St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-11-06
:. " No. Is ST. CLOUD STEARNS co. MINNESOTA THUR


1HE s1sCokU sl1skEsOTA 8ATTER7
!, At THE BATTLE CT FPERRYSV1LLE.
ne Prev'oSs .sssesre1s.g ~ Buelrs army The
BatAscf Per- ysviAe. EHciescy of tie Rat-
! tory. -Brarer> If he St. Cloud Bcy..-Myh
! II eo'.pliw~nted BY tie Cammanding Generals.
t-D;ssa'i.faeiien felt at Buell. fa;lure 70 nuke
t.e V.esory Of bene6i- The Woundad Of the
Battery.
= ETh< following priv to letter, received by
~. y. Mitchell, Of this place, from Lieut.. Al
ex. Kinkead. of the Second Minn. Battery.
gives 80 vivid AMI interesting sn acc unit Of
the par. taken BY the Battery in the battle of
P-rrysville, that We cannot forbear laying it
before our rsaders.1
! CAMP NEAR PERRyvlLLe. krxrrcKY, },
f. Oct. .h, 1852
Keep you posted Ms 7" 'he movements Of
, 'hs, portion cf the Grand Army # the
Union uf which We are part but after
quitting Murtre.~huru. Tenn ,"r marches
were so ardu"u> aud NY time =" occupied
tbat l could not write Suffice I" ssy
that with all our forced marching ve fail
ID to bay Bragg's Army OF Ct en being On
M engagement. Our Nh. le force. t. the
number Of seventy Thousand u,eu, we're
marched INTO Louisville. much to the sat-
isfaction Of the inhabitants vhv were
sesioasl, alarmed at the near approach Of
Br.gg. There were not less than fifty
thousand sroops in Louisville before our
grand entree Though no General, I
weuld, were It scf 70 do 80, give such al
,e1pose Of military inco'npetency as would
fsu'prise you. =. !
." the morning Of the 4th Of October
f.he di3erent Divisions Of the Army OF the
OHIO moved out the city by different ave
ndcs, prescnting = splendid array Of n.-
ti,oal greatness and with all the pomP
and circumstance OF gl.rious W." As
usual, for weeks past, We made forced
; marches aud overlook the retresting fore
e under Gen. Bragg just teyond Bards-
town For two days our front harra scd
the en'my's rear, until Perryvville Vas
cached, where. fr,m necessity, the ent my
formed in line Of battle extending over
Eve nil : IF country. o.. the, afternoon
of TUESDAY. the 9TH Ut October ~e form-
ed III line Of battle responding to that
Of the enemy, our (Ni'chtl!'s) I,ivi.io,
occupying . p~iti u it the center aud n
to the extrme advance. W. formed IN
Battery "n = mill from which with glas*
the enemy could be d:stin>tl. seen: Oar
orders from Gen Buell. who vas uear o.
With his staff, Vas to not bring on an en-
gag ment that day. The ue1t morning
one section Of our batte'y under. Lieut.
Word ,ury was ordered to advance upon
the Immediate C. utrol Of Gen 4, y, ''hieI
IF C.v Try. Our curtain acccm panied the
section aud took position about one and
half miles in advance If the main lines.
We opened ith the h"vir'r.- throwing
-hells, AMI dr,,ye: tic. enemy : Il rnisht>
and sc.'ut> back upon their lines othes~
sections T. IN n:ncr b1,trrI.r, urcnpy ,np
dIftre"t points, "I'rra'i"e ., the rss1's
ti,ne, an unti.r Il. Or. IT which 'hc csv4l-
'ry :v.nc..d cautiously MehAd a enc posi-
ton i"r the hoxitz.,r> and ti,t ri4:irt = IL
tim. vas grand We ~ eli"d the en<uy'.
a,ivance for twv =, q i halt hOups sud Win
snrh a,c.racy thso one IT Gen. Bae'rt
staff rod up snd c'mf''imented the me-
very highly ur'n .he 'sp;disy snd c.''sre'
ness II their shooting The cavalry snes'
wanted t, knev Il ve we're not r. gulass
Indeed; se we're oil surprised s"d delight
ed Our shot fell sith telling e6ect" a.
On the rbel, aud | v.s especially pls>red
With the ctulnees and eoussge'of both |df
fcerv 'snd -lento We had never been in
action aud Us some n the n,en we're new
recruits felt little nervous lest want d
faith in themselves nigh, not operate ate
ioar Neutrality-suspicious. half hour dispelled
! oil such thoughts: -
| The 6:ht Vas ae yet conducted entirely
hy the artillery and Is the enemy retired
the ARTILLERY moved forward until Ut last
the whole leotl horde cousd Be- wen in
Lime and With artillery in vie~5,o the M
1ked' cye-iud~ed, but tor winds, Ill this
might have been sem much .ooner.' Al,
m1,f ftnmedint.ly after l., king the sccond