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From the Army of the Frontier.[Oorre.*}oruk'iK'U i f the 1?c*r.]BATTL K OJ.* (’A N t:‘ IJtS.L. AUK AN,-5 AS.I- i *1 Ii nvviMrWl\\\rrc-i nP'«m, :; m-?u11 Ort ii CiS«liet y ,vr] hi* MihriiMii;, us lln4 sun is - li n I i i ixv urn i, :i?niH ii.' it is wjirtn u» wmU* without a jsi No Ijv, i wiil \\ r i! i - tu \n\\. IV k*ju] Ii..;ijh) I vi* \'tu n hrii't ii's;;ri pt * « r. «1 I fin* r ii i imils »T i.‘m hit m| l Vn■ ! r- ■ 111.Li*r• |This division i.f tin* rnniii'-'r jimmy, coin- |hiaiuh'd J• v (Jan. burnt, lias srea, pt'l'hujjhmn* si*r t id1 Iha a smv (\ h• r 11i is \*• m . t- • j' I ha*s1uu't. fofcot1 1T tiuu* in whiHi it lu»S E^»■ n in tin* li«-hi, \V».! t*a t j i »* int.** Wa-ln r” ton cun- j | 5V ii tlih l-Jth of N * ‘ X *' m anil nnrntn j*a.d• *11 u '-tnall pra'.rir,—u ciifisrti ]jo.*u.mn ho h:iH Sr« a.S our si; on Is tin* jup*rt I tan I. \thir n*lnT (-Jan. .Hint! was tsisiruhiu^c oh iJHus xvil h t'Vaalv ihi'usaiid man. SwhsaqwnnI I tv • *looming pm'lies sen I out proved finiL he had ; f,, hailed at Cane iliii. Ori llu 2oih Novftn- !iher 1 wa.-- s«*iV1, nut with one hundred men! from the 3rd Wbunr.sin cavalry, a net joiner.! .Miij'»r Perringtiui, witli fifty-men from the i ,y 2nd Uhits Cavalry. We h'ft camp about two ! p. in., with Ion days ration.4, unc! proceeded in the direction of Cano £ I ill. When some jiuvijfi miles from our camp we-struck a ifiiv- : airy trail, which proved to be that of four ; hundred imbeds. Wo purSticd them, anti as the suii was going dow u we overtook thorn. The lirst, intimation we hud of them, a shot from their ranr-guard, loud in it.-? report, told us to bo careful. It. was now comitie, on dark, and our position was in a road with a steep hill on the right and ft.high fence on the left. Down with the 'fence was the order, arid in an instant the fence was clown, hori?es and ridors over in 11)a iieid, tind ft line-was formed. But the play was over. We pursued the enemy, and about half a mile from where the first shot fell a-volleyI d1 tliO'W lt;« fJ-i Iocut!ntIvtinit 1SIsJ1:was poured into us from the bushes. YYe j r(need into line and returned the fire, with what effect wo have not learned. They aimed to shoot 11s from our horse?, and over-shot, though buck-shot and bullets (lew’ among us like bees from a hivo. We fol-lowed them through another field, the end of which Was covered by a bemuUu! grove.It was now star-light. We expected hero to meet them in a hand-to-hand tight. .Major Perring! on ordered for tv men to dismount. Several platoons mounted to protect our dismounted men. Into the woods wo went. The firing commenced, and the stillness of j} s
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Whitewater Register
Whitewater, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jan 09, 1863
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