Nebraska advertiser., 1864-08-25

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the commander ordered a charge as soon
as we entered Newman and showed
the rebels that we were determined sC
60 through 10 spite Of them, they would
not have been so anxious to cur Us of
from escape. and we would have got
through With one fourth the loss that we
did.
When we found that they were in our
front. rear and each flank it was eviden
wa would have TO fight. Ski FINISHING
was going on inthe rear, the 6th Ind.
and 4th Ten. were ~deployed as Skin
mishers, and held the rebels in check
six companies of the 9Th Iowa prepared
for a charge through an open cornfeld,
the charge was ordered and the boys
went in ION their nerve" and routed the
rebel cavalry, compelling them to fall
back rather hastily. During this time
the I'd KY, and a detachment of the 9Th
Iowa who were on the advance passed
through before the rebels closed in on
our front, aud moved on, crossed the
river and we supposed them captured
but found them here when we arrived.
After they passed through, the rebels
closed in and the fight commenced in
good earnest, charge after charge was
made by our troops and they were each
time compelled to fall back to the crest
of a hill where our artillery was posted,
with more or less loss at every charge
by being fanked by the, rebels, several
Regiments were dismounted and sent out
as skirmishers while cur artillery shelled
the woods beyond, the fight continued in
this way for some time, the rebels almost
ceased firing and it was supposed that
they had fell back or were preparing to
flank US. By some Encouragement our
skirmishers had been withdrawn leaving
our Artillery entirely exposed to charge
FROM :he enemy. Silence reigned for a
few minutes and all supposed that the
fight was over. But not so. In front of
the Artillery was an open field of about
one hundred yards in width, beyond this
was small timber with a thick growth of
underbrush. from this the rebel infantry
poured fourth with their peculiar "yeIl,"
on a charge to capture our Artillery
On they came aud had got within
about fifty yards of the guns before our
boys could dismounIH to meet the charge
and save the guns. The rebels were re-
pulsed with heavy loss without gaining
their point. The gunners worked their
pieces with a will distributing canister
and shell through the ranks of the enemy
which caused them to fall back to the
cover of the woods in a hurry. Our
skirmishers moved on through the woods
driving the rebels before them, after a
short time the firing again Stacked. On
The right of the hill, where the guns
were posted, was an open field down the
side of the hill, and up the opposite shore
extended another field filed with corn
about six feet high, in the first mention
ed field on the bill side was posted the
of the skirmishers, held by every
man. A heavy force of The reb-
els soon made their appearance in the
corn field mentioned TO flank US and
cause a stampede among the leade horses
and try to gain possession of the guns,
that quarter. They opened the
fire on the Artillery, the leade horses,
aud our skirmishers, on the right flank
very strong. The men with the leao
horsesfelTback to a better position behind
a hill in the rear with the loss Of several
horses shot and two men wounded, M
from cur Col. C. Wilson of iowa in knee.
Our Co. which was skirmishing IN the
right flank, aud had to Withstand the fire
of the rebels in our front and on the right
flank, and the 4,h Tenn. cavalry who
were posted up by the guns, and many
of whom were pouring a murderous fire
into our rear, supposing US to be the reb-
els. in spite of our endeavOrs to convince
them we were friends by every mean in
our power. Had our boys not been posted
behind the fence our loss would have
undoubtedly been very heavy. As it was
we had one man, John Knot of Iowa,
mortally wounded. ball entering the
right breast. Another David S. Carbin
of Nebraska City badly wounded. ball
entering below the right cheek bone and
coming out under the ear on the same
side, Surgeon pronounced the wound not
dangerous, several others were slightly
wounded.
After the Artillery had shelled the
corn field and woods beyond, and our
skirmisheTs had kept up an unceasJng fire
upon them, they fell out of range
When they pushed forward a short dis