Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-17

.air wrokon IN uuAeI 'aP'tiii''.i',.'
csy an. Tuuz sigol was the division
tl.tN aud Nicholas Grcuscl their
t.nll.i III brigade commander Col
60 90 decentralization, who had
ul,-t 3, vrsleo anl in the militia.
.,,..i..t Important engagement Of the
i...,,,b wi4 90 Pea Ridge. March Z,
~ ,.,.tbe Coufoior,es, led by Coma
~ ~, Dorn. sterling Price and Ben
ii.,tt.r.gt attempted 90 cut slscis H.
A,l.' n hsn tie Union army under
Ng 5sprimsnt reached the scene
ss,tsss just g- stampede Of cnyalry
~ ~ after a rash and Intellectual
~. The men showed their motto by
-i.s-lrmly aitlrdIsomrcd squidrors
- ast 10 tho roar, riding down The
=, and 'is Infantry supports. When
..adas nad passed col Ircusel sent two
-.,uIr. OF thc Ihiriy-H'Eth 10 tue front
what oramy wns doing and they
'l..ss.I with such b1ldHrss as To stir mp
.,,ss i3rr- that lay 10 ambush awaiting
r.alrAscs. The slIrWithuu opened
5ssed D. 'irrd slowly Their report oi the
.-is.b lcltou vigorous Smelling by Col.
E.rara batteries that caused terrible
irshttr n the Confederate unks, aud,
,s.tuasof vastly more import. one OF the
Emidar, Private Peter Pelican, shot
IA Ben McCulloch. who was at the
t-ta.uttiue bis troops. Tho death OF
vCuIloah aud the terrible punishment
-ErI fr0m the Union batteries dis
Eflrdi his followers aud virtually put
send 90 ilt fighting. Tho Thirty sixth
.,tfcllllrl aud ~ wounded.
usnayt hattlo vt the ragImrnt wns at
frry.IIs. ky. OCT. D. lsH1 Tie Thirty
lib was stili under GUuHal He brigndicr,
.thcdiyai1n led by Gon phil Sheridan.
.sdlin held q position on tie Ian. u
tt adwnr, Union corps MCCo1k's, CON
ts,ing tdat with tho remaining Union
fr.. which wcru not all mp The Con.
E.uia vcrr hurled upon McC11k In
empowering numbers, and after his do.
sru.iidu nn attempt ws made 60 crush
grdan. A. the Cu1frdcratUs advanced,
gTh.tysizth changed front under fire
lnsst them. What then took place was
ha. Uu,1y described hy capt 3 iias Miller,
siimumaHdcd tue regiment. "Wc had
luiy executed - change Of front WHOM,
tahls 10 yell, We saw the banners ~ the
Crlltmtcs advancing over tho folds
weolld see their bright bnyonJfs glitter
10 JOS a. beautiful a line Of battle as wia
tuf ilmcl We lay perfectly still and
"a rJ. display ourselves till tloy came
ui,hamnge of canister We then received
d. adu 70 Ore, and from a Thousand
ssslup-l forth tho death dealing hul.
la uhfh finally caused them 90 reel mud
il laei 10 utter confusion" Tho Thirty.
tf'h loit q BY death and 30 wounded. q
sl-lsr uH,qualcd by any other regiment
kaeddanu division.
40 siole's River, q fcw weeks after Per.
grille MaCook again had tho post oi dan,
81 and shgriun's division was the con
,,ri'ng link between him and the rascry,a.
lat,rce assault sprung At daylight Nc.
Ca Was completely destroyed, and his
0i9uuo~ mhrehod down the line against
sAatln, heavy masses eonyerging and
rfarg from two directions NO once. The
l.HyslEth was In Sheridan's advance
brigade under Gen. Joshua W. sin, Col.
Grnfsl leading his own regiment. Tht
tlH'deufcs were allowed 90 come within
Soy picls and then the ball opened. So
cas WIS the eurmy's mass, however, that
DE- bullets made little impression. Tue
tr0ll 90 The right Of the Thirty.sixth gnve
way and, driven 10 desperation, Col. Grcu
uorigICd the Thirty sixth to charge. II
va handful against an army, but the
.rmost Cuuiadlmtes yielded ground and
1giF liAe halted.