The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-02
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the old Sd cavalry hops Jon Win pup
lish. There have been % many claimants
to the honor Of the capture Of Marmadahs
that am sure tho friends Of the regiment
viii b. pleased TO hear, that on Geld
where ali did so nobly. the gallant Sd. .
brave as any. and more fortunate. bore
off the palm, and that to the sons Of Iowa
il the praise of tho capture Of the rebel
general justly due.
Ireceived the article from . member Of
the regiment with request that it be
communicated to the "Gate" and "Home
Journal" The boys have had rough
time Of it. Ny correspondent speaks Of .
fight on the "Rig Blue" day or two pre-
vious to the grand haul. in terms TO make
an old cavAlrymao blood boil with ex-
element He says the enemy were plant
Ing battery on the hill. and the musket
balls we're p 'ughins the ground in every
direction, when Col Win.low told Gen.
Plsasanton that " he had some men who
would charge that hill and We we're or
dered in. Col. Winslow was wounded,
and the command fell on Lieut.. Colonel
Benteen of the 10Th Mo- He said Go
for them boys" and We started with .
yell, shouting all the time. The rebs we're
strongly posted on the Great of hill, be-
hind hress' works made of logs, calls, &c.,
with an open field before them, but they
vera soon routed and driven half mile
into the woods, without getting chance
to use their artillery but once. We vera
then rslis vel, the enemy being IN full re-
treat, sno he whole command stopped to
feel, vhile Blunt was hammering away At
them in trent. Ar Kansas City we rested
but few minutes when the bugle sound
ed, aud in less time than it takes TO tell it,
We we're in fan gallnp, coming left front
into line. The charge was sounded, and
away we went fot three miles yelling and
shouting, sometimes ali mixed up with
the enemy, aud sometimes ahead OF
them
There, Nj Editor, is cavalry fight for
you. 10 such charges man lives years
in very lew moments. All honor to
orr bravo leys of the 81 and 4th cavalry
and may Old Pap in all his future retreats
choose an open prairie country to run
through. Yours, &C.,
E. BURR.
RoLLA, No Nov. 8.
Mr.. EDIToR.-I arrived here last night
lac from tie army of Gen Curtis, and
WIS somewaa; astonished to see the fol
lowing dispatch in The St. Louis papers:
Fort Scot, Oct e., 1864
To Capt. F. l.. Parker, Sedalia. Mo.
We had a graad battle yesterday ard
whipped o. Pap terribly. My brigade
charged him; killed and wounded sbou'
one hundre 4, captured one stand of col
ors, seven pieces OF artillery and 200 pris.
oners. Among our prisoners are Major
Gen. Marr aduke, Cabell and several col
onels. Ger Adams is killed.
j. F. PAILLIps.
do not wish to inflict tpou your read.
ers another description of the battle o. the
Usage, but | ask in Justice to brave
command, under brave commander. to
state little truth in relation to the
charge claimed 20 have been made By
Col. Phillips
On the morning of the 18th OF las,
month, not the 26th, as the above dis.
patch would lead Us TO believe, the bri.
gade of Lieut.. Col. 4. w. Benteen. called
in Major Ga Pleassntou's orQaniz alton
the Fourth, was ordered across the Usage
river and coi. Benteen ordered by Gen.
Paeasonten 10 charge the enemy n soon az
an opportunity offered We crossed the
river, rapidly, and reaching che prairie
beyond. moved at once after the retreat
Ing rebels, with a few advanced skirmish.
ers thrown out. until we reached q point
about two lilies and half from Mound
City, when one of the skirmishers yallonsa
Dack and rtparted that the enemy was IN
line OF battle, in considerable force. inst
beyond IN intervening hill, with e,oht
pieces Of artillery. We moved on sl,wly
few hundred yards further. when Ma.
jor Hart, OF General Curtis staff. rode mn
to Colonel Bcnteen and told him exac,l,
the position Of the enemy, and that one
brigade OF cur command was Arcade i,
Inc in front OF him bat son weak In m.ka
charge. Colonel Ben,een a, once ae,s,
mined to form on the left of this br;u.a.
(which has siuce proved to be thu, ri
Colonel PhiHips) ordering the command
to form In column of regiments in the fnl-
lowing orde: 10th Missouri cavalry An
Iowa cavalr, Sd Iowa cavalry. and the
'th Indiana cavalry and the 4th Misson,;
cavalry as one regiment. At the saus
time he sent Captain Fitch of the 4th
iowa cavalry 10 he command;np Officer ~
.he brigade on our right. with a reoues1
ior MN to charge at the same momen,
with him, Ter God. sake, and We vorla
be able to Capture all his artillery and -,
the enemy to pieces.
We had now unmasked our co,,
the en-, my. who at once sent us b;s 60
pllmenis In the shape Of charpa a..
charge Of canister. The charge "a. :.
once sounded and in we went wi,L = de-