The New York herald., 1862-10-02
IMPORTANT FROM TIE SOUTHWEST.
Additional Details Of the Bat
tie of I-u-k-a.
The Ohio Battery Captured and Re-
captured -Four Times,
Ac., &c.,
Oar I-u-k-a Correspondence.

xh dvtvit Of kosscrdns-fo of the Union Forces
fhioyd'S Brigade Engages Ham, to Hand ,oith the
Rsbes-Char9s, CIrsur and RccapIue Of the Ohio Bat
sey-Brap7ycf he Fiflh Iooa acknowledgement
o NJ Rsde,s-Escncss Of he Sn1tggIc-7hc Rebel Dead
ard Wounded Let on The Field by Price--General Rose.
Grams Facs-i,ete! Force kossCalurc of tie Rebel
Baagags Tain--tsr Losses--G GaLanay of the Union
a. Rcro and he Tco,S-Rb' at of The Rebcis-A Arrtcai
o. Gen. Grant and His Forces Where the Fight Acally
Has-Treatmera Of the RSc. Woundcd BY Tnesr Oson
N,.rsss, dc, dc.
War, with all its horrors been rampant here for
rtha last two days Day before yesterday evening Rose
als corps reached the lett wing of tho enemy IN
font cf Luka and most btcr and desperate atruggc
nausred in which again victorious. We
had enly portion or army engaged, General Hamil
ions division being the only 10 fight. Tho plan
ty which Gen. Prico TO be captprcd very good
9oue and had 1t been carried out would have been
doubedy successful. Tho evening OF the fight Genera
Grant lay Il, Burns vlle e hi miles est OF this point
tic abroad the and Sxlh divisions under
mand o. Macarthur and Ross, advanced about
-ssid half miles towards ,bis place the left.
tn fight commenced about hlfpasi four in the after
noon Buiord's lrg de- und ccm nand OF Colonel joha
Is Sahborn. the lrst IN the eng cmen suffered
nsfe than aEy other OF our forces The lighting al
most hand to hand. The rebels charged took the
Ee:eah Ohio battery four different times and 1t was as
often retakcn by boys Every the battery
killed. and there were only eight left
and III for duty. Every ollcer wounded aud
lieutenant killed II supported by Fifth Iowa,
who fought Ike ,igers-thcir first battis too they
tho rebels every time they charged and Tough, them
close quarters The desperation of the enemy
fshng. Several OF them endcavored tear colors
fron the hands o the men by main strength and either
persisted in the attempt taken prisoners In
spot morning counted lying dead
around Of thor colonies square wc uld
cove, The whoc spacc where they died their CON-
aacr Between two ceissons Of the Eleventh Ohio bat
tery lay xtcaa dead horses and tho battery ninety
throe In the fight. In place lay rebel Union
solder, the unonis shot through the breast and III fall
II ing ne had plugged his bayonc, into the breast Of the
/ man who shot him, and they fell together, Lhe-rebe
catching our boy by the throlt They ay in this posi-.
tion the field next morning, and it with difficulty
they scara.cd Wounded and dead lay in
AL directions during the whole OF the day succcadng
the battle, it being impossible to them sooner
Price left his dead aud wounded the ac!d, paying 10
detention whatever to hem ard 0! they fall upon
tae hands OF surgeons who busy is men can
ve bel and tie no pitals presen. such never
aga wish ~ lock upon Every few some aoor
fcl0S dies and wit out murmar, apparently haviag
nadc NJ his mind TO sualcycr comes with the
best possible grace. Around the ampaa,ng tables sol
sers lying booking at the operations with supreme
ndinerence lot knowing how soon their time may
coae to undergo the imagination
Eicure the horrors Of battle field the fight
The afternoon after the bats the the field
htd already commenced decomosng and the stencil aris
En was horrible suppose thsrc must be something in
hc atmosphere causing sach rapid decay 1t can't be the
beat altogether the weather has been quite moderate
kor the las. day or two.
Cencra Rosecans had about one thousand ve hundred
kncn aetualy engaged in the tight, and the rebels
kwo thousand five hundred. nearly could be
ainet The whole force o. neither side engaged,
bieh coming before the battle could become gene
lal. The canrolatns lasted only half an hour and was
os destructive the Eleventh Ohio battery keeping up
perfect storm Of iron hail upon the rebels
lhey charged timo after time, down upon them.
tue rrncp regiments OF the rebels the Third
texas, Third Louisiana and Mississippi regiment, the
bumoer OF which could obtain We the colonel
lMaberry) OF tho Third Texas and louisiana major pr
/ kue Both wounded, and they both say that
desperate fghtng for the time II lasted and the num-
ba troops actually engaged has not before been
huring the war The rebel General Little killed
hc aa,te Geld, and the o<s among their officers was
args. The number OF kill and wounded the rebel
.de viii reach seven huadret and three bunired
prisoners during their rersat, which retreat
enbled the stampede a flock OF sheep thaa
lrnly of flying soldiers They tered hroagh the woods
every an 10 ;n and coal, ouly Itch them II small
Ea ads We captured the nnn part OF the baggage tram
n storos and I'm halted Jacncto, where Rosccrans
how is Price supposed to be on the way 10 Ripley
bur loss will number Ave hundred in killed and wounded.
Ind gooi many die hospital. The nth Iowa went into
lotion with four hundred and eighty men, and came out
h,tn oss Of two hundred aud sixteen men. The Eleventh
Ind Twenty Missouri Forty eighth Indiana, Fourth
oncsota and Sixteenth Seventeenth Iowa all had
more or loss men in the light different times and al
our. like brave and soldiers Rosecrans Sullivan
Ind Colonel auborn stood the hcd, with grape and
anistsr whling round their beads in every direction,
apparently obvious danger and only anxious to watch
Every phase CT the nsht.
As darkness gathered the scene the rebel army
retired into I-u-k-a and at twelve O'Clock atngh com
neucod their retreat At about O'Clock A. NJ their
hole farce was in rapid fight, pursued closely by Ham
,ou division At about twelve O'Clock General Grant
md s.aT arrived from Burnsvle and tho Second and
sixth divisions arrived abo the same tmc and were
Immediately ordered 70 return.
General Grant renamed ehort time. and then
returned 70 Burnsvillc, from whence, next morning,
he returned to Coriuth Ocal notice has been received
hat major gensral-a deserved recognition
bf valuable vices and his military skill
An attack was anticipated Corinth when our troop
lsft By tho combined forces Of Brecknrdge and Van
Dou II has not yet taken pace, and expected
rherc Is OF fgh,ing al Bolivar; but nothing Is
bstycly known. Hirlburs division 10 there, and we
rc IN strong and position able 70 resist the attack
bf larger army than that either Price Van Dorm
1he nsh, a,I.u a was entirely tho ensmys left wing
and nowhere else; neither attacked the centre nor
right o their poston understand has been reported
by Telegraph.
TIE treatment OF robo wounded BY their own nurses
Sarcs according 10 their condition In the hospital one
m them begged glass Of water Of mo- finally got IL for
Aan aud asked the nurse why he did not attend him.
His reply was, "oh, he Is only . damned conscrips' y
yoluntecrs generally as kindly treated as circum
stances permit, but the poor conscrpt has bard time
Everything here IL qniot Troops moving 10 Jacinto
10 rcniose Rosecrans and II 10 supposed that Price vii
Roc Immediately followed by large force. We may bavt
homo more stirring times IN n day or two.
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