The National tribune., 1894-09-27

Noah Forsale, in face; B. T. Dugan, in
the arm; Sam Kaufman, in hand. The
, 1st Mo. had five killed Merrill Horse,
two killed; the 1st Iowa had none
killed.
The enemy showed bold front, and
some of them erept from tree to tree
until they were not more than 80 yards
from our line; one of these was behind
large beech-tree. | saw him lay his
gun against the tree, take deliberate
aim, and / saw two fall victims to his
rife. did not take him prisoner !;
| just stepped about five PAGES in front
of our line and watched for him, and
[ got him; he was large, heshy man.
While waiting for him, Lieut. Porter
called to me to come back; that [
would be killed by our own men. I
replied that / was there for business,
and would stay until had accomplished
it. While | was there, Kinzer was
killed and Phillips shot through the
thigh; but the latter did not cease fight
ing, and said to me /: Orderly, some
one has plugged it to me-"
| had five bullet-holes in the cape of
my overcoat, and the point of my nose
cut just enough to start the blood. We
stood in line fighting about 80 minutes,
when we charged their camp on foot.
They left everything and
TOOK TO THE WOODS.
In following them we became scattered
and broken up into small squads. Serg't
Howard, Noah Wilson, David Purgo,
and myself were together. On hearing
firing anew TO our left we turned and
ran in that direction down steep hill,
and while going up on the other side
| was in the lead. | carried my gun in
the position of charge bayonet. ] had
her cooked, my thumb was ON the ham
mer to prevent premature discharge, my
finger ON the trigger ready for any emer-
gency. As we were running up the hill,
expecting to bounce a Johnny every
minute, suddenly one came from behind
large oak tree with double-barreled |
shotgun in hand, and | didn't ask him
to surrender, but pulled the trigger from
the position my gun was in, and he fell |
almost on me. On examination, both |
barrels were loaded with buckshot.
In this affair we lost eight killed and
four times as many wounded | was
told by Judge Davis, of Howard Coun-
ty, that their wounded would reach 200. |
On the following day we went to
Roanoke and placed four of their
wealthiest rebel citizens jointly under
bonds of 100000 for the safety of the |
doctors life and property who had |
guided us to their camp.
While some of the boys were on picket |
on the outskirts of the town colored |
woman came around the corner of the |
house and beckoned to the boys to come |
there She told them that the house
was full of women making a rebel flag,
and the boys stepped in and relieved |
them of the flag.
The rebels left us large amount of |
rifles and shotguns, 200 of the best horses
/ ever saw tied on one line, together |
with their tents, camp and garrison, and |
a lot Of mems clothing, all of which we
destroyed
We returned to Bonneville, and from
thence to Otterville, where we were en-
gagged in
SCOUTING THE COUNTRY,
in company with Maj. Kitchen, with |
battalion of State militia.
When our troops began to concentrate |
at St. Louis preparatory for move up I
the Tennessee River, we were placed in
charge Of 200 wagons and guarded them
overland to St. Louis. We came down |
the south side of the river till we reached
Jefferson City, where we ferried the Mis-
souri, River to the north side. After
crossing the river we continued on the
north side till We reached St. Charles, at
the intersection of the Missouri with the
Mississippi River, crossing back to the
south side Feb. 22, 1862, and reached
St Louis on the 23d, and went into
camp at Benton Barracks. After rest
ing few days we were ordered into the
city and quartered in four-story build
ing on Chestnut street, and did duty at |
Gen. Halleck's Headquarters, and also
furnished Orderlies at Gen. Schofeld's
Headquarters, who was in command Of
the Department of Missouri.
We remained here until the 7th of
April, when we boarded the steamer
Continental with Gen. Halleck and staff,
two other companies of Illinois cavalry,
and battery, with horses, mules, and
wagons complete.
The first night after landing at Pitts
burg Landing, and just after taps, the
Captain called to me: "Orderly, form
the company and bring them here" ooh,
my, but it was rainingD | formed the
company and marched them to the Cap
tain's headquarters, where they were
turned over to some Lieutenant and
marched down to the river and were put
to unloading steamboat
1t rained all night, and the men were
boot-top deep wherever they put their
feet. What beautiful spectacle they
presented for Generals escort, who
were required to have their clothes