The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-11-08
lioien. for the defense of this important

and after hill climbers, but with no injury.
The skirmishing was getting savage, aud
our three pieces Of artillery belching FIRE
at the main body Of rebels on the hills,
and dropping shell into their column,
when Gag Of truce approached from the
retel line, with the following demand:
Headquarters Army Tennessee, !
| ain the Field, Oct i2. 1864 I
ITO the Officer Commanding the L. s.
Forces at Resaca. GA:
"SfR-I demand the Immediate and
unconditional surrender of the post and
garrison under your command, and,
should this be acceded to. all white Off
GERS and soldiers will be paroled in a few
days. Ii the place is taken by assault, no
prisoners will be taken.
"Most respectfully,
'.Your obi serv't,
~. B. Hoop. Gen."
Col. Clark r. Viewer, 18th Iowa, COM
manding Tie post replied as follows:
Headquarters I'd Brig. Sd. Div. J
18th Army Corps.
| "To General J. B. Hood:
1 Jul Son VI WIS udtc Just
received. In reply have to state that l
am somewhat surprised st the concluding
| paragraph TO the effect that ssif the place
is carried by assault no prisoners will be
taken Ia my opinion, can hold this
post. II you want it come and take it.
l am, General, very respectfully your most
obedient servant.
CLARK r. VIEWER, Comd'g Officer.
"W. w. McCAnxos, A. A. A. G."
All this time IN the forts and rife pit.
was thai dresd suspense which precede.
q battle. Upon The bill tops and through
tine openings 10 ths woods could be seen
the gathering coiams of the enemy
through one opening across the railroad
north. close compact lice Of infantry
| was moving, with borseman daocing along
their ranks, their bright blades giistening
in the sun, hurtying the rebel column to
our right The force vas an hour pass
ing the opening and numbered at least ten
| thousand men. We have since ascertain.
ed that it vas Lieutenant General A. P.
Stuart's corps Meantime, gather ng
upon The bills on the left coud be en-
other masses, and the sun sparkled upon
the artillery and bright bayonets Of our
desperate foe
Darkness CAM, and rebel
prisoner was brought in. He said he be-
ionged TO the 34ih Georgia; that the for
ces we're General d. S. Lees corps, num-
bering 10000; that Hood was in COM
msnd, that Stuart's corps and Hardee's
corps had moved in the direction Of Dali
ton.
Looking north, the sky reflected flame,
and the clear ringing of iron and sound
OF bars and axes. showed the enemy we're
busy destroying the railroad, commencing
about two hundred yards from the front.
! Here rebel General Watkins was killed
) by round shot from Lieutenan. Winsor' /.
= guns, also the Colonel of the 30th Ala.
: bama. To the west, the rebel camp fire:
3 cleaned amid the woods. We were en-
closed upon three sides. Il only needed
a force across the river, and the invest
ment was complete.
Midnight. and firing was heard ,owarC
Tiltoo, where, in a block house, upon th.
railroad is a part of Col Wever's regi
: ment, the 18th Iowa. The fire growt
= 6ercer. Daylight approaches, aod artil
= lery swells the sound Of musketry. Th'
block house waslattacked By S,uart's corpI
aud forty seven shot aud shell penuatet
!. it. The men were fairly pulled out o.
I, the ruins, losing twenty-three wounded
4 They fought the rebel;force for over TEL
hours. Stuart had sent letter demand
. ing it's surrender saying: "If refused,
!. will take the place, and gise orders +
e take no prisoners.
d Daylight found us reinforced by tn
10th Illinois. Skirmishing commence.
and lasted briskly all day. The rebel
however, seemed bent more upon destroy
=, ing railroads than attacking fortfie
q towns, and did not charge the works. To
y ward evening the two trains Of empt
!, cars that had been backing to and fro. t
q get out OF range, first ons side of the riy
er, then the other we're seen moving to
peared loaded with troops. and then cheer
Z rent the air, for the 10th Iowa and 25tl
Indiana were on them. Then the rebe
Of got mad and charged our skirmishers, bu
er Lieutenant Winsor planted his shell s
e. neatly as to break their. columns, aud ou
" skirmishers, supported by Captain WEI
,n ton with cavalry, made rush and drov
be them back to the woods.
a Night came, and with it the advanc
err or Sherman's army, which having made
ed detour of eighteen miles to Rome. and nj
ad finding Hood, had concluded to seek hii
I'D at Resaca. The column that pssst
Ak through Kingston for Rome Of the Let
mghlhave filled off for Resaca and H 1od
y, army would have been cut in two. 1t d
ad not, and Hoods army has so far escape
I'd TIE night of the l4th Of October most
Of Sherman's army was encamped arou,
Of Resaca. But the morning Of the Ia
Dr. showed no rebel army near. sevente
Wy miles Of railroad destroyed. Dalton take
nd and Two block houses in smoking ruiz
I've The rebels had entirely destroyed t
,d railroad from Resaca to north of Tnnr
to Hill, and train of cars at Tunnel H
the Station. They either had not powder
but spare or could not blow up the Tunnel.
re- AT one time the rebels bad driven 0