Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-29
WASHINGTON, April %.

but little Inconvenience to themselves -fresl
laurels to be won and additional homo
achieved for our State. I. . .ra
Let us 60 to wok in earnest in ever,
county. Not o moment should be lost
Companies at the organization may choos
their own ,fi:ers, and great care viii
be observed in the selection of field officer
for tho same. The same psy and allowance
as other troops will be allowed. Companies
must report to the Adjutant General at Dav
cnport as fast as they are filled. The entir
number must be raised within twenty days
if possible. Let not brave young Iowa now
jeopardizs her fame by filling behind hel
sister States of the Northwest. .,,..
&c. WV M. STONE, Governor.
New YORK, April 20.
The following, from the New Orleans Era
is an account of the final victories, after som,
terrible fighting: ,rzs. ..I. f.a
At 7 o'clock Saturday morning our force.
were at Pleasant Hill, and the rebels wer,
advancing, cavalry in front, endeavorirg t
discover our position.
Col. o. P. Gooding, with his brigade o
Lees cavalry corps, was sent out on thu
Shreveport road, to meet the enemy and draw
him on. He hid gone about mile, when hi
came upon the rebel advance. Skirmishinf
Immediately ensued, and, according to tn,
plan. he slowly fell back. e-
The fight was very sharp between these
cavalry bodies, and Col. Gooding lost nearly
40 men killed and wounded, inhicting, how
ever, as much damage as he received.
The 18th corps was rese' We in the rear
under Gen. Cameron Gen. Ransom having
was commander in chief Of the second lnea
back Of the crest, while Gen. Mower was the
commander of the men.
The commander of the right brigade ir
Smiths first line was C.l. Lynch. The left
brigade was Col. Sbaw's. The I'd brigade
consisted of two brigades.
The Sd Indiana battery was posted to the
right of the S9th Indiana infantry, and on thu
right Of the battery the Missouri Crowson
bait cry and others whose names and nun berl
we could not ascertain were also in this sec
ton Of the battle. ....
The skrmishing was kept up with consid
cradle vigor until about o'clock in the after
noon. when the rebels had completed their
arrangement for the attack At about his
hour Gen Emory's skrmish line was driven
in on the right by the rebels, who appeared
in large force. coming through the timber
above M ntioned. They soon reached the
open ground and moved on the attack in
three lines of battle. - -,. -.
Our batteries and infantry opened with
terrible effect, doing great slaughter with
grape and canister. while the eneiny's artil-
lsry, being IN the woods and IN bad position,
d,d scarcely any damage. Colonel Benedict's
rigade on the left, was first engaged, soon
followed by DIV gifts and McMillan's.
The fighting was terrific. Old soldiers say
1t never was surpassed for desperation. Not
outstanding the terrible havoc in their ranks
the enemy pressed fie,ce'y on. slowly push
ing the men of the 10th corps back up the
hill, but not breaking their line of battle -
A sudden and bold dash of The rebels on the
right gave them possession Of Taylor's bat
terry and forced our line still further back
Now came the grand coup de main. The
10Th, on arriving at the top of the hill, filed
over the hill and passed through the lines of
Gen Smith.
We must here mention that the rebels
were now in but two lines of battle, the frs
having been almost annihilated by General
Mower, what remained having been 70, reed
Rack into the second line but these two lines
came on, exultant and sure of victory. The
first passed over the knoll, and, all needless
of the long line of cannon and crouching
forms, presMd on. Tire second line apuear
ed on the instant and the death signal was
sounded. Words cannot describe the awful
effects of this discharge. Seven thousand
rifles and several batteries Of art;l cry loaded
to the muzzle with grape and canister were
fired simultaneously, and the whole center of
the rebel line was cru he'd down AMI fright
fully mangled by this one discharge. No
time was given them to recover their good
order, but Gen. Smith ordered charge. and
his men dashed forward, the boys Of the 10Th
joining in.
s.The rebels fought boldly and desperately
back to the timber, in rescting which large
portion broke and fed, fully 1000 throwing
aside their arms. In this charge Taylor $
batteries were taken, as were also the guns
Of Minis battery. The PARROT guns taken
from the United States at Carton Crow la>t
fall and one or two others belonging to the
rebels, one OF which was considerably shat
tered. besides 700 prisoners.
pursuit and desultory fight was kept up
for three miles, when our men returned to the
field of battle, and thus ended this fearful
. d bloody struggle for the control Of West
ern Louisiana.