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THE BATTLE OMHAPLIH ®ILL8.?A WEIil-WBlTTJBW-.r ACCOtXNT. _•Gallantry ot Hie.Wa6^ Regiments.rCoxreapondtnce of the Jownal.]Battl^Field,1 Oct. 8^1862. Wheu lime 6b(iU have formatted’ an op-portocity for truth’of'defaij, the incidents ot the battle ot •’yesterday in',the hills -where the now £lorilt;W Third Division lies, the battle of OhVplin^Hills’wiU be re*' corded a5* one of the hardest contested and bloodiest conflicts^ lot ‘this., war. In all its. feature* and incidents'' desperate—in its conduct reflectingihoji.or, and glory on. the gallant Brigadier who commanded nod thebrave men who fought-it, tb|s battle willhe known for its terrible casnaHie-i on botb nides, and for the'fcry with -whicliitacQen?€ masses of*de?pfcrate rebate Jjurlccithemselves against the. little baud.oi determined men who.-repulsed thorn so,bloodily. Toe long lists/f killed and wounded will tel! bow braye3y.’(,ou’r. men.fought. The battle-field this moroiog reveals hundreds of evideDcea of how • the- rebelsfought. ,7-THE PKBLIMINART MOVEMENTS*The Third Division-of general Lovell, 111., Rousseau aiPl, that of Gen. Jus. S. Jackson, left Lmisville on £he 1st of October, and on the night of tha 7th encamped at Maokvilie, ,-in WashingtoncooDty. On the mormng of the 8th thecorps commander, - Maj. Geo. Alex. McD. McUook, ordered the march to be-resumed and oidered General Rousseau to take theadvance. • ’The route taken*was southwest to P«r-ryville, in Boyle '‘county, ’where it was understood I ho two columns of Orittenden and Gilbert, Second and Third carps d'ar-mee, were encamped, with the rebeharmy of Bragg between/hem,and Harrodaburg. The rebei leit, it has 3ince been discovered, rested at Perry vslle, and the right at, a_ ^ ! k AM » lt;1/. J 4V\I I Vlbut it had, been stripped and rifled by the ■enemy. '-Shortly alter Gen. Terrill, while .attempting to rUly his broken column, !wds struck in the left shoulder by a shell, aqd has since died of bis wound. Many of the men of, Terrill’s brigade were left 'on Ibe field, and-the column suffered severely,in wounded..STARKWEATHER INTO WNE,The' brigade of Terrill, broken and scattered, fkeiog to the rear, Geo. Ros-seflu hastily gob Starkweather into posL tion on the line originally chosen by him. At the same time, wlnle his orders were being obeyed by Starkweather, Gen. Ros-seau endeavored, but in vain, to rally the retreating column of Terrill. He drew his sword and attempted to drive them back, but his efforts were fruitless. His eword'was broken in the attempt to drive back the panic-stricken and raw troops. They fled in confUnion many miles to the rearj and by night are said to have been m Springfield.Gen. Kusseau returned to the brigade of Ool, Starkweather, and pushed it forward to the west of the hill under which it bad been stationed. Capt. Stone’s 1stKentucky and Capt. Bosh’s 4th Indiana buttery were placed on the summit overlooking the valley in the front. The Fir»t Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. Bingham, on the left, and the Seventy moth Pennsylvania, Ool. Hambright, on the right, supported the batteries, while the Twenty-first Wisconsin, Col. Sweet, and the Twenty fourth Illinois, Capt. Mauf commanding, were on the extreme right ot the brigade. This* line was finely formed. Capt. Stone’s battery was soon in play aud did splendid execution. The First Wisconsin was a noble support, and the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania left, nearly a hundred noble fellows on the field while supporting Capt, Bash’s battery.THE ENGAGEMENT BEOOM23 GENERAL.By this time the whole lines had become engaged, and the rebels found themselvesf rivnl hw a solid Hue. single, it is
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Richland County Observer
Richland Center, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Oct 24, 1862
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