The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-11-10


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80 October 9Th, 1854.
DEAl ADVERTISER: -Oo tho mat |
tie 18th current, Sheridan's army We.
bivesssking On the north bank Of Ced,
:s::., + 4; !iaI,lasirs.s 's sss;,, 's On gu
right and the 18th corps occupying tn
ssnsrs. A lise Of breassworks sxtende'
slosg The entire front and batteries plac
"a 10 position. A strong picket line ru'
parallslly 70 our works half mile to tn
lsoa.. The enemy, 10000 strong, wer'
sssoagly insrsuohing on Fishers Hill
and Round Mountain, Ave miles to on,
front, under General Early; and wer'
snarting usdsr the disasters which hat
lassly bef.llea them at Winchester ant
Fishers Till. The village Of Strusburs
lies midway between the hostile lines.
Since the rebel defeat at Fishers Hill
Sept. ed, Early had been greatly rein
forced, and was Boosting by declaring,
that Ne 10Th Of October, should sveng.
the 10th Of September, and hardly had
the shades Of night fallen on the valley,
and dsspeued into darkness, before Early
commenced putting in operation his plan
fos The discontinue and defeat Of our
army. Able and even brilliant it was.
To The smallest details, was paid tho most
minute regard. Three divisions Of his
army wsro carefully marched in single
kte, around the base of Massenutten
mountain, to tho left Of the 9Th corps.
Every officer and soldier were previously
instructed Is to their conduct-they were
to march noiselessly-the men were not
allowed to carry their eantcens even, lest
By their accidental jostling, tho move.
mont might be discovered. A strong
line getting inside Of our pickets, the
latter were uuosremoDiously and noise.
jsssa~- JSsA);ArAS-1. A. Ii.is;an- af. tina
night close to the works of the 9Th corps
and waited for the morning and for the
signal Of attack, whilc other divisions
passed round torhe left Of the 9Th corps
and formed fanking line of two miles
IN length. Thus was tho hazardous
movement 20 full Of danger to Us, at
least, end Of defeat, possibly, successfully
and our army meanwhile re.
posing around the dying embers of camp
irss 10 fancied security General Sher-
dan, who represents in his own indomit.
'bls self, twenty thousand men, was at
Winchester. The night and early morn
ng Of the 10th was smoky aud foggy, so !
hat, many circumstances, Cd which sue. |
'sss vas conditioned, were thrown almost
togsthsr isto the hands Of the rebel
GENERAL We can almos. pardon the
rsvsdo Of EARLY, who on surveying the !
'taatioo, told bis men, he could no.
fsmiss them q breakfast, but he could
sonise them ~ Yankee supper in
'antse camp"
About 81 =. IN. the ball opened, uot as
Usually the case with distant sounds of
'ishful picket firing aud sharp shooting,
at what FIRST greeted our ears was roar
muskstry, sustained and continued,
ID then arose shouts wild and prolong-
!. While standing at our arms and
ssr'ng the sounds and shouts, We SUP.
'sed the rebels had made an unsuccess.
j charge 90 our left and were of course
psl'ed. No other thought was ia our
md. Day had not yet dawned, and We ,
'uld So nothing. Tho fsbcls had
largsd aud had carried the works on
y left, aud had thrown tho sth corn,
to exceeding confusion. We were
Een By surprise. The 10th corps hur.
eddy formed their lines to meet and
'eek the snemy--not knowing that the
a corps were completely broken, and
" ksowiog Of that long and terrible II
mixing line which night, and the most i
'dacious good luck, had enabled the X
oss to establish. They we're met by !
'rm' Of bullet, and in from. flank, and !
'heush we repeatedly charged our lines d
the deadliest 6re, to Eeet tho advano. e
8 enemy, nothing could then avail v
= we're aanksd from our camps, our .
eiser tents standing, and our h.vre- I
'Es' filled with two days satious, our o
'nkst' and inspsaeks lying As we LETT b
On When fsvsllie sounded. q
Tie 9th eorps had notice Of the dina, =
J on our lsft, and were ablc to Get their f
- 10 good shsps, sod do some hard H
asng-out cus fate was common ON. N
. = 2. =. orr works and camps w,r. 3