The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-01
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The following il extracted from phi
vate letter Of = Boston boy. nov Lieut.. |
enant in the 9th Illinois cavalry, . regi-
ment which has had numerous encosn-
.sss With both Stswart's and Mosby's|
cavalry:
"You ask, sare We after Nosby = Yea.
We keep him 10 hot water most Of the
time. Saturday afternoon, sir compsnios
were ordered out on . scout under Capt.
Lincoln to go to Upperville. Virginia. l.,
move some negro families. A few miles
from camp, and we we're skirmishing coz
tlnually, front, rear and both fsnks. On
our flank and rear, between us and camp.
We could see column of rebels. Of about
hundred in number. while in every d.
rection could be seen squads Of men frDm
elk to dozen, who we're pretty careful to
keep out Of carbine range. Some we're
Id enough to come up close and try to
en,ice US to charge them into the woode,
where they could cut us off with superior
numbers, but after one Of their number
was shot and one horse wounded, they dc.
sisted from such endeavors.
+ AT Upperville, on the plain made
memorable BY two Of our most successful
cavalry fights Of the var, in November,
1868, bstwesn Pleasanton and Stewart. in
both of which We figured conspiciously
Mosby gave US what We have hoped,
longed and prayed for-an open field
hand-to hand fight. Captain Wing's
cavalry was sent over across the plain te
get the negroes ready. Part Of Mosby'.
; command charged him. He, seeing
them approach, formed to meet them
: and sent back word to Captain Berry e
support him Wing reserved his FIRE til
{ the enemy we're clo@e npcn him on full
: charge, when be ordered Fire droT
carbines and draw pistols .--forward !
and countsr-charged them, cutting them
in two and driving them to the woods. Hi
had only six,y Eve men, and they had ont
hundred and ell hsees.
Il had charge Of fifteen men of N,
company as rear guard. aud while gallop
ing over to where iLs fighting Vas. l CD
, served heavy force Of rebels approach
ing on my left Hask and rear bad jus
time to form my men toge Tier, when the,
we're upon US bad no hopes OF atop
ping over a hundred men with fifteen, bu
| could give them specimen tf my re
!, gards, aud perhaps attract the Affection
Of some Of the other companies maxim
for the rebs in front. As we opened GU
carbines IT fifteen rods, We staggered then
:. just moment. when they came 1t ui
:. showering eoldlead as they came yelIin
:" on dead run. We had attracted Lieut.
Corbi.'s attention, who vas charging 70
the front with part OF b and c. He form
If ed and waited for US To iispe..e on hi
It flanks, when, Just as tho rebels we're clos
upon him, he belched forth h Ere i,
It self into their faces. Sergeant MupF
9 my orderly, came down on their fan
= with the rest of my company, haviu
8 heard my firing. and the day Wis won.
at was close hand to.hand encoun
It ter-we we're SO mixed up at times IS no
9 to be able to tell our own men. Mosb
4 attacked with about three hundred men
= We had two hundred men and cfficers.-
e They too ia drink all round in the wood
/ before starting, swearing to use up th
g id Yankees When they attacked i,
y our rear it was one OF the n. ost critica
r moments ever witnessed, and but 70
: the heroic fighting of the men, We woult
: have been almost annihilated, as the,
9 came in on all sides Wing was in th,
!, thicEest Of the fight, with nothing but
q riding 1h,p-whipped Reb over th,
: lace and made him surrender. Delan,
goes right in among them with impu nifty
Corb't is tower Of strength--good 70
: twenty common men.
"ln chasing them had to get out o
the way to one side and let the rebel
pass couldn't tend to both front an,
rear at once. Our loss was four slight,
wounded and one man taken prisoner =
They left on the field eleven killed an,
morally wounded, and had some sweu,,
or thirty more wounded, who rode away
We also took nine Of them prisoners
There we're thirty or forty horses kiIIet
and wounded Our boys are highly elat
/, ed. Mosby's men are picked, YOU know
They have been shy of us since their de
: feat"
Mr.. de Stocked, Russian Minister a
washington, is charged by the Gar /.
{ go to Mexico aad congratulate Maximil
Ian On his accession to the usurps,
throne This fact ELECTS very pensra
, surprise and regret, although it is Don sid
, cred as more Of diplomatic formali,,
: than OF special political significance. :.
Mr. b'oodeel. the Belgian Minister, be,
oeen deputed 10 go on similar errand. -
both diplomats are preparing for III,