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OFFICIAL LIST OF CASUALTIES,
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axr. It. o. wilson's De.p.sshcs.

Mr. r. q. Wilson's Despasohcs.
HEADQUARTERS GENERAL vow srNNwmR's CoxxAsp,
In fHB FMlD, LOCKOUT VALLEY, Oct. 81, 1888, I
fn despatch of the 10th took occasion to explain,
m general terms, the operations OF that morning In
subsequent despatch, written from General Gearys head
quarters, / made IL an object to detail the movements
and heroic actions Of the iaet named oslcer's command
Now propose TO minutey set forth the proceedings In
action Of the forces under command OF General Won
eleinwehr, embracing, Ga one particular action did,
what termed by generals Of tho highest rank and s
SIN looked upon by all Who know pecuIartes one OF
tbe mor. unquaIinedly gallant feats of the war
The hrst intination we had Of the surprise attack
from the distance, in tho heavy roll OF nuskery
shcn going against Gearys position The General was
up in minute, and, with his entire sta in the saddle
~ once prepared to meet the requirements occa
su In very brief space Of time his whole was
ender in column, and their way cy order 20
support Geary They had not proceeded far IN oolumn.
on The road wheD as they were about to pass base
& high hill, the enemy opened tremendous fro from
he height above. This, OF COURSE for the moment
checked further advance Although ,be General and
stan were at the head Of the column still they very for
sunatsly escaped unhurt Notice having been conveyed
70 General Hooker that the enemy position the
nil Aforesaid that tue road TO Geary lay the bss6
a., &c. General H.. through General Bu,terGeld ordered
General Won Stenwehr to take the bill at all hazards.
General 6thsn ordered Colonel o. Smith andine
brigade, 10 execute she difficult task directing him how
70 proceed &C. Col &. ordered two Of the regiments
his brgade-(he Seventy third Ohio and Thirty third
Massachusetts,, the former commanded by MAJOR Hurst
and the latter by COL Underwood these closely followed by
che One Hundred and Thirtysxth New YORK Volunteers
Col. James wood)-.o advance up tho ROAD Wien they
had reached . position sufficiently tar along suit
our purpose-(it must be borne ia mind tAs,
al these movements were made under heavy
1-t WsY from al.
si " the enemy's Are TO front face Of his poston.
ne seventy third thc right the Thirty third In
Ne centre and the One Hundred and Thirty si,.b New
York on the left, for the especial purpose Genr.
Ing the epesnys position above In this way those
regiments advanced. They were not long goipg up.
Ths hill found 70 be very steep But hts moonisb,
sAsne On H. being excluded BY the foliage OF the
Dsies bushs logs fallen trees tangled vnes large
apA small rocks pointed, sharp and otherwise unoycn
nesses Of all kinds and almost hundred and other
pscuarites tended 70 render advance both dApger
Gus and yerY very hard 10 fact the Hill steep that
even 'io 10 ID. Daytime. Whs, V' mn.I havs
been for men In the night Remember, the Alls OF
omsS y S meet U s ne We s
In the midst Of land Of plenty and OF beautiful farms.
but an mountain punt res,on where a ss, 1 deer I. wG
beasts inest their haunts and mnge their Cries with ,be
thousands Of little spring. that trcke down the
isuamerabie ruins, creeks. sc The enemy oootuutd TO
pour In his fire. s, up went the damned" a., aud
OF thsm sure enough, the doomed YANKEES t,s
children Of sin, and truly Of sorrow for The seCoshe,s
brought 20 grief. The Seventy ythrd sid
manner Those Of the enemy on the slope wore CON.
peed 10 slowly fall back 70 tho top OF the h Tao
sypssred earSy s.rsnss Az ODD stlrae,ven"ss az
tsched Itself 70 tho operations q both parties, not
~i,n,;sndnS e .s ws,1rss Ss o. Ion 'hs 1ss ev.
one on the euemy's side cried out, "Depr fre. we
friends" Tbs Thirty third, who hoard this, hcs,
al hiatt ord ~ af
Denwchr 20 x bayonets and at the point OF the
bayone Al this order, given loud enough TO be heard
heavy voIcy Colonel tndsrwood Of Tho Thirty laird,
at this time shot down wounded, perhaps MORALLY
him up and took the foot Of hiB where hs was
given IN charge of D. g. Brintcn, Surgeon iD.Chie'
colonel, made grand and last charge the bsyous,
point. The enemy hesi'sted for moment, and Ties
descent q The hill 90 tho other side at nccx breaking
rate The Seventy third and Thrtyhir did o. eel, aud
ssS e s'n ss as sbaoa .ss , we
York did not Are shot, but nanked tho snsmy spo
gained the crest .imsst simultaneously with The otb~
grand rush made ater the suemys ast hsavse,
vollsy, and before the rebels hsd time 70 reload Their
ys' ssss tn. D enemy haa bee been N Son.uc,us ssk ssk
works. At soms pOipss ,heao were br.ss, hsh
hartss Of the bill and the breastworks, the enemy
position was an sm!aently strong one. We took s,ns
occupied by Laws brigade, Of Hood's diyson nnmes,
n two thousand mon and consisting Of ave os sis rosi
., they scaled the work. wore knocssd dosu wi.s
but OF uuskst while they made prisoners
ss the bsyonct aooner. This occurred 10 several oses
In oonclusica, and 10 the vords Of orr commanding
generals, musi up the whole proceeding ~ gAsri
ia, q The var sravey accomplished. and deserving c'
general order, In part AZ follows, hsa Jus, bern 10
sued
cxSysAI orDrss-re -.
HEApoUAnrrts CgUsCn oY yoBs rBs BAP,N,l
TRyvroS vAfLkY, Tenn, Oct 81, 1893
The General Commanding desires 70 express io bis
oops his appreciation Of tue gslanry shown by inerr
in tho actions u the 2sth and 18th iust.
Their movements were msrted by camnsss aod yeso
luton Whatever resistance the enemy made we qSich
During the nigh, Of 10. 2s,h and 2sth TIE rebels
made asrce attack upon ,he command under ecosrl
1bs eremy, although well fortified in position rendered
almost lnprcgnabe ~ nature could not vithtsDd tnslr
extraordinary bayonet attack and forced 10 nsori
night leaving many arms and intrencnins toos b.
sleh stupsndous otds ID brilsnt episode Of IN, war
Onlcers and soldiers, BY your bravery and gsisutry
you have earned for your hatge proud tntnotou. let
yoyr preserve un'uliNd the honor Of your corps
General A. Won srEIyvrIrR
EoEnSr v Bs,cHxr Acting Assistant Adatan, General.
cyplrAL LIST or CASUALTIES m sMrn's pnreAps
~ TIN xNa AGEaEsT OF oCroBEs 20, 1893.
sxvurT nnRD ONO.
rosrXrT A.--EiLd- Captain l. NJ. Brctvalt-r, private
sss sellvan HogDiet-Sefseant D. w Lyons, priys'ea
WI. Aukrvrn, George Sedenbender and Robert Wils0p
ccsyssY -WonSded--Irivs.es Frank Beonei and 10.
- % Terry
- Acs,aed-First Lieutenant ,. q. BcCoumon. setoLi
AAitsnant J. N Hs~tins, Color Sergeant VIM X
BusA 90, Corporss Charles Carro aud ". B0oon pTi
vais- Allen DcDsniel and John keh
Cosrk nv D.--kllsd- John Swift and srsc
sler. Eeundoa-pfivates Dennis Drake, Wm. IIagley,
lohn DraAe. John Gartner Job, GHercsth, fheo hAs
gold, WaahAastsD swift and John Esenhawk
oosrsrY E.SkSIsd-5eTsssat .. 7. ,enme1eri CORPORAL
shAf ~ rssideop. Hoslse<a-yofporsy Darlg rtonp-