Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-12-22

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asrisad opposise JapeskaEn about Nl3
E~e~~e nsy@srth y rasag - esasaos wssss
Confederate obsfruetions and torpedoes,
aud three gunboats were blown ap,
The follosing il ths account Of the
asaseas as rel alsa BY! sss carges bss.ssps
Of The New York fieraid 'a"N
''FIagship Wyaiusing commander Ma@|
comb senior officer sook lead and passed
safely through.
0tsega GoaAse uaass LieHts csmnssses
ansla fdlo~ cd ths bss eauae e u soatacs
with aa sbsssnetSoa, bas which was Ane-
eessfally passed until being struck by the
stem, it proved 50 bs large torpedo
which exploding blew ap the otsego
sinking her In few miuuses. After
blowing up the Otsego, be remainder Of
the dess remained By hss. until morning,
when those vessels uninjured BY the ex-
plosion, passed up the river, seen after.
the commander Maeonb iaespasehsd on
special duty his aid paymasser LswisI
Lair on steamer Bagley Sith guns, pr
rfsiag In sieinlts pf she spot whsrs khe
0tsego was sunk.
Torpedo exploded blowing q hole
Through her causing her be ajax inmedi-
atsly, one maa and BOY killed.
oHieers and the rest Of the crew e..
capped by swimming.
Paymasser Lairis and Capt. Amss
eommandiag sag swam 60 Ereck, OF otse-
go, and were picked up soon after sink
ing of Bagley. Piekes lsunch No, was'
also destroyed.
Rsanosk Eiveras parssuA aass of tor.
pedoes, a large number taken and still a
large namber supposed to rsaaia.
L great bastis wag foaghs ia fsoas of
Nashville, Tenn, on the 9th inst. The
following ia the tslegraphio account Of IL
published In tha Cincinnati Gazette:
During tbs night Of the lSsA, Hood
wisharew bosb bfs wings from tho rirss,
contracted bis lines everywhere and was
holding strong position along Granny
White Piks--hia ceatre protected By his
lswo lines Of inlrenchments. .ES@t
| Our troops wers disposed Of ia sba fel-
liowiag manuax Wllsoa's Casalsy or
extrems right. sehoaila's 23i corps
consisting OF GoaShs's ana Cox's divis.
Eion, at hrss held reserve, before main
battle opened, had taken position on lefA
Of cavalry, thus forming right.
Our infantsy lanes, a. J-sSsa.thsa l6tt
Icorpss consisting n dIsisioas of Assar-
fshar and Garrard.
Moore came 10 Ga the left of SehnEeld
On left Of Smith, T. ]. Woods mag.
niacsna Ash corps, spnsistaag sf disision'
Of K,mball, Euios and Baasie, vas form
ed 10 close order Of battle and PARTIAL,
massei Stsadsaan sitbECFafsa aish'
iou aud 81 brigade Of colorea troops
held sxtrsnc LIFT. 0ur plan nf aastlI
was eonsiunssion OF that Oh the 18th iE
pressing advantage gsiael "a s1sny',
! left.
About half pass eight car batteries
i opened from oss haadrca pieeas stimuli
saneSnsIy along oar lines. Rebel artil-
! lsry replied seebly. sshoaeld MARCHES
aowa Granny White Pike, oarsfally con
! esaliag hls strsagih, plsssa his oarpa di
reosly upon the ensny' . lsfs aank.
Il sseadrnan al the same tims wo. ked hi
] way foswafds IiI# ~ ,
r Eneny In the meantime strsngthsas'
: bis advaHeed Eine. 8 &1s
Wood determined u carry this liz
: without delay.
II Khnbslls atsision moved forward II
spleaaia oraz Ee&aEds shs reed woTks
bot was mes with . wishsriag ars af mus
: ketry and canister from the rebel works
!, I.hasxaall ,Ghag ssssssa % anal waahsap fsi
Q a pistol shos OF ths sasny's works whel
: saey eame - y hals In sssses % ere aos
: slTecsually. ~ .fTga4s8
i Had the enemy kept up their dead
]. aFs aur troops wsala have besa force
: baek.
5 They made movamant 70 shifs the
J aaialssy ~hieA eur aea aespkssa q 4
i indioatioa that thsy wsrs % ahaadca "a
z line and rssise, raising . lead shsus .
! division Eashsd forward and swsfps
d ssss sks no&As eaSsaissAs sssA ssaeA
ia had pos asa. AL ihs gass bas swo 4
into eur hsaas. Az coon 10 shIs suese
was asseaplishsas TAsmas who wss
j. | grcHs line % battle all day ordered char
along sAs entire line. ssho6sld raoy'
i y afsp sisas asRk - ssAsla Rss y
& ! FORE III i vssssaaa. Il M saisks kosps rssA'
Isl forward insa The sssy moath q shs thr
porsrfal sebel passeries, .saa stfrlsa
d lie point 81 the bayoass salient poiaas
q The - my's serks.
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