Nebraska advertiser., 1863-01-17


hurry the dead and remove the wounded,
which was granted by Gen. Blunt
During the armistice the rebels skedad-
died, nor stopped until they placed The
Arkansas between themselves and the
"hirelings7 Of the North.
Their loss was. as near as can be as
certained, about $500, IN killed and
whounded. Their loss of officers was
very large. Among the killed was Col.
Strain, Acting Brigadier General. Our
loss was 1900 in killed, wounded and
prisoners. Daring the armistice our
officers and men mingled freely with the
enemy, each finding many Old-time
friends in the opposing ranks. Major
Hubbard. of The lst Missouri, was taken
p~risoner. by the rebel Major Emmett Nc
Donal, who had formerly been taken
prisoner by a Federal force under Maj.
Hubbard. In speaking Of the battle 10
Lieut.. Watts, Of the list Indian, he re-
marked: i" What pleased me most,
Watts, in the whole fight. was my cap
turing Hubbard. managed to gel close
to him, and drawing my revolver l lev
eled it at him, and says |, come to me,
Hubbard, and he came.
Our wounded suffered considerably
through the extreme smartness and re-
markably heroic conduct of one of our
surgeons. Our ambulances had made
several trips to the battle field, bringing
off the wounded wit bout molestatlon
from the enemys pickets, when the above
mentioned individual, (I'm sorry l don't
know his name) called one of them to
him. He advanced in perfect good faith,
and without fear of treachery, knowing
it to be a surgeon in the performance Of
his duties. He possessed himself Of the
sentry's gun and tried to take him pris--
oner, but Secesh scampered through the
brush, and before the ambulance had
proceeded twenty rods further, it was
fired into and compelled to retire.. Thus
hundreds Of our poor wounded soldiers
were compelled to suffer through the
long hours of that cold night by the in
sane and imbeCile act of one u%nmitigaled
fool. We have more like him in the
army, and it would be well to shoot a
few TO improve the balance of the breed.
We learn from our scouts that the
main body of the rebels have crossed the
Arkansas, and are at Fl. Smith. They
will, without doubt, make another des-
rerate stand before yielding the whole
of Western Arkansas and the Indian
Territory,
1t is sad TO contemplate the change in
the appearance of the country since the
devastating march of our army. Where
there, but a short time since, were TO
be found fine farms; fields and orchards,
all teeming with the golden productions
of Autumn, and making the heart to re-
joice in the f~ullness thereof, are now to
be found barren wastes, deserted homes,
and ruined orchards, while a long zigzag
line Of white ashes mark the spot previ-
ously occupied by excellent rail fences.
But moreterFible than all is the express
sion of hopeless anguish and misery de.
picted in the lack-lustre eye of the de-
fenseless women and children, many of
whom are destitute of the common neces-
saries of life and l am glad to say that
almost universally the white officers of
this regiment are like Artemus Ward,
who, when the enemy came to him in
this shape, was bound to give them aid
and comfort"
Well, / must hasten and close as | have
a chance to send this Immediately, and
the messenger is waiting. Twill try and
write again soon if ANYTHING important
occurs. Yours, Sc.
Chef.