Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-05-05
Our Disasters in Louisiana.

Louisiana, have sent much mourning
and woe to the homes of Iowa, as well
as to those of the middle and eastern
States. From various sources we
have CLEANED the following list Of
casualties from among the vast num-
Der that occurred during the fighting
Of the 9Th and 9th of April, at Sabine
Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill.
In Captain Slocum's Company, re-
cruited from Floyd and Chickasaw
counties, tho wounded were as fol-
lows:
Go. G., 9th Iowa-Wm. C. Decker,
head, severe, left on the field I; NJ.
Olmstead. lower jaw shot off r. Beck,
left side of the head, severe, left on the
field S. j. Prouty, abdomen, danger
GUS j. II. Noble, left arm, severe
j. Wright, right leg, severe !; Sylves-
ter Bement, left knee, severe. r....
Co. X, from Mitchell County-F. A.
Brush, LIST Lieutenant, left leg, Sc
we're, left at hospital on the field /; o.
car Herman, shoulder, severe, left on
the field p. Crispin, head and neck,
severe F. G. Croop, left leg, slight
c. Davis, right hand, slight A Slack,
right hand, missing.
Fatal casualties of 9th Iowa-kill-
ed, mortally wounded, l severe
~ wounded, Sc; slightly wounded,
"a ; missing, IA total, SO.
In tho 32d Iowa Regiment, Lieut..
Colonel E. Fl. Mix was killed, and Adj.
Chas. A. Huntley, supposed to be
wounded, was missing. ....
Company B-killed, Capt. A. B.
Miller and private Wilbur F. Hoyt.
Wounded-lst Lieut.. Howard, sup
posed MORALLY; LIST Scrgt. Brockway,
Scrgt. Barr, Sergt. Wood, privatcs BIZ
lanski. Boomhower. Brown, Curran,
Connell, Crogier, Ford. Florence, Har-
ris; Morris, McConvillc, Randall, Rus
sci, Spaulding, Cole Wilson and In
gals. Missing-2d Lieut. Griffin,
Sergt Goodell, Corporals 'Jenkinson
and Frink, privatcs Parker, Tobin and
Tnrnure .''I o.. ..."y 3Ha
Adjt. Huntley and nearly all the
men Of Company b, named above, were
from Cerro Gordo county. The deaths
Of Capt. Miller and private Hoyt will
cause deep grief to, all who knew
them. Capt. NJ. was formerly Regis
ter of the State Land Office, and was
highly respected. Mr.. Hoyt was for
merly Sheriff Of Cerro Gordo county.
Lieut.. Col. Mix was from Butler coun-
ty. Lieut.. Howard, from Cerro Cor
do county, was thought to be mortally
wounded. ,..t.. a.l. r...r
Many, of the severely wounded be-
ing left on the field, there is painful
uncertainty as to their exact condi-
ton. 1t il feared that many of the
missing were killed or wounded. ..a
The Iowa regiments engaged in
these battles were, the sth, l4th, 9th,
2Stb, 32d and 35th.g ..s......... ...
% A letter from Admiral Porter, pro-
nounces Banks recent expedition q
disastrous failure besides over 80
pieces Of artillery, a large quantity of
small arms, several hundred wagons
and first class gunboat-the East.
portland nearly 1000 prisoners have
been lost, in addition to the paymas.
tcr's safe, containing one million dol
lars in grcenbacks, captured by the
enemy. ".i .s..' o"'.....
Gen. Stone who lies under the i'm
putation of having, through neglect
and carelessness, contributed largely
to the disasters in Louisiana, will
probably be relieved and court mar
tailed. Il ."s' n9f aar...s p.
The disgrace of our misfortunes on
Red river does not rest upon Western
men. The commanding General
(Banks) was a Massachusetts man,
until, just before the war, he came to
Chicago and the cavalry that behav-
ed so badly belonged to New York
and New England. Correspondents
say that great dissatisfaction was ex.
pressed with Banks generalship.
Fridays battle was fought contra.
ry to Gen. Franklin's plan; and both
Franklin and Ransom protested
against having the cavalry and train
so far in advance. ga a.r ..aH..
Gen. Smith protested against the
retreat from Pleasant Hill after the
victory of Saturday, wishing to pur-
sue the retreating foe. But Banks or
dered the return of the entire army to
Grand Ecore. 1t was difficult to tell
what the result Of tho expedition
would be. 1t would require some
time to reorganize the army and if
the river continued to fall, Alexandria
would necessarily become the base
of operations instead of a point above.
All the forces of Alexandria had
been ordered to Grand Ecore and
fear was entertained that the Rebels
might attack the former place and de-
stroy the large amount of army stores.
One writer says " If our friends at
the North choose to amuse themselves
with the idea that Louisiana is re-
claimed, and again loyal, we onght
not to complain Of SO cheap an enter
tainment In truth, under the mild
sway of Gov. Hahn, who was elected
by several thousand majority, there is