The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-05-19
TTuMWA IOWA. THURS i5- r. 1864


'recoids ofj:s Genersls As, to how this army
viii pc handled, ,bat is this. ~ rasl and
.fls siH fight Ftai,fghs ssitAmefs sssa shs
ciae aftak ,RvneA, iaith' ndts tASAs tAs
,p,aelsy tAs British They sbeLA "a sseF
bones that sodtet&ing sHisd, 10 ;thess, but.
better then either Or botha r. ,fr1s;lo9 o !
y q Ta'u9qwhDssSsss BxrrEi. FfELD,s !.
ID. Z ;sHsdTr s,t I1h6rsd4y, Nay 50 pm,
! llHpv vperfec4 haes been The -ecmhis.s,soa.
how completely on timt. they hare exS GU
It'd. how sSeih'H hand che si'hfrny hss been
every to1T add is, nov. how mastery and
suscsssfat tht,s ar bas been dhsi moyems1t
all this y ~ charity apparent ihAtl leap
bat notice u herc, even while q ,iraled bat.
Itlseis beng fought only half miie from
wbefe'r wsiA = = :; ;''.,z ..,, ",r, n1.s ,,i,.I7 >
i Let me here pay . tribute 10 tho 4if.fsel.
dic k;led, in this cimpassn. yIlst gnstles
Missa ~ fr.n&lln. .Msss ptisxie III 90, L,
fssh Mast, Cor JOS Hsyes comm@adip &;
be remembered - the Grsts mssi 10 sive
HE lille .iol ttis (GSl Willingly 1slssti gtsnd
'esshpaian, sths war .2i'ftssls' % 7ee1HT
Immediately .Ner "writingg' up" this
morni4aes / Fds Aus teGsiesN's dimes, then
reported to beypenaced by thei seremv.
His division was I'm line Of battle hattight
angles with and on either side ,ofStAe Old
,TWnpikss The,suemy hsds evidently. dis.
patched q eoseei from hisis On Mine RIM
20. .w9rry and delay ourmarch hvq iArestso-
ing in. fmx., Gen.s Gsifiai had sent the
Ash Massachusetts and SD qPennsylvsRia,
under CoL Hayes Is tbeT former. to feeI well
out on the turnpike. 1t was fhess that
Charles Wilson fell, ,the Rsbeff skThish
iise npposing . ay'gihnt front. Finally, af
Der sesae ltte firing, Gen. Warren. who
had come up, in, person, ordered an advance
down the road in,o force. sAyr's brigade
moved on fdpon the right OF the road. and
Rafasts's upon the ier, with each ,Aank
wen ssppnstea,4 q isi4f " nsvor,l a,,il /
Field officers ywereobliged to d;sni ,unt,
80 dense was the gf0wth Of dwsrf piaes
An advance Of less than half q ,p,le and .
smart flsilade opened the action. The two
brsgsdes car, led; the first eminence, and
were pushing up 1 seoGnf,a when, owing 10
. failure Of the commands right and left to
connect. and form a continuous lipe. the
Rebels fianked them ON both sides, Col
Hayes, 18th Massachusetts,, finding hin,
solf in command Of several regiments and
the enemy all around him, formed q, line
facing to the rear, AMI sfpght ,in hfh sdis
rections. At length he, gave the order to
MlI hack, and the movement was beng ,ex-
ecuted when he was nit on the scalp and
fell. The brigade bugier brought him safe
" Of. Meanwhile fresh troops were put
id, and the Rebels slowly driven along the
whole ftont then fghtng. IN this action
our loss II psobahiy 400 or " 400 Al this
hour the enemy has ceased to make dem
onstvations, and We We are waiting f,s Han.
cock to join on our left. Gen. Grant is
smbking 4 wooden pipe, his face As peace
ful as s,arn,oer evening bis general de-
meahorr :ndescribahiy imperturbable. !
know. however, that there is great anxiety
that Hancock SHOULD fall into position. for
it is believed that the entire Rebel force is
masslng upon us, !, y,avs a. n, g. a, r.,r
EIsf s,NVnDERSEss B2rrrE FiFEp Dos
asxitia aa19.P. m Thu 81 y, ,May 81 51fst
Heavy fighting since so'ciock.. mostly Al
the extreme len, under Hancock,, tGs,iy's
division, 9Th Corps, was 1.-THE yrishs d oi
the Orange, Plank.rosd, y n fondn. dsc~ari
Mine Run, where Carr's divisiap.. i2d Corps,
joined him On his left. The other division,
Of Hapcock's corps were pushing, up; ia
the twinkhng Of sn ego the 4 Ressess were
uponI him III sreaeaorce. with the evident
piipose ~ turning onr, slsft. The ground
was fearfplly, ,yergrown with shrub trees,
thick As onS ssess shoot% from the 'sanr.
root. In nasstew hhMu,es, Urgent, reqnests
came back for rst nfor ce9snts The enemy
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