The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-02-05

brave and very valuable mon nany
whom was Col. Wymm, of Him. aons
of the Oldest and most expcrienooa' ons
GERS in the army Of the West. n Oh.
were amid the whizziug Of shsn
balls daring the whole Of the sNt add
night following, but fortuna,el. sad
but little, as our position was s. sas't
by timber across and along tia ,Isnes
next to US. 1t seemed as thouon' 'oa
were held as reserve, but close a. - We
buring the day until about three o,. a'aa
p. H., when we were ordered to m Oef
quickly forward. At this time and Awe
hours the battle had been raging nv" IVY
furiously, and the wounded were c,, IVY,
or went limping by US to the rear. , =.
we approached the scene ofimmedia,e "
ton evidences Of the dreadful con,'s. ",
increased until we were amidst the s,,.' "
Cling or confused bodies of infantry NY
cannon belching from their midst Ha ,'
Gen. Thayer rode up and ordered h, y
cross the neck Of bayou to the left ,'Ji
check the encmy's advancing toward
that point, which appeared to be II.
scene of great confusion, because of n,,,.
of regiments of infantry flying back fran
the scene Of unequal conflict. Jus,
across the main bayou, few rods to n.
front, and which at this place was bn,
bed Of mud sufficiently settled to ,dm,
Of men on foot to cross, with the e.ccr
ton Of narrow place rod or 81 !.
width near the middle; here sticks "a
drift wood were thrown in and on, ms ",
were enabled to get through win s" msu
difficulty In crossing the first ha" "s
it was much like the one just dcsc,;iyo vS
The Lieut.. Col.'s horse, as VOL, .a
own, mired down and were left u IN, my
collect Of struggling through from ~ ~
horse in hard looking plight At IVY IVY
place, just before the last Of the rro;u '",'
rossed, Gen. Thayer called upon me- to-
give him one company to "ctatre
point and lay a bridge" lletachedCo
b, (my old company and i, noveas,.
ward in haste under the immediate In
structions of the Generals aid, and did
the work, ms far rs it was possible, in,
style and under circumstances that re-.
flected great honor upon the boys. Sv.
eral pieces Of artillery handled by III.
enemy, left few hundred yards "a.
were at once directed upon the spot. Our
artillery kept constant pouring directly
over their heads to give them some pro.
lection by annoying the enemy. After
we had crossed the first bayou we mades
bold push forward across the main bayoa
and checked the enemy, who were jus,
then Selling upon hundreds of our men
of the distracted regiments | mentioned,
and were leading them off prisoncrs.--
These had fought we'll, | must say, tu,
the unequal chance of fighting men
masked entrenched with artillery and in
overwhelming numb rs, with an eren
field to cross, was more than men could
do. They moved artillery ont of the
'rehchcs and opened upon US iu,s :xe
were raising on the plain at the edge Of
the bayou; but We dropped bclow4s
bank and gave them few well drec,A
shots, and seeing the last of our sca,terci
forces safe, We retired; but not, however,
until we were ordered to do so BY Gen
Thayer, who. complimcntcd US for the
daring coolness displayed By our men in
executing this bold move. We suffered
bat very little, having but seven wounded
during the battle. The most of the fol-
lowing day was spent in sending il flag
OF truce and gathering up our dead. On
New Years evening we withdrew tt
transports, and now we are out on the
Mississippi river with bows mp stream.
Our men are in pretty good spirits altho'
the weather Was most Indictment. cold,
wet and disagreeable, because of ten
hours of drenching rain on the night Of
The 30th. Anxiety, exposure and CT.
element for so long a time. withou, ir-
Permission, made US all feel very lad. and
very many sickened and are since dying.
| mus. close.
lam, most afFectiouately, your son,
Dos,
py Gen. Butler ill not return to New
Orleans, but is expected to take aeom'
mand further North.
pJ-The bill to organize negro army
passed the lower House Of Congress last
Monday. 1t provides for organization
by themselves differed by whites.