The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-01-30
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We stood all chat day, the rainiest / evel
saw and were relieved about dusk by Com
panies 1 and K, and syesterday Sunday
morning, they were fired on. Tile tenth
was again prompt, and what q scene OF
blood and carnage followed do not sup
pose hotter battle was ever fought in the
same length of time. The Tenth had alone
to contend with eight regiments for nearly
one hour without any aid, and seeing they
were about to outfank us at both wings, we
fell back until the Fourth Kentucky regi-
ment Col. Fry's, fell in with US. We then
| advanced. Soon the Ninth Ohio was up.
Now our artillery booms over us among
lSHIIi6sfeeIy they ply their = bull dogs
| and still The battle RACES on furiousIy. Now
comes 10 our relief The I'd Minnesota The
scales soon begin to turn. StilI Il is like
the billowy surges of the tempest tossed
lake, sometimes ia favor of one and then
the other; but, finally, God be praised
Col. Fry and Gen. Zollcoffer come close
together. Zolly Gays TO Fry: $50, under
stand, these are MY men," pointing to our
forces. ''No," said Fry, "In be id if
they are" upon which ZoIly shot Fry's
horse under him, and Fry leveled bis pistol
and discharged the contents into the bosom
Of the proud nabob. He retired I he fell
he's deadl now they are panic-stricken.-
Now they falter. Sill the battle RACES on.
But now their artillery ceases to roar. Now
the self-conceited rebels hearts begin to
fail. Now they run, and oh, my God what
spectaclel They run, and now we come
to their dead and wounded The woods are
literally covered with them. Such sight
never expected to see. Our men now
pursue | did not go further than this
point, for | was now exhausted myself
After looking over the field for a time, l
returned to camp with Capt. Vanosdal, who
was also very much exhausted We found
Capt. lHogeland also In the rear, taking care
of the dead and wounded, and each COM
pany bearing several men back. We staid
at camp, and our forces pushed on and run
them into the Notifications. They were
well fortified. Our forces bombarded them
until nigh fall. Then they ceased till this
morning, when they commenced again. |
About eight o'clock this morning, the l4th |
Ohio and 10th Kentucky, who had no share I
in the battle, entered the fort, and behold |
the enemy had fed during the night, leav-
ing 100 wagons, 1000 horses, 300 mules,
six pieces ofartillery, all their camp equip- |
age, officers trunks, swords blankets, and /
everything used in camp life. 1t is the /
greatest victory of the rebellion. We have /
been engaged all day, to-day, in burying /
the dead of the enemy, said to be over three /
hundred killed and wounded.
OUR KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Now for the damage on our side can
only give you the result in our own regi-
Co. A, I killed and 8 wounded.
Co. B, 2 killed and ii wounded.
81 Co. @, lkilled-Lisnt, McAdams- and 8
Il
Co D, ! Syo ufided, very slight
Co. f, killed and 6 wounded. &
Coz, killed and 4 wounded.-ae5 O. |
Co. g, wounded. .rr
Co II, 1 killed ana 8 wonndea. -
Col, L Killed and wounded. &
Co. K, wounded-two mortaIIy.
Making l ! killed and 50 wounded of the
Tenth.
suppose we got 500 guns on the field.
and forty prisoners, whom we have in
camp now, among whom are one Lieut..
Colonel and their Surgeons, three in num-
Der. We lost but one officer, McAdans.
md not one man IN our company, which is
ooked upon as almosta miracle. Our boys
ought nobly. - go ..~-- ~
William F. Ruby, writing from Camp
3eech Grove (inside zollys fortifcations,)
January 81, says: 49,
AS soon as daylight appeared 4 Monday
we threw eight or ten more shells
1t them as they crossed the river. One
hell set their boat on fire. After that we s
;ould see the rebels swimming the river. {
)ne whole regiment pitched in at once.
None of them got their guns ashore; they
tarted in with them, but lost them in the
liver. Over 5000 guns were lost in the
cumberland, and over 100 horsemen 4
drowned. EsfneerE ofE Aeoa Haa
About ten O'clock we formed in line and
marched over to. the camps lately vacated 3
~ the Confederates. Once inside we began
o look around, and were astonished to see
low or what could possess a set of men to !
cave works as strong as they had here on
he river side; they had natural .fortifcs-
ions, and on the side from which we would
laveSto attack them were strong enough to- n
lold with small force against host, we
ould never have taken them without a
leavg loss on our side, and after we would =
lave taken their works al around them,
whilst on the river side the works were all Ct
most impregnable. They could have sunk
very boat that we could have got or at
empted to use, but as luck would have it g
Ve gave them such an ungodly scare in the Ct
ght, that they left their wagons, tents,
runks horses, saddles, clothes, guns, pistols,
ammunition of all kinds, eannons, and in fl
act every thing imaginable. eee- ~ f.
@a @ @ -
One prisoner. Mississippian, whom l
ook, said to- me, Boys, you fight like 8
ell-you are too heavy for us.I~--We had
D contend against Mississippians, South
'arolinians, Alabamians, Louisianians,
and Kentuckians The Hoos- o,
ers beat ALL The Tenth gets all the praise
the Fourth Kentucky a share. After the g
attic Gen. Thomas rode up before us. He e
Did Gen. Manson that he never saw such. u
ghting in his life as we did, and said. oI
three cheers for the brave Indianians.'
very one says that we do beat all in a
ght.
The names of Company Els killed and 4
rounded are:
Killed-N. A. Anderson, Swede. ct
Wounded--Lewis Cochran, Corporal. al
ing Reynolds, slightly. JenneFs Baer, in Ct
le side, VIM. Vaughn, in the thigh, W o.
Z. Collins, ia the leg. Louis johnson, q B
liObf tcb in In ~ -