Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-11-17
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for there wers two f0aght on thar .Ia'
araa iishiissowR, la the Shsnamaoaa v
ley, havr soaSesssd With q manbeg ol
afhosFs she were engaged in them. AM
Alter dillsgene iaqaiFy am satisfied thai
our lasses on thas Disastrous day wsrt
nearly as follows Ia the Sixth Gorpa,
Ala killed., I, 200 woahaed. $50 pxisoa ersi
10 tho Elasseeath Cosps, $50 killed, /, ,70d
wounded, $40 prisoners in Crook
Dis., l63 killed, 6s6 aouadsd, 7I2 pris
onsrs tssai, ., ,760 killed and wuaaded,
aad |, ,4A2 lsssln prisouers; grand total,
q, ,206. AAs Sheridanas arxny could moi
hava been d 900 strong before this bas-
tie, ills now therefore reduced to 20, 900
meu at the almost. What kind Of a sfvic-
kRy" was xhia2
That the above Ggures are correct il
evident further, from the fact thai the
lsss il officially stated at 3,4s0 killed
aha wonnded, and 606 missing total
loss, 4,066. Wksn Ehs A IminIstration
Il willing to admit loss Of that amount,
the c5aatry may be yell assured sAat il Is
really bali rs much more.
There were, as 1 ara informed By dog
ems OF participants, from ali Ghe difersnt
Organizations, tao distinct battles on the
18th: one laztiag from dawn till 40
O'Clock Ia the meEning, in which our army
vas roated the other from 2 TO 2. NJ,
in whsh the Gonfederases were attacked
ard defeated. The Federal loss was not
near SO great in The Doring a. in the af-
teruoon, notwithstanding the compsete
SURPRISE Of the camps of Crooks division,
at liaybreak.
The Confederate force engaged 10 the
movement did not exceed Is 900 men in
abe fear divisions OF Generals WhartoB,
Gorsloa, Kershaw and Ramseur. They
bad no cavalry, General Longstreet bad
nothing 10 do With Ihs aasair at all. Is
was planned and executed by General
EaEiy alone. General Longsireet Sas as
the time AZ Petersburg, where BIZ Was
diligently engng I'd 10 inspecting the con
dition OF his old corps, TO the command
of which be sad just returned, and which
has recently 6een recruited up 10 it's orfg-
iaal strength.
The CofedeFates made the attack on
Eha 18th, beiiesing tho Sixth Corps was
still Al Fort Royal. where il was as lAte
as the 10th instant But on the | lTlh that
veteran corps had been moved to the
right of Shrriian's fiur, the p8sitioa for
theress removed from Eariey's attack.
But IL was the presence Of this corps 90
the 6ei1, and not the arrival Of Sheridan,
That saved the day, aud turned the rput
Of the mOring into q victory.
The roug ~ the Ni.4taa.,th cs,,pn, saiSu
Of Crooks Division, 10 the morning, Eas
owing, hrst, to the complete surprise,
which fgnud the ipen Of Crooks Division
even wrapped 10 their blankets; and
SECOND, 81 lhe fact that Crooks Division
frss, and aftcrward, the Nineteenth
Corps, were overwhelrhei sepTatly, by
EaTley's whole strength, Uen. Wright,
who commanded tbs Federal army, snx
that the day was lost unicss be could
check the advance OF the enea.y; bus be
frlE confident Of being able ta DO this,
Althoagb not in the spot that she enemy
then oeeapiesi. H., accordingly, wilh
presence Of mind, oFterpd The
Stxth Corps 20 fall back to o command
ing bill, In the rear of Aiiddlutown, aud
sent some staff officers 81 arrange a Iine
of batlie there. The Nineteenth Corts
vas hastily reorganixed, and fJrmed IS
the right Of this line, AMI Crooks Disis-
ion as the left. That vas the end of lhe
retreat and the end Of The Fout, although
up to that thai time it had been diaster-
oas enough. @
II the confsderates had been coatented
With the advantage they bad gained up
10 this lime, the victory would have re-
mained with shem. But By striving to
gain more they lost all. Gen, Wright
personally sapeEinsended the formation
o. his line Of battle, and when it wss ar
ranged, and the batteries PLACED 10 posi-.
lion, be anew that the army was saved,
and thai be had saved IL.
The enemy came pp and charged. They
we're repaised. They charged again, aud
again ghey were repafsed. The third
time sAey charged, but the result Was the
same. The tide bad taFned; and Gen.
Wright, With the blood streaming down
Fron wound Ia his face, bad tbs irexI
pressible satisfaction Of seeing the Con-
feaesates were retreating. The battle
was over.
Gsa. Sheridan now came gslloping up,
bis horse all 10 foam Of sweat, ard
tgsaHbliag Ia every linh. lie had met.
all the way coming from hinehestaT,
ssraggleFs and wagon trains. Bus the re-
frsas Of the army had stopped au hour
before, vixen Gen. Wright bud forsasd bis
line of bassae. A pause of two or three
hoarss aarasisn aow suaaed, ana . great
many sEgagSlsgs retusnal 10 their Eegi-
nents. During this interval. too, hfes
wsss built an1 she nsaa bsilea their c0fEge
and ate their bgaak geassss ef wbieh they
stood in need.
Ak Z =. D.. General Shsrl1aF assumed
sAs ahensfss, aad grom shas beur TIL 9
the bassis ragged with greas fary. The
Cengsdssaees bad expected to pass the
aighs en the 6sld sAsy bad won, had re-
vsrssd oss sssrenshMsnls and ksilt osAers.
Hating thIs sdsaasags, They beld their
ground faf sams time, sBd iiisoated apon
~ our hs@ssess lasssa. 10 was 10 this part
Of lhe aag sAas We loss sas m at el1eieus
and valuable oikcerss aad the maat ef oar
men. AALeoaa.
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