Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-09-01
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Several baaslss hare been toaghs since
our last Issue, bas With Whss result ID u
hard 10 tall, but - Stanton who always
|hsrssofors slainsa ) vissovy whsthsz oar
srosps bad gained ons o. noss does nsa
daim one nov, Ne are under ta6<mprss-
siea chat ths siesoFy b with tbs ooafsds-
fases tkis sims. II % knswn sbas the
Federal forces hare been driven FROM tbs
shsnandoah VALLEY spd hare crossed the
Potomac d HsEpsx sEzJ, nd 1 she
late basxEs = - NsDaas Railroad CIR
forces 80 dFiysa fEom shsir snsrassk-
mssts nh hessy las md II i elafned
that ~ (Jsafsduaie ioss vas a hesyy
a. osrs. II d aiso kaown thst the fsdsr
ri forcs shss srusssd Jsnss Rsvr ! fsN
dsss saues and made m sdsAnos sowards
Rlohmoad has bssn fososd 10 fall back
and resross ssvsha ssaah sias ee the riv-
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or.
4 correspondent Of the N. z. Tfsbans
suzas up sAs sssala Of NE hassls en- sss
Welaou RAlIrcsd a. folloss 2
ssFirss ne sasny vas saecssssal sktss
repeated and impstuous assaults In eom-
polling the ahsaaoamsns by our forces
! Of the z. q. bslow Rsam's Station.
sfseeead, allhoagh astaakiag With saRs-
rior numbers he received bloody re-
pulse In three successive Instances.
'sThird, his loss In killed and wounded
must hare sxSssdsd Oass by swias sAs
nauabvr. T ! Z = III
Finally BY overwhelming force thsy
Isueeeedsd in forcing Is back from Qua
intyenchments % the ether side Of the
r. q. below the station from the pesit-
ion which We had already decided q
abandon.
We fully accomplished the special OBJ
ject in view, namely. the destruction of
ths track zen milas below the ssations 81
though cur withdrawal from the sntreaoh-
msnss ives somsuhat hsasensd by the at
tack Of the enemy
Gen Hancock in report made 10 the
Secretary Of war says:
s'My own loss including cavalry VIII
not exceed II or 1900.
Thia ID aaAaowlsagsd 70 be ahs mosi
desperate and determined Hghe Of this
war, resembling spostsylvanis in oharas-
ter, though tbs numbss engaged gives
less Importance. a few more good
troops would have given a. . victorJ
Of considerable importance
Hancock Als0 reports . loss Of tvs
batteries. Other reports say Il guns.
The new Confsdegase man Of war Elsc.
trio Spark was OF Nassau On tbs I'd
inst.
Four steamers from Wilmington sue.
essdsd 10 running TIA blockade, and ar
riyed safely al Besmads with 5000 halsa
Of cotton.
4 dispatch from Memphis dated tbs
24sh inst, aays ssThe rsbal foTcs thal
entered Memphis o. Saturday morning,
conaistsd Of nine regiments Of Csvslry
aad four guns under Forrest, only oaa
half the command sanserad the city,. The
ranaasnasr ssupDing ouss.ae. TO gr~s.s-'
sAeir reatTess from being cut 81. They
captured $50 prisoners, nostly one bun
dfed day msn, many Of whom escaped,
others we're murdered. They fred On
the patients in the siok hospital and shot
several SICK soldiers, ard captured Others
who, when unable TO kssp mp with thaiz
cavalry wsrs killed.
.Bus Tor the prompt astion Of the 9Th
Iowa the prisoners In the Irving prison
might have bean released.
The rebels saddsniy left he city about
9 O'Clock, followed by q considerable
force Of our troops.
GA Sght occurred as Loves I.anaing,
lasting two hours, the enemy were se-
vsrsly punishsd and driven Oh, Coles,
Starr, and Keudriek ssrs wounded in
coming through the lines.
The Federal loss in the arst Aghs Ga
the Weldon Railroad il which our far.
ses held ths road Is stated - follows,
from which some essinase can be made
of ne Federal loss in The second aght
when cur forces were fosssd to abanaon
shs road.
Our losses, stu esrp are II ofisers ls2
man killed, n aResss 754 asa wounded
and 50 OiRssrs :, sss men missing.
Ninth corps lost about 300 which makes
total losa Of 4,255 in thass sonusads
no doabt many will yss saEn up.
The Chattanooga. 0a2stts Of The 2sd
inst. reporss Gen. Wheslas Il ssewazsss
Landing, 2Ssa'inss.s sAereas STACKED
espsarvd and murdered ali the eelassd
troops and nearly 300 white lahorsrs, sna
destroyed their camp md 30 Wagons
killing one white soIdiss and white aisi-.
zea%a t.
Gasssssas Aslansa siispassh s4ys: Kil-
patrick dsssroysd Macon road Il yssious
places for tbs distance % Ii miles, sad
oapsured and baraed trains and supplies,
snrouss for Aslassa. On has rssuru be
mss sas rebels In ssroAs fszss and sosaliy
Dedicated shsas ssksaring 4 slsna " coli
ora . caaaon and 300 prissssss, sfssr-
wards he met aaothsE fares whasA pressed
him 20 heavily thai be- wa obliged - -
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