The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-06-04

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80 enpesed 81 Rices and Ingleuan,s
brisnis anl was put IN position for action
l;1ssl Ihs Ire OF battle was forn-
81 4. ane flank resting on 4 bayou and
sas etberon 1 ssamp. The fighting here.
~ terrible = regiment after regiment
Mas throws forward to break our lines.
Rices brigade here won laarels thas can
never ade, and the brightest pages of
history yst unHritten win glow with their
heroic deeds. The firing was mostly done
Win small arms, and was kept up without
tasy eestion FOR seven long hours. Every
iiash 81 ground was contested, and the
e0mhattants frequently were within thirty
yards of each other. While riding at the
head Of his column, waving his sword in
defiance Of his foes, Gen Rice was severely
wounded In the ankle, and had to retire
from The field d
The muskatry, am told, was awful,
being one continual roar without internis-
sion, making il both grand and sublime to
the boholder. The 18th chargeda and took
two guns, which they turned over to the
Cd Kansas colored) while they. pushed
On after the retreating forces of Price,
Who bY this time had been routed. The
galor of lbs 18th on this bloody field has
rarely bssn eqaaled from the outbreak ofthe
rehellioa To speak of the bravery Of
any single one, woald be but injustice to
tho others Every man done his duty
faithfully and we'll Col. Benton was as
cain ii . summers morning, and as cool
as Al iceberg, and by his bravery and pru-
deacs won the admiration of all. The
eoolness and bravery of Adj't Lyman is a
theme upon which the boys dwell till this
dAy. All the others done their duty and
shall not be forgotten. After driving the
eAeuiy two or three miles from the field,
our forces returned and passed over the
river, leaving many wounded behind on
account of lack of transportation to
bring them in From all I can learn
Prices forces numbered in the neighbor-
hood Of Il, 900, while ours did not exceed
3, 300. Our loss is estimated at from six
to eight hundred, and the rebels about
double that number. The 18th lost On
this field, in killed, wounded and missing,
one hundred and ten, making in all,
during the campaign, one hundred aud
ffty-fve. Co. 4 had six men wounded and
one taken prisoner. Two are now in the
hands Of the rebels, viz: Corporal John
Nixon and J B. Meginness. The wound
ed are as follows: Lieut.. kirkpatrick,
Corp1 Nixon, Pris4tes Harmon Shoemak-
er, ]. B. Meginniss, Charles Alexander.
Perry Hack, and Benjamin Meginness.-
The wounds are all severe, excepting that
of B. Meginness. / am unable TO say how
many of our regiment are among them miss
ing, but there are good many. 49,.
On the afternoon of the Sd inst. the
army entered their old camps at this
place, after campaign of forty-two days,
being on quarter rations great part of
the time. am not certain as to the
amount of our loss in trains, artillery, &C.,
neither do | know the less in men. but it
is heavy, and will cause the deepest sor-
row and mourning throughout the north
west. Many a helrth-stene has been
made desolate, and many a widows vail
has assembled up to Hun since that memor-
able day. On that CORY field many an
lowan sealed his devotion to his country
aud flag with his life, aud Iowa must not
ao'c forget the unprotected at home. She
is proud of the conduct of her sons in the
face of the foe, and she can and aastst pro-
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