The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-11-10

= | "so sasoOs VbAS101Js xWe0(
). four peices Of our artillery were c.ptu
," %, Ind turned upon us-whicb, add
to the forty,six peices the rebels bvoug
! with them, gave Us an awful sheilin
: the heaviest NO ever were 10 before.
Straglers By thousands run to the re
and considerable confusion and sou
anxiety prevailed generally. The who
thing was an astonisher. How was
We asked ourselves, that tho victor.
Winchester aud Fishers Hill, wo
hsnksd from their campo with emp,
'fomaeh' aud before their eyes we're VI
opened' We never dre.med Of an l,
tack on our left flank. Where were Il
ssht co'p'3 Had somebody blum srsd
All during the mornisg, on aeoouns q
the smoke, and on sccount Of the resem
blance of the rebel uniform to our own "a
and on account Of our igsoranos of tn
whereabouts Of tho 9Th oorps, while ro
ceiviOg ballets thick enough, we d.r,
not always FIRE. lest We should be shoe.
ing our own men. At one time We hello
our FIRE from line before 10, until The
reiaAsk., AVIS k.s.s.; 70 tho dan,..,
damned Ysokess" gsvs something to
tho rebs But what had happened tbs.
such uncertainty should exist-what was
the cause! In one word, where was
General Sheridan /? "
Our pucky s'little Phil" heard tho
artillery fifteen miles away, aud mounting
his black horse ordered his staff to fol.
low, rushed to US like the winds. His
staff "followed" too, but it was from one
to FIVE miles in "Phils" rear. The "staff'
rode gloriously but Sheridan was now a
thundcrbois, aud thunderbols 20 ahead.
On arriving at the scene of action
General Sheridan found our army fight
ing in fragments, and il some quarters
demoralized. Our dead and wounded
were lying over an immense battle. field.
About 5000 of our men we're prisoners,
camps and twenty. -four cannon were in
rebel hands. One Of our Generals, it is
said, as Sheridan reached our lines, ex-
claimed, ''General, we are whipped"
"Not SC" promptly replied Sheridan;
''it is you that is whipped the army is
not" G#f.
After the battle Of Antietam, it took
the copperhead candidate for the Presi.
deney, more than month to re- organize
his victorious army General Sheridan
organized beaten army in one hour
He rode along our lines, now newly
formed and instilled in them both cour.
ago and confidence. His words, his
manner were inspiration itself Now we
all knew where"'Phil' was-and "Phip'
knew where the rebs we're. About 3 o.
m. grand charge was made by all the
lines, and the sun went down upon az
II we routed the rebels at
Winchester and again at Fishers Hill, l
do rot know what name to apply to the
the rebels now made-they
threw away every thing that could i'm.
pede their vigorous flight; the ground
'harge sixty.four cannon, at least 10 600 900
'tand Of small arms, trains, &c, and sew.
:ral thousand prisoners. Our cavalry
pursued the enemy as far as New Mar.
tet. Thus ended the day, dark and
'loudy at the beginning, but bright and
,lorleus- at the ending. The level rars
f the October sun, fell upon the Union
rmy victorious, aud exulting; upon the
ebcls baffled and beaten, seeking the
fountain paths here aud there to escane
he wrath behind them.
The loss in the oath is heavy. Oac
undred men are killed, or wounded or
Kissing Col: Wilds had an arm shat
cred in the morning. Col. Wright
the regiment during the day
M was wounded twice, his horse was
truck three times Five company com.
'anders are either wounded or are nris- |
ners. 10 Go. "C' the casualties are
wen. LIST Scrgt Pierce and Corporal
awcett severely wounded. Corp. Tur.
er slightly wounded. David c. Cole,
avid W. Norton, II. A. Downing and
m. Hunnlcutt are missing.
Tho condition upon which Sheridan
III put down the rebellion, is that jeff
VI continue to send him an army 70
hip. On the one month ending Oct ,
9TH, VIC have captured .epentv er,u :
Gees OF artillery besides re capturing I
'enty.fous pieces and have placed h,rs !
combat at least 10000 meu. q
Oar battle ground of October 10Th !,
w our camp-our line of tents encroach y
rows OF new made graves. Our de. p
rted are with us s.ilI-the place where i
ey fell is in keeping with the cause for =,
''ch they gave their lives-on the T
nks OF the Cedar overlooking the most +,
aut'ful part Of this mos. beautiful
lIey-with grand mountains STANDING =,
'rnal sentry over their resting place. :.
Truly yours, u
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