The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-31

airy were posted to prevent flank move-
ment from the enemy during the night,
and all was quiet again, except an occa-
sional gun which walked the echoes of the
night. BY three o'clock in the morning
it was known that the enemy was moving,
and to prevent attack on the trains, the cav
airy were ordered out to protect them, The
next day-dawn revealed the true cause Of
the enemy's moven cnt. They had been
literally moved down by our musketry
and ploughel through by our we'll aimed
artillery, SO that they had ordered re-
treat, and acknowledged whipped, and
dared not move before night lest our cav
airy should charge them. So fearful
we're they of trouble that they sent in a
flag of truce to bury their dead at night,
which was granted, and by daylight they
were far away. as they had been in full
retreat all night. Their piles Of slain told
/ frarful tale. After two days burying
/ They are scattered over the field and gath
cred n rail pens To take their turn to-
morrow and next day fvr burial. Could
you but see their dead lying on the
ground uncovered. with the sun upon
them, and uncared for, as / saw them to-
day, and have visited their hospitals, and
see the indifferent treatment the living
wounded received at the hands Of their
own friends, you could scarcely have
believed them human. They were left
by their officers without hospital sup
plies and without rations, as if they
wished them all to die. The wounded
were lying upon the cold ground in the
open ar, and some with wounds undress-
ed from the day Of battle, and with no
comfort except cold water supplied in can
teens Gen Heron sent them three
wagons Of provisions upon the score of
humanity, and many moistened eye told
of grateful hearts in language too strorg
for utterance.
These are the chiyalry SO pompously
spoken Of at home. Chivalry that will
rob the dead of their clothing, even to a
pair of socks. and 60 away and allow their
own friends TO die uncared for, after they
have used them in the furtherapce Of
their hellish scheme Scouts were i'm
mcdiately sent out 10 h0d the enemy
but with what success yel. C crrespon-
dent is not advised. Ii was well plan
ned movement on the part Of the enemy
to chrush out the army Of the frontier in
detail, and capture our whole train, but
our rapid movements foiled him in lis ex-
eculion, and turned the tide Of battle with
, US.
As to our own loss, | cannot speak
wah accuracy at this writing, but enough
is known to place it at from 900 TO i,20t
Allcd and wounded, Of which trou
3JO 10 400 are among the Killed. The
enemy admit loss Of from 700 to SOC
killed, and from eco to l,40O woun.
: dcd.
One remarkable feature proves that
our army have learned to shoot low
early all their wounded or killed are
from balls received in the chest and
downward, while the range of cannon
shot and shell showed marked contra 5,
with the high range firing at Pea Ridge.
! 1t is conceded by the 37th Illinois that
it was more desperately fought battle
than the battle of Pea Ridge, in which
they were engaged. The regiments suf-
fering most were the 10Th Iowa, which
has about 200 in killed and wounded out
of 500 engaged; the goth Wisconsin,
26th Indiana, 37th Illinois, and the 10th,
llth and ID Kansas. Of the Keokuk
companies engaged, not one was killed
Company A, 10Th Iowa, with two other
companies, were detached to act as skir-
mishcrs under Captain Bruce. In
that company two were wounded, one
severely, private Dalzell. Company A,
LIST Iowa, bad but one wounded, private
Foster, recruit. He was slightly
wounded in the shoulder while acting a
skirmisher under Lieut.. Rymbs The
remainder of the company came through
unscathed, although led by Capt. Nc.
Queen freq ucntly to reconnoiter the en-
emy and report the position of theil
! troops preparatory to sending shot anl
shell to break up their lines The enc