Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-06-02
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THE WEEK or BATTLES.

! THE WEEK or BATTLES. :
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ssbsliisa, hare ws kssz sslisa xpsn q
xssassa ssxies Of srgagsmssss exsesdsnp
assE 1aTiss % aas wssks Tsas oesa-
sssa wns whss GsG MoIasllsa, afses
faiiaag 10 his axssAys 90 capture Rich.
saaads wasa ska hsss dssssssi plane had
some sn iaug&a, was esanpslled 20 save
bis army by a retrograde auosemsut tc
Eha 5amea riFts, ana was folIswei Al ev-
ssfy.ssap by zoe overwhelming hosts Of tbt
Hasng. fhs dsssiss Of EAose. dreadful
bssslss a1isd Ehs Hisa Hith aaErUr snd
aimast wixA sisspsis, wiEh ssAFoeiy q rsy
Of haps fsT ,ske fusaFs 70 illuns she dark
aess shass CD len pssx@ds.i the sleaa hariz IA,
ThaseansTaas haR is Tar different. Ne
record shs herois deesis of q galiaaf army
asw as ws did then, auli aoaUrd the Eall
meed Of praia TO those who foaghs "a
aaIy mea ean Hghs whe ara sapsilsd by
tAs gaFsss aad Aoss patriotic sf motives.
We painted shsas 30 We do naw. the gal
Isaa Leeds Of .hosa aubIe nseu in shRIE
brightest esloss; aaauEasd via these who
weFs called npen 10 mourn, and rejoi6ed
saaA shoss xh1 hA saasza for ealagraiaia-
klaa. As, ihA dose af sha sessa Days hIhl
apae tks Psainssla We had osoasioa for
lhaakfalasss tAas 90 many oE, eur brave
msa had been RpAFsAs as sAs7 psgSea ul
wrisiag 70 hava cha FasoTa Of sasiss of
.vissosiss, which Nag possibly result in
sAs sgssag sRasbing Ut the gsesllloa. We
.nss sea lighs and hops whsrs al before
was saiaaiZht gloom, and lock .fassar
% sEililalt iatars for eur arEss and siI'
saase in whieh tasy are eagaged. We
give hsEsWish comprehensive TszRms,0f
Of the battles Of The week. When the
shade Of Tasssiay, May ., fsIi upon tb,.
Array oi the 4 ssom@c, shas sass tented
Said gave forth no siga OF movement -
al waa aafens As it. haa besa saF manihs
asfssss has All was saaay fss the sigaai
srom she lips ~ hsfa whom the nasiou
aSd called 20 the eommapd Of lie armies.
By aiasighss hawsssr, Ehia pesssfal ssvns
bad changed. every eorps oI tbs array
Has ia molten, narohisg % d. stination
unknewn svsa 70 the easps sommaadsrs
sad dirsosed 70 the accomplishment Of the
Hsil matared plans Of Zen. GraHt. By
ths norpinS Of Wsdacsday, the late
camIs had been &baadoned, and th men
Rad march q TO neE soeRes and fairly en-
lEEeai upon the campaign which was llss-
siQeA 10 DC one Vt ylciory ~ defeat. The
aps1s Of Lass 4r@y La apaa shs south
aaak 81 shs k&psaaa, Nhsrs ahey bad m
sssasbsl sAsmssises ard sssssa ssapsrM-
lively spdissarSed sines lhs battle Of
Aine ran, late ia she aasamn- Ali day on
Wednesday, tbs Array sf the PJtoasac
passasd iis way ever . dsssaasa Of noFe
thaa kftesn mile@ aesoss 9s7zania aad
Rly's fesxis OF shs Rzpl1aas 20 sxecate a
xsli Devised Gaak mos<msas. Ali day
long shs steady ssre&xa OF aasn aad U.u.
alslons of wAr continued 30 Glc alSRg the
raads and sGFoss shs vss. Qai~aly they
noTsds stsppiag wish sha trsaI Of seser-
ana, each uaaa dstegmiasd 10 d. hisduty
aaafally Aad asbly, ls The soIse9 isasss
y ~ shsy nighA. ~ deEk sa Wsaass-
day night the Fifth eospA Gen. Wauen
sAz kixkha. 6sa. 8edgwieks ssi The Sseoad
Gen. HAaeoek. had crossed ihe Rspidab
and bisoasok ed apon shs soalh bank and
he historic aesd al Chaassalogwyills. -
The cavalry advance, wAish preceded shs
main army some distance, had eneoan
ssged sanaii fegss of she saemy, bat 20
engagement Of inportanes taok plae4
and the Feconnai2Aaee was sdectsd with
sllghs loss. TBas far Ehe advance had
been anocessfnl, and that night the mighty
armY rested from the faslguas of the day
10 order 20 prspsre for she bloody scenes
IF the morrow. All felt that Thursday .
aan woEId n0s act xighpas witnessing a
battle, TOR tbs haes had been 8aTown SO
far farwaEll thas a coslisian 81 insyiLa-
big folioS any fnYthef afsahns NoEwish-
standing this, however, not . Ea&E taller.
.ad noE q cheek alaRehea wiIh fear. Fas
issue mass be tnet; the period f5r aetiOn
aad arrived; the army was prepared. ." 4
eaeh strive 10 do his dLEy 10 Ehis sryina
hsuE.
TIE BATHS or THURSDAY. NAYS.
Early In ths morning the Fifth and
sixta scoa - Assk ~ HEollsus AID about
8 e'eioek the esnssE Of the Fifth bad
reached the intersection u ths saruptks
and plankroads lsading from fredssicks /.
burg 10 Orange Gears Hsass, and near she
= @sIidernsss. - In les from was tFoken
and vsry irTegplax sAbls land, denssIy
sauassa Nlkh dkakfs lsaahes aid anaer-
zys@th anu alasest iinpassabls. The eye
a,ala psassrsts bugA sAsrs ais4azssa iasa
this maze OF forest, and assara seemed
80 have exertsd her curious haadisosk "a
seiI ah eayssd. Hare Was sassk sRrtalal
somplesely hiiiag the country 10 frDat,
aad pTescnting r barrier - sipid progress,
oggesea she wsss cmrefals ns@amasegiags -
The turnpike ~ tRi- point was crossed a.
right aagiss by The road leading 10 Spost-
sylsaf.ia Gsas Hsssses Toe army hAlsesI
In column. The Sscond so1ps was on tbs
liza. ard he Flssh sad SIKH Sssapiad shs
esnser and rigas rsspeesively. The srn]
sbas remained .msssaslsss, nomeatarilJ
skpsesiag she ssdsr 70 nzEoA, aatil aboai
ases. Hkss lsss hsa6qsAssesse ssadafs
vas Axsd nsar Wilderness Tssssns ans
eesps ssmssadsss esEss y ga.Ass Hsse
lsa~ aising The bfdsSfoF 3 fdfsser &ove-
Dent, A consultation epsavd, notss wers
sxamined, bss ssiH 10 wsloaasa order &
march. Al lasi Gen. Warssa lett heal
quarters, took the head 81 his corps, amt
she Fifth flsd eFsr the p linl u bill q
ska len Of Wii&srusss Iassfps aad apos
the sanmis Of this saina.ses hs.dqaasssri
usss ssnoysd. Lins sf hsEsss was shsz
fossnsd with the whois army as ssxra i
asa shss besn HsconpIishsd whsa 10
seun6 cf dropeinx saok indis4ssd tas
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