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

|--ca BSks ao,ssdissssy srdsSsa IS
train to b. psrked. II Wa shout feu'
.spes IA lsnSshy ana .she 80 U,ssd con.
sissea u the nth Ohio yolsuose.e sod Z
section of Bssssy =, d Missouri Arssisry.
n foyaed q iias Of batds with M seth
lcssA - 4sd Ifhdiaus vo'ansssss % ei,he'
sis sfshs other sectisa Of Battery I, com,
mseded y Lieut.. ,Pssts, disuounssd part
os his eAvsiry and sent them OFT - sAiy,s
ishets snd sent out the remainder to pro-
|tect the tanks. Within thirty minutes the
teBels appeared IN large force, and the
vhqR hns vas engaged. f. NJ
The men on both siees fought with des.
'peEstion, but the rebels outnum6ered US
iour to one. They advanced slowly bal
steadily, keeping their rshks we'll closed.
y Ourmen fought from behind trees ana
ioss, And were consequently less exposed
than, the enemy; and had the attack been
only in front they wouad havs held their
sroond. but ths enemy threw out cavalry
On Zach o. oaf flsaks, and finally cloaed IN
scsa our near, driving BACK our resr skirn.
! Ths'T7sh Ohio was ordered TO the front
ssAocn rs Il becs,us evident that the enc
my was in force. They mSde ; double
quick march OF four miles. but BY the time
they arrived the seth Iowa and 4sd Indiana
were badly cut to pieces, and orr artillery
in, the hands Of the enemy. They fought
shost time we'll. but were quickly over.
powered BY the enemy. NaSs'8f ,''ES
I Lieut.. Col. Draks was wounded sev srel >
eassy NJ tn engagement. ~ 3'', !
Lieut.. Psetx stood BY his battery until
every man Of his cn6upAhy was killed or
wounded but himself lie then tied his
handkerchief over the vent Of one gun. and
pat h = dodbls shot Of esni.tev. and fred.
The rseoil Of the gun ran The carriage over
his foot and disabled him. He had twn
horses shot under him. and IN the horses Of
his guns and eA'ssons were killed
"a Ors hundred s6d sixtv men cfour own,
and twice.thst number Of the enemy were
either killed a. wounded within : stones
throw Of the battery. - 'es - '.t'' =
. An heodicers with the train. but not
conqected With the Command, were killed,
wounded df made prisoners, excerpt Lient.
Serum, who"ad. his escape witt few
csvalry.f An tie cotton spectators bnt one.
and most Or the citizens. were captured
Among them vas M. Townsend. Of MI
~sdkse. who had been 10 Camden % visit
|ifs I'son, Captain u the 9Sth Wisconsin
Volunteers ne, VA. On his way home and
his SON was gofhg a. far as Pine Bluff with
him. Capt. Townsend is supposed to he
killed. a. he was neither among the prison
err nor the wounded. and nothing has been
heard Of him since Tire Aeht.
Capt. Reed. Of the 81 Missouri C,valrv.
was on his way to Little Rock to attend 10
some business Of his regiment. He took
charg, OF sone men without an officer, and
"a. killed near the battery. IN.
Our entire loss in killed and wounded win
not exceed two hundred and Any. not over
any Of whom were killed, and twenty have
died since the hattie. None Of orr wound.
Cd. except Maj. McConlv, were taken awav
BY the rebels. He had one thumb and fore
finger shot away. N, ...
Most az our dead lay on the Aeld until .
party Of men from Pine Bluff came down
with flag Of truce and buried them.
The rUSels buried and removed ali Of
their own dead. and carried away al Of their
wounded that coed bear transportation.
They len, however. one hundred and
twehty-se.en Of their worst cases in houses
nesr the Head, many Of whom have since
died. H'' i2''f l l.f = =, ~ ''-.'' s
None 81 our ns0ical officers were held IS
prisoners except TO take care OF our own
wounded. Dr. Casselberry. lat Indiana
Cavairy; Ora Strong and Smith. Of the seth
Iowa; Or. RATE, Of the 9TH Kansas Cavalry !:
Dr.. Wall. Or the 77th Ohio; snl Dr.. Coch
ran, 81 the ist Iowa Cavalry. were with the
trasn. and did an III their power to make the
wounded comfortable. ''S :.
The Contederste Surgeons and the citi
zsns Of the neishbrhood did everything in
their power to. provide for tho wants OF our
wounded. 81 I'd . 90" ~'''
The rebel soldiers, however. robbed our
men ard officers Of everything they could
get, stripping ths csnthes from our dead and
wounded, and, n ar a I could learn. no
efforts were made BY the rebsl officers to re.
store siss stolen property. ~.
All our amhulences except one, and our
medicine supply were carried OF BY the reb.
ella, and they lsft their wounded ana our
osn wholly dsstipts II medicines and dress.
ings for their wounds, and they refused %
give Us pesmisaion to send for supplies 70
Pine Bln6 Of Little Rock. Or to procure
them from their own stores Five days 81
ter the eight .hswever. one OF the Surgeon.
went Is Pine BluR without permission, and
back supplies fdr IN their wants. and ambu-
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