The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-06-04
Nv. Row II. boys are rolling in With

Ny. how the boys are roiling In with
chickens, bacon, sugar, molssses, meal
drugs and medicines, coats, &c. They
re, nice dishes Of all kinds to bring Of
their pluoder in, and leave them on tht
camp ground the mex. morning. CUES.
| they cant etarye Us yet Some Of then
get money, watches, &c. 1never wen
into house to jsyhawk yet. 1t is all
csn stand to cave around out doors aftel
chickens, &c, while the women and
children we're crying around.
Your afectionate son. {. All
BATTLE GKor,D sx.K EpwaED's DEro1.
= miles from Nicksburg. Miss, May Il, -.
Nv Dear Noher:-I have letter il
my pocket tina, | wrote day before yes
terbsy; bu, the events Of yesterday will
call for few lines, all ;La. | feel like
writing this morning.
L. il q calm, clear Sabbath morning
Fighting is still going on in the rear Of
the flying rebel army. The canncnadine
is rapidly growing more distant. Yes.
.erday brought The denouemeDt | though,
mus, soon come. The whole Vicksbure
force vas defeated in a terrible battle,
though with fearful loss of life on GU,
side The oath suffered awfully. Com
pany c lost six killed, eleven wouude.
and two missing. by the prusideucea
God escaped without scratch; | can
hardly see how it was possible. zap.
johnson, Sergear.s J. s. Carpentr and
A. Mas,auch, privates Jos. Gallin', VIM.
c. Huey and his brother Albert HUI
ey were killed. Lieut.. J. c. Cue, cor
porals Robert Nicely and Thos. J.. Faw-
cett, and privates Geo. Blackburn, Carl
Beese, James Hackeman, Frederick Nun
gesser, Hugh Murray, Henry Peters,
Charles Tyson and Albert b. Walker
were wounded; privates James Wingert
and Elnathan s. Huber missing, fate un-
known. After sk;rmisbing all the a IN.
the battle began in earnest at - clock.
division VS. the first engaged; We were
in the third line and went in last; vie
went in at about two o'clock. We charg
ed and took battery of FIVE rfed steel
guns. and went clear through into their
line of battle, driving the regiment that
supported the battery clear off and taking
their places in the rebel line. Support
for US could not be brought up, the fire
was so hot, and that left US hanked and
exposed to cross fire that moved US
down and compelled US to get out of that
as fast as possible, or be taken prisoners,
as | suppose some were. The rebels were
5000 strong right where We charged.
The rest of our brigade fell back in con-
fusion, and the rebels advanced nearly
mile with loud shouts of victory. But
the divisions of Logan and Quimby cane
in at that critical moment, and after On
hour of terrible fighting drove them off
the field, the artillery and the fresh d.
visions following aud slaughtering as they
fed. l can write no more We shall
have divine service this a. m.
Your afcctionste son, CAL.
Prom the nuscatine Daily al Ina. 81
From Nick>burg.
BY a letter from Capt schcnck, dated
before Vicksburg 2lth ul,., to T. II.
Stone, Esq, Of this city, we learn the
sad intelligence Of the death Of Co!onel
Abbott Of the goth Iowa regiment, lie
was killed in battle Wills, bravely lead
ing brigade, composed Of lis own and
three other regiments, to The assault up
steep cnbankment On the breast works
where, to use the writers own expression,
"the bravest men would have faltere d
from coiog' We are deeply panied to
to learn Of the death, glorious though i,
was, Of this brave man, noble soldier aud
tried patriot.
We learn from the same source tina,
up to tia. time (tLe oath ult. J the 35th
regiment had lot been engaged in tho
battle, having been kept back as a re-
serve. Of course there were DO casual
ties. The llth regiment was engaged
on the left, but as yet the writer cou!e
obtain 10 information concerning it,
There had been but little fighting on tn
left, however. and he had reason to be
Iicye that there had as yet been 10 on
injured lie ex ressed the firm convic
ton that Vicksburg was doomed city
In conclusion he says: Il hope that til
people Of the North will have patience
Vicksburg is bound to fall. Our seem
ing inactivity is only for the purpose {
saving thousands of valuable lives wkic
must inevitably be lost by an attack
We have already weakened them at lea,
twenty thousand in killed, wounded an
desertcrs, and it will be utterly imposs
BILE for them to hold out much lonce
Have no fears of an attack from j oh,
ston."
- The enlisting of negroes goes 0
briskly. Already eleven regiments al
f full along the Mississippi Others al
being organized in Kentucky and Ten,
essec, while Massachusetts, has Just SC,
for ward full regiment to Hilton Hen,