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1862-02-19 Page 04

(4) pursue.  When we got there we found the 7th and 14th Iowa, the 25th and 52nd Ind Regiments occupying the earth works and eager for the enemy to come upon them.  Here we were orded by Genl Smith to form our Regiment out side of the breast works and to lay under their Cover all night ready to fight if attacked and "in the morning" said he "we will advance and drive them from the next tier of works or loose every man in my division".  We formed our men, those who remained, and there we lay, without shelter or fire, until dayliht during the time we looked around for our dead and wounded, and found Job Dunn J. Z. Neidy, Jas. Duckworth, A. J. Patterson Wm. Drake, and Joseph Rhodes laying upon the field dead, Phillip Stoner, our orderly with his arm broken so as to Compel amputation.  Pirtle and John Jones wounded severely in the groin, Fouts with a leg shot all to peaces since amputated.  Wert Stevens Gabriel Johnson, Sloan, Kinnick, Collier severely wounded and many others shot thought not so severely.  (I will here say our wounded are all geting along well)  About daylight we were supplied with ammunition and it was expected that we were goin to move forward,  But the enemy, Thank God, began to "Sound the bugle for the parley", and presently we saw moving every whare white flags,  It was Sabbath morning and we supposed they wanted to bury their dead,  But no, it was an unconditional surrender,

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(4) pursue. When we got there we found the 7th and 14th Iowa, the 25th and 52nd Ind Regiments occupying the earth works and eager for the enemy to come upon them. Here we were orded by Genl Smith to form our Regiment out side of the breast works and to lay under their Cover all night ready to fight if attacked and "in the morning" said he "we will advance and drive them from the next tier of works or loose every man in my division". We formed our men, those who remained, and there we lay, without shelter or fire, until dayliht during the time we looked around for our dead and wounded, and found Job Dunn J. Z. Neidy, Jas. Duckworth, A. J. Patterson Wm. Drake, and Joseph Rhodes laying upon the field dead, Phillip Stoner, our orderly with his arm broken so as to Compel amputation. Pirtle and John Jones wounded severely in the groin, Fouts with a leg shot all to peaces since amputated. Wert Stevens Gabriel Johnson, Sloan, Kinnick, Collier severely wounded and many others shot thought not so severely. (I will here say our wounded are all geting along well) About daylight we were supplied with ammunition and it was expected that we were goin to move forward, But the enemy, Thank God, began to "Sound the bugle for the parley", and presently we saw moving every whare white flags, It was Sabbath morning and we supposed they wanted to bury their dead, But no, it was an unconditional surrender,