-fve and
fifty thousand men, completely out gen
eraling US, and the surprise WAS so great
at first, that before regiment or brigade
could form in battle line, they would be
completely overwhelmed by numbers and
broken up. Our troops could not fight
at first, and il was impossible for them to
hold their ground This would encourage
the rebels, and on they came hopping and
cheering. Their army was brigaded with
in three miles of our camp. -
/ v SEVENTH IOWA.
List 81 the killed, weunaea and
Missing. IN the Datsle ~ Pitssburg,
| April 6tA, 1859.
Geo. Pierson, Jacob Abertson, Co. A.
missing; Lamiel H. Shannon, Co. b,
wounded in left ankle BY masket ball; j.
s. Ronsal. Go. G, killed by shell; J. H.
Simmons. Co. G, killed; VIM. H. Todd,
Go. G, wounded in right temple; VIM.
Valandigham, Co. c, missing; b. L. Will
SON, Co D., missing; N. P. Hewitt, Co.
D, wounded in right arm, severely; Frank
N. Redding, Co. d, wounded in side,
slightly; Geo H. Yoncam. Co. D, woun.
ded in shoulder, slightly; Isaac Rupds.
Co. =, killed; Jas. D. Beck, Co. E, miss
ing; VIM. Davis, Co. F, missing; Sam |
Reams, Co. F, wounded in shoulder, se-
verely; Amos B. Read, Co. F, wounded
in hip, severely; Joseph Shivly, Co. r.
{ wounded in arm, slightly; John Dillon.
lat Lieut., Go. G. killed: Jonathan ii.
French; Go. @, killed; Michael Naane-
maker, Go. @, wounded; Lucas Harrinc.
ton, Go. @, wounded in groin, slichtly;
VIM. Seaman, Co G, Missing; George
Wills, Co. H, killed; James F. Elliott.
20. Il, wounded in thigh, slightly; Geo.
". Hoag, 90. H, mortally wounded; Jas.
Murray, Go. !, killed; Geo. NJ. D. Charl-
ton, Go. K, killed; Walter E. Freeman,
Go. K, killed; Gilbert WHEELER, Co. X.
wounded in left breast, severely; John A !.
kneer, Go. X, wounded in right hand;
I Merit s. Brown, Co. X, wounded Ia left
hip, slightly; JAS. Letter, Co. X, wound-
cd IN right leg.
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