St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-10-22

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tie, with the ed Minnesota battery on the
right, into position under the fire Of the
enemy. This was about 8 p. N. The en-
gssement iuu.ediately becamc general
and the roll Of naskstry ~as: :te,Eac.--
Ha'y masses OF the enemy could be seen
oaasd across the: opss aspses; Nov; We
were driven, then The enemy would fall
back before the delibsrste and regular
6ghting Of our troops ta We were opposed
to she veterans Of Longstreet's corps and
thoy scanned BY: their reckless bravery and
daying to make good thoir boast that they
would teach the Western boys how to
fight They found their equals, men Who
brsved death and had faced Il on many .
hard fought field Until dark, the com!
bat ragged with incessant fury. Ourtroops
protected by the, woods rspellcd their
heavy masses Of advancing ,ntautry.-
The loss on both sides vas heavy. Large
numbers Of men streved the field in front
and around "a, while greater numbers
were: going to the rear wounded. The I'd
Battery from its position At the edge Of
the woods xas vigorously aud unfinching-
ly worked full three hours and did terri
bic execution, often repellipg the charg-
ipg rebels at times when il seemed they
would drive our infantry from the ground.
The Battery however, held, its, position
with very slight loss. Towards evening
our, brave and gallant commander, Lieut..
Albert Woodbury., was struck in the lett
arm above the elbow; bya ball and the
bone badly shattered, at the same time
Col, 4Heg Commanding the Sd Brigade,
va mortaily wounded. He died the next
morning. -Four privates in the Battery
were slightly wounded, The loss Of field
aid line: officers in the brig. les was very
heavy. Some regiments had no field off,
GERS left. Gen. Davis and Staff were in
all parts of the field and seemed to vie
with one another in their brave effor:s to
cheer and lead their men on. Wherever
the fire was the hottest, the General could
be eeen watching keenly and fearlessly the
progress of the contest. While in differ
ent parts Of the field, Capt. Hall, Snyder
and Hotchkiss, sta9 officers, exposed them
selves regardless Of danger, and rendered
Efficient aid to the General. The intrepid
and valiant Carlin, with most Of his staff
had their horses shot under them. On
the Goth, Gen. Carlin rode . horse all day
With bullet hole through bis neck.
The evo Of The 10Th W W retired retired short
distance aud cnncamped: On Sunday, the
10Th, about noon, the enemy made a
heavy feint upon our left and charged
suddenly upon our right causing panic
and stampede, driving Us a q few f v miles be-
fore they were checked Rebel prisoners
state that their loss vas 50 heavy in this
charge, tie" could not get their artillery
back OF the Geld until they had removed
the, dead and wounded. % We lost our field
hospitals and many prisoners in the stam-
pede. The Battery was not engaged and
had a very narrow ard escape from being cap
tured entire, But It's good luck did not
foreake ii. Every piece, timber and cais.
son was brought of in safety. !: .i*1
The casualties sum up as follows in
the Battery :! -, :>.-'" :.
Albert Woodbury.; Lieut.. Commanding,
wounded in left arm, fractured.-- >: ..
=, !F Ferdis A7eri'l' private, flesh wound in the
5. .y.a Dsr.n, private, injured By e.i.sen
Ed. Z: Vaughn private, foot bruised by
[caisson wheel, slightly. .d'Go'o .-n1s..:7
+: Chas. Lane, private. struck IN the knee BY
. spent ball, doing duty,
Il" On the morn il. L Of the 22d, the army fell
back "a on Chattanooga, aud is now strongly
entrenched.' IT,,
The, 6.st Division Di,e has lost fourteen hpu-:
dred men out Of t twenty five hundred that
went into battle Oh the 10th. -:
We q expect an attack at any moment,
but the boys, say let them come on they
Win never leave the Teitrenchments. They
are determined: and resol ,te and should
the rebels attack, there will be an awful
sacrifice Of life. ...". 49,
The Battery occupies = position on the
works. The boys are i , worn out but cheer
fal and resoiute. Lieut.. P.tL. Dawley is
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