Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-01-06
The Battle of Prairie Grove

Sergeant Mortimer Rogers, formerly Of
this city. who partie ps,ed in the battle
IN Arkapsas on TIE : d H., writes ssEl.
lows concerning tia. terrible nfict:
~ were formed IN line of battle in the
rear o. battery 70 prJtec. il in case the
enemy should charge upon it. After We
had be there a short tine the enenv
lofeed one cur regiments, the III Kansss.
. ret eat, vi en- III battery we were mr.
teihnE opened upon tie reIels and drove
tAe nj quite distance T eg h,n ore, "A
Da't-ry upon and ssnt Tet inert of
infantry against us aud we were comrel,ed
TO iaH back att NJ 4 rods. for the solid skss
we're eonins too cl sc to be pl asant. We
III 90 ineu ssaIl aud he'd cur position
" hef' night came b tn armies f. n hack
ana We "e-e Oh ICED 10 sleep on our arms
uh.ii tne n X uorninF, and then we we're
oiGere to iall IN line o. Jatfle again.
While waiting iOr the Iats IN con-
meme again, Hind nan, the "a ,eI GenersJ
CINE hall way e;we, the two armies
With flag oftuce end Cine al Rim,
met him. &c ersI H.ndrnsn wautei a
srmi-,ics OF Il days. General Biun, tia
h'm be would not give j that TINE. b,t
"a tn be W uli give him ten beurs 10
Unry hls dead. General II. would not ae.
'ep' OF that. Gen u. said ic be would rot he
w'rIi renew the battle in half an honr
ana stared back to our lines. whom .hs
rebel General called 10 hIa aud said he
W nId aecrri the proposition.
GENERAL Blunt came tack In WHARF .wa
we're formed IN battle line and told ms ,hat
We c"nic ret at cur ease, for there was an
armlstce OF ten hCurs-tbat there Womb b.
no III re hshtIn2 for that time so we wsnk
BACK to little hill and raw the rebels 20.
log ar u"d picking Up their dead ara
wounded all cay. but while 3 part of them
were DONG tnat the bslaTce we're retreat.
log and the Eext morning thy were all
gone.
Our Captain took Us ever the bsttIe-6e
and such sights | never saw. The erOuad
IN places was literally covered with dend
soldiers, both Uni0n and secssb.
The rebels who we're left to bury thai,
dead told Us that they had buried eleven
hundred and that they thought there vere
seven or eight hundred yet to bury.
It's the general opinion that the reb,l
loss must be about two thousand liIled and
probably three thousand wounded.
Our loss is about Eve hundred killed and
seven hundred wounded, altogether abous
twelve hundred. Certainly the dead an
sand. '"OU
The enemy bad 1900 infantry and
5,VOo cavalry engaged in the battle and Re
hao about the same number. The enemV
hao every advantage Of Us, for they uere
up on Dill IN heavy woods and cur uen
were down IN an open field. They couId
see an cur m9vements While we could not
see theirs. Occasionally a. -tbsV- I-aalS.
come down to the edge Of the woods or,-
howItzers would play into them. When :,
shell would burst we could see them r. N
6y dozens, and then they would fan baeE
INTO the woods again. Every time thev-
down.
General Hindman told General Rim.
that ne had been whipped fsirly and honor
manner in which we had fought. and thss
be thought that we were a brave SCI 81
men.
suppose tbat'we will rnol get anotb.,-
fight out of them until we 90 TO ForS
Smith or Nan Buren, aud then we win have
to clean them cut agAin. which We can do
very easy.
To give you en- idea Of the dead, and
how many, | will jsst say that they were
so thick in places that a person could NOT
walk without stepping on them, and saw
them in places where there were from one
to three hundred lying in piles Just Ike
corded wood.
This battle commenced on Sunday the
1th, aud lasted az day.
The rebels are greatly disl3ear.ened A.
their defeat, for ti.sy are out Of protisione
and were calculating TO eaptn1e oar train
of provisions end anunition, shsy dia
not succeed aud Consequently trs gro. ~.
discouraged-and I.:ds not blaule them 70,
they have nethiog to est and tbase iess
fought a hard battle and were dsfsaied
and should % think they wOuH b discour,
prisoners aud pafoled ss5 fhasf, az -
rebels had to eat thai they ~ lEsa s6rr
in the ear which they NenIe - & "a -
ashes and knawsof the csb ass. e -
eat green corn, aDd Hstla u without
salt.