St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-02-05

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ir.nfs s he enemy, - but, ithe,5oe vas stiIl
oaa y! I right at ..lF .GlaFriNsons. IS House 9Th :
none 8 our forces to oppose them 4 th,tt
IpsenltE peiat: Beins informed that Gen Davis
lad ordered : still further xithdr'awal, /
retired py comlnsnd about half Of : mile
to ,o5nll. ,o5nll. tear. and again endeavored TO rally
the men, but it v, was evident that they
xefe. s. utterly: 9 y: discouraged that = 20 g CUB:
stapti.l good could result while: no sup
ports ports we're We're: "a "a sight. At another point,
ia,bout s., 4haalf ef 4 mile further to the rear,
|ffalf;sd al ;yvho Could be found apd apd took 2
|! !.tllasBSs tlsS + position, in the edge of : cedar
grove, ToN holding it, until the enemy cane up
when my men nsn 6red one yvolley and broke
vithosatt p orders ard s '13s 1 conducted them
Is 1T TIE fear, passiny 'tt,roagh the lines Of
Sur reserves, ser and halted at'ths zrailroad;
where We remained daring The afternoon'
collecting our scattered men,: During! the
Ftwo. dssJs 6ght the loss of oourr officers was
+so great that some companies FAD not one
to- command them aud others not even a
sergeant l. Our regimeentat co]ors we're all
borne 0f the field flying, though four four col:
OF bearers in Succession of the '2ist 1ll'
vols we're shot down, and two Of the col:
or guard in The '3Sth Ill. Vols: and four
in the loist Ohio Volunteers fell. The
|gras'of the SECOND MINI: BATTERY
,eere Brought off IN safety" ~
2"I have to report the loss Of many Off:
GERS Who were ornaments to our army and
who a~ill be mourned by all Who knew
them Col Stem,e i 01st Ohio Volunteers,
Lieut.. Col. David Mckee, 18th Wiscon.
sin Yolunteers,and Lieut., Col, Wooster,
l01st Ohio Vols. were unsurpassed in ali
the: CAPABILITIES that make up, the brave SOL
! sdtiietthe tIpe gentleman and the. pure pa
tridt. Capt. James P. Meade, 3eth III:
Vols, tell, shot three, times, while braycly
fighting the enemy with his revolver after
his regiment had retired. Lieut.. John L.
Dillon, 38 h Ill. Vols, commanding Co.
"E," fought with musket until he was
shot twice when be drew his sword and
cheered on his men till he fell dead. 9th
er instances Of equal ssallaqtry were ob-
served in the other regiments, but to re-
count all would give my report an undue
length The long, sad list Of killed and
wounded forms the truest eulogium on
the. conduct of the troops comprising this
Brigade, and it is by that list l wish it to
be judged. Ofthe ten field officers in the
reg iments, three were, killed and two
wounded. Seren horses we're shot under
the resimental deld and staff officers. 1
deem it my duty to call the: special atten-
tion of the Gen.. Commanding the: .14th
Army Corps, to Col. Hans C. Heg, 10Th
Wis. vols. and Colo J. y. S. Alexander,
2lst III. Vol. While every field officer
under: my command did his duty faithful
y, Coils ) Heg and Alexander, in my opin-
ion, proved themselves tie. b.avest Of the
brave. j., Had such men as these been ia
command Of some Of our brigades Ec would
have been spared~the shame of witnessing
:thetrsute Of cur troops: aud the disgrace
tal panic, 'encourasrd At least by the e1-
ample and advice of officers high in COM
nand. Lieut.. Col. D. II. Gilmar, COM
manding 38th Ill. Vols. was always at bis
post and attendinyto his, d"ty Maj. J.
NJ. Kirby, l01ss Ohio Vols. took COM
mand Of the regiment after the fall of the
brave col. Stem, andg Wooster, and con-
.ducted it to the rear reduced to about one
hundred lnea. II Capt. " d.: ,Hotchkiss,
Com. 2p N1NH. BATTERY, scitA aHtAis
obieers. and zaen, deserve credit .for: their
gallantry in the fight and euergy in pre-
n ts.7sr'lagz Y The! bsIef tie :4atterx Among
the staff of4icora nf ehis army uho made