The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-06
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MAJOR GENERAL CCW&1HA SUC-
CESNkUL COMMANDER.

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MAJOR GENERAL CCHS11A Sue
CESSFUL MMANUER.
-==- Ne General in the service has won q
fsnicre important victory over the enemy
than. that. Won .hy~ cur OWN utsllax--taHasa
man, Gen. Curtis, at Pea Ridge. And
not one Of our commanders has been So
uniformly successful throueL such varied
fields OF service as he. From the morn
q ing he left CUR tovb, 'aiser n midnight
summons 70 ,4.s ,6s4a, at rthe head Of the
d Second Regiment. 10 protect the railroads
of Missouri, unvarying, and occasionally
brilliant successes have attended him,
apdhthas been found equal to every emer-
geaey in the field, in the command and
dirtcti6nuf Che operations Of the w estorn
Department, and IN the military police
system over the State of Missouri.
We clip the following brief illusions ts
some of the incidents in his career, since
81 he assumed the command and led his
army towards the Southwest, from the
st. Louis News: 7asf
On The 9th February, co, the first
skirmish occurred al Marshfeld where the
enemy was sronted On the 18th of the
SANG month Gent Curtis entered Spring
70 field driving Price and his forces before
( b. him. s 4. sa. I'd T. poia'
On the 10th of the same month occur-l
red the fight at Gross Timbers, and on the
18th was fought Tie action OF Sugar
Creek, Ark where The rebels were repuls-
ed with serious loss., In these actions
General Curtis commanded in psrson.l
The famous, battle of Pea Ridge was
fought on the 9th, fth and 9th Of March,
1852, resulting In the most complete
Union victory achieved daring the war
- FFfhc tuiunfUs way Gf2Ailled, ZIG wound
ed and TIA missing. The. rebels lost
:, General Ben. MeCutoch and Mcintosh,
g and 100 killed, 2,6o0 wounded. and
1000 taken prisoners by our forces
General. Curtis commanded tho Union
army. = -
g. May 18th Was fought the severe Skin
81 znish near Searcy's Landing, Arkapsas,
.s1ia where the inhumanity of the rebels was
most painfully seyincsd. The rsbals were
. vs. defeated with Every heavy loss. The
Union troops, under Lieut.. Col Cramcr.
r lost II killed. and 50 wounded. ss'
'ag May 27th--A skirnish took place at
Jefries' Mills, Ark, where the Union
troops under Col, Lewis defeated the
rebels. 4a 81 ig
May sOsh-Maj. W. D. Brown, with a
Union force, defeated the rebels at Rich.
wood, Ark. ss.. ',F' wi
June i2th-Figlt at the Waddell
Farm, Ark, where The Union troops un-
der Col. Bracket signaiIy defeated the
IA rrebels-os Union loss Is; rebel loss %.
'ss - Fight at Stewards plantation. Jackson
40 county, Ark, June 9th, 1862, where
the Union troops under Col Brackett de.
feated the rebel Col. Matlock. Union
loss, 80 officers and men of the 9th IIli.
nois Cavalry, and officers and men Of
the Sd Iowa cavalry. Rebel loss heavy. !
July 7th-Battle Of Basol dc Caehe,,'
or Round Hil where the Union tfoops.
under Cod G. II. Hovcy, defeated the |
rebels under General Rust Union loss
8 killed.. 8s wounded. Rebels left 10
dead on the field. 8 sat ,e7a.ssa i,
Thus. after seres of brilliant fights,
Gen'i Curtis and his command reached
Helena, and the rebel hordes were CON-
pietey broken up and routed The snarch
hra Of this army through sliss sw@slps and
wilds OF Arkansas was by far the most
iatiauang and Aborious undertaking which
= t7s occurred during The war, and reflects
Q The greatest cfeditup on Geaeral Curtis.
Since he has been in command of the
Department. Of ahe Missouri, tho splendid
Union victories of Cane Hill, Prairie
Grove, Hafasillc and Springfield, have
been won, mainly through his judicious
arrangements; and the commanders Her
ron, Blunt and Brown, have gained for
themselves imperishabls glory, besidesI
rendering the most important assista nee
to our country in this The darkest hour Of /
her trials.
Thus it will be seen that no one single
defeat mars this fair record. and the m. 7
nsis of this war will be searched i vain
{ " for 4 parallel 81, these unriyalled snocas.
SEES. There is no truer man il, this Union
than Major General Curtis, nor lc 7 On, Who |
is more ready or wiling to lead our troops
onward TO victory.
InE UHwAsnED AoAIS!-L asst evening
Dean held forth to squad Of howIinT (
Copperheads in front Of the Des Neines
House. Hisspeech WAS tissue of6lack-
gsu1ardism from beginning to END. The
old scamp has evidently come AN ngstl us