The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-10-20
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Sept. 10Th, 1864.
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Sir. IN compliance with orders
from Brig. Headquarters submit the
following rcpnr, Of the part taken b.
bat ,Rssy,s IN the, engGgement near
Winchester. Va. on the 10th day of
serrr Wy sr,y or the mornmgdf
thy .l2Ah INST .wo broke. camp near Bsr'
ryfiNc Va. and Procealed2 with the
rest'of the Brigade on tho Winches.er
Pike. Alto crossing the Opeqn,n We
,fornl.d in line of hattie, my -Regt, occu
pyi-g the cxyfme left Of the Brigade.
.o.,f receiving orders to advance immc.
diately moved forward and VAS soon
warmly engaging the enemy. the LAT,
Brig. ofour. Div (bsing IN our nd
vance,) were pressed back through onr
lines, yet we moved steadily forward
for about fifty yards, vndcr enc Of the
nest whitening fires Of shot, shelf, and
canister ever witnessed. Here I ws-
ordered 10 hall. AT this point tho ign,
ing vas mos, terrific. yeti am happy
to sag none showed disposition TO
either finch from dut, or fall back. We
remained in this situation Until the
right Of the Brig beins pressed back
lett my command exposed 10 \ severe
flank fire, and was obliged to fall back
sort distance to the timber where
We rallied and drove blck the. enemy
who were in the act Of charging at ore
Of our batteries uhc lAt M,ine.l Wo
soon charged forward AMI took possess.
sion of our former position, where we.
remained until our ammunition being ex
pended we were relieved by troops
from Crooks Communal. We then OBJ
tanned a fresh supply Of ammunition and
pressed forn ard to the front line again,
where we remained until We were order
ed to join the Brigade in pursuit Of the
retrea,ng foe. We followed them b.
you'd Winchester where uight over.ak-
ing us we lay down TO rest AMI to
dream over the e,cnts Of the day. To
much cannot BE said in praise Of both
officers and men, who stood boldly forth
in defense Of the old Dig Al ! did their
duty 50: nobly mot an officer 1inched
nj 4 mn gave back except by my or
'i,,. | c,nnot forhcar making special
mention Of tho following officers for
their gallantry upon the field. Capt.
John w. Carr Of 60. &C" who was
severely wonndedyet he continued 70
chee, The men under his command un.
til he was borne from the field. Alj'.
Joseph &. Strong who was wounded IN
hand and hip in the early part Of the
engagement, had hrs wounds dressed
upon the field and refused to leave the
same though advised to do go by Sur
reons, but continued rallving and
cheering the men until the victory was
ours. brave and. fearless officer and
worthy Of promotion. lst 1t. D. s.
Dean Co. : c. was wounded, and told
his own son not to leave tho ranks IN.
til the rebels were whipped and he dill
not until I ordered him. Appended
.xnu will fad a list Of killed, wounded.
and mis-'n.. With mary respects an
sas:r Obi. servant.
H. W. WILSON,
j.. CD. Gonlg Kcg.
n. SINK rol slh mi. VT.
I'm. II Big 2nd Div. 10Th \, G.
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