tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180209196972789673.post6327056134025621330..comments2016-12-26T17:32:46.374-08:00Comments on Civil War Journey: September 25th, 1862BillyBuddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453174066204837425noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180209196972789673.post-36902732672541613532010-12-05T15:20:19.905-08:002010-12-05T15:20:19.905-08:00It was Col. Boomer of the 26th Missouri:
"Com...It was Col. Boomer of the 26th Missouri:<br />"Companies A and B of the 26th Missouri were thrown out as skirmishers, and the report was sent to General Hamilton that the rebels were in full force in two lines of battle<br /><br />Colonel Boomer, of the 26th, was impatient to meet the enemy and asked permission to send the regiment in advance to meet the Confederates.<br /><br />The right wing of the regiment under Lieut.-Colonel Holman was ordered to press forward, and had gone but a short distance when Price’s artillery opened a terrific fire upon it, when it was ordered to fall back to the rear. The right wing of the 26th was not further engaged during the battle.<br /><br />The brigade was ordered into position, and the left wing of the 26th Missouri and the 5dth Iowa Infantry were rushed up to support the 11th Ohio Battery. The rebels determined to force our line and moved into the desolating fire that met them with unfaltering courage. As they came within close range, that single battery, the 11th Ohio, opened on them with grape and canister. The guns were worked with great rapidity, and at each discharge gaps opened in the dense ranks, but they closed up again and the hostile line swept steadily forward. At length the 48th Indiana pressed by three times its number – its gallant commander cut down – fell back in disorder. This left the 11th Ohio death-dealing battery exposed, and with an exultant shout the enemy sprung upon it. The Confederates received the battery’s canister and grape without flinching, and swept over it and captured it; but not till every officer, and nearly every gunner was killed or wounded, and not a horse left standing.<br /><br />Our forces rallied, and sent the rebels back to cover. Maddened by their loss the rebels rallied, and with yells precipitated themselves upon the Union force and recovered the battery, but they were met with such an overwhelming fire that they were unable to take the battery away. Around these guns the battle raged with awful fury. Every flank movement of the enemy was promptly stopped, and they were compelled to fight it out in front, and from five o’clock till dark, the 5th Iowa, and 11th and 26th Missouri held that single road. During the night, the Confederates evacuated the place, leaving many of their wounded behind them, and their dead were interred by the Union burial parties.<br /><br />Colonel Boomer, while leading the left wing of the 26th Missouri, was wounded by a rifle ball, in the left lung, and carried off the field. The other officers wounded in this engagement were Captain R. C. Crowell, Captain B. D. Dean, (in three places,) Lieutenant Denny and Lieutenant Maupin. Lieutenant Crowe had seven bullet holes in his blouse. First Sergeant Alonzo Bliss and Second Sergeant"<br /><br />Taken from Rootweb history of the 26th MissouriBillyBuddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453174066204837425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180209196972789673.post-54627358887828544672010-12-05T14:52:47.327-08:002010-12-05T14:52:47.327-08:00"I regret to report the severe wounding of Co..."I regret to report the severe wounding of Colonel Chambers by gunshot wounds in the shoulder and neck, toward the close of the action. He was taken prisoner at the time of receiving the wounds, but was left by the enemy in the hospital at Iuka." <br /><br /> I have the honor to enclose herewith a list of the killed, wounded and missing of the Sixteenth Iowa Infantry at the late action near Iuka, as complete as it can be made at this time, summing up, killed 14, wounded 48, missing 14.+ The regiment went into the battle with about 350 men, exclusive of details made to take care of the wounded. <br /><br /> Very respectfully your obedient servant, ADD. H. SANDERS, <br /> Lieut. Col. Comd'g Sixteenth Iowa Infantry.BillyBuddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453174066204837425noreply@blogger.com