The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-05-19

ilOods Wa had to leave one OF ooe-Wse
ons with oil the load, to take the team "a
haul cannon of the Geld that we captured
from the Rebs. We captured thses Of
their. guns, and brought two Of thsm "a
the 6eld and destroyed the other %. We
lost our mess chss. Geld desk, and sesiss
halt Of our knapsacks and blankets. !
lost my blankets AMI over eat, but saved
my dress coat shirts and knapssciss. The
| fighting on the Sabine on our side was oil
done with small arms. The Rebs hid =
very large force. some ssy 81 900. But we
had no, more than 1000 ,nf.ntry without
any artillery or cavalry.
We were gone six weeks, md hsd eight
hard fought battles, snd running fighting
and sk,rmishing almost ssesy day. We
lost about $500 mca. 800 wagons. and
mules and other property without limit
The Oldest soldiers, say they never saw
socha hard trip We did not have more
than half nations Ut any time and for the
hst fve days, no broad nor rations Of any
kind except Fttls meat and coffee. Our
mess had bread to lsss "a an the way,
but never saw such misery, and suffering.
but It vas the worst ann 3 the contrabAnds
and citizens Tho soldisss gsnsraiy stood
1t very well. The hsslth was the best lev.
er saw. We saw osome grand sights and l
would not have missed Il fee anything
Orr corps all came hack ssfs hand well .
L;suts Clifton and Scott are we'll Mr..
Hayes was with the train that was taken
but got away and got back sad metns -
We left Camden and came in here with ON
company and 10 nov here safe and well.
wrote twice on the road bat do not sups
pose you ever got the letters. More anon
Yours as ever NrwroN.
aba 18TH 80 LrrLs Rock. Nay s,
EprroR CouA1rn Lieut.. Mcvey Who
was taken prisoner At the late light IN which
the seth regiment suffered 30 severely, hav
ing been paroled. has arrived herr, and gives
rs the following list u ssssalities in comps
ny b: " 81" -
KILLED on THE rrsIp. Benjamin Carter /;
o. Custer; John Harshbargsr; Nv. Kent.
Daniel Kirkpatrick, died on the ssth Of
wounds; David Williams wounded and
probably viii die.
The following are wounded severely bat
not mortanv: J. w. Barker, wounded in
hip J. @ Finley, wounded be'ow the knee;
Lucins Bond. in shoulder; Levi Gates, in
thigh; r. j. Mccormack, in. arm; Peter
Good, through upper jaw. : sss i ~5ii
The following are wounded but not 10 ne.
verely-a others John Rubel in leg Cal.
Smith, wounded by buckshot IN palm Of
hand; Henry Brown in the hand; John
Pence, in the hand; j. r. Fent. IN the
cheek. All these wounded are supposed to
be in the hands Of the enemy. !,
The company left here with about 65 men.
8 we're detailed on special duty with the sr-
my and were not in the fight. who werr
IN the Aght escaped and arc now here.
The regiment fought bravely. |, cannot
give list Of accidents IN other companies,
but I suppose information will be forwarded.
1t. Col Drake. wounded in thigh. has been
paroled and Is here, He Is doing well. The
cuemy stripped our men Of everything and
in many instances am told the wounded
were LETT destitute Of clothing. Major Ham
ilson ia unhurt, prisoner. Uhanlain Hare,
after having hem stripped OF hat. boots,
money and knife WAS last scan leading the
advance a. our men were marched Sonth-
ward. Yours, e. L. JOY.