The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 81
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and advanced the next morning on the town. When within about a
half mile the rear guard of the enemy was discovered leaving. One
section of Captain Powell's battery was ordered forward, placed in posi.
tion, and opened upon them with case-shot, causing a hasty flight and
much confusion in their ranks.
I would call the attention of the commanding general to the manner
in which Lieutenant Sears and his officers and men behaved during the
battle. One officer and 16 men were killed at their pieces, several of
them being bayoneted by the enemy. I cannot speak in too high terms
of the bravery of the officers and men in this battery. Lieutenant Im r
mell, First Missouri Light Artillery, and Colonel Perczel's regiment,
Tenth Iowa, also deserve particular mention. They remained until they
heard the roar from the enemy in the bushes on their right, and Colonel
Perczel deemed it prudent to send the section back, fearing they would
be cut off. Colonel Perczel remained with his command on the field
during the night.*
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. L. LOTHROP,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Artillery.
Lieut. Col. H. G. KENNETT,
Chief of Staff Army of the Mississippi.
No. 7.
Report of Brig. Gen. David S. Stanley, U. S. Army, commanding Second
Division.
HDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Camp near Jacinto, Miss., September 24, 1862.
COLONEL: I have the honor to report, for the information of the major-
general commanding the right wing, that the Second Division, consist-
ing of the First Brigade, Colonel Fuller commanding, and the Second
Brigade, Colonel Mower commanding, left our camp on Clear Creek on
the 18th instant, with three days' cooked rations and 100 rounds of am-
munition to each man, and marched the same day by the way of Pat-
rick's, on the Burnsville road, when we turned and marched to within 1
mile of J acinto.
Early the next morning we followed General Hamilton's division on
the Tuscumbia road to Barnett's. At 2 p. m. the head of the column
took the direct road to Iuka. At 4.30 p. m. the enemy opened fire, and
the division was pushed rapidly to the front. Arriving under fire, we
found General Hamilton's entire division engaged and hard pressed.
Colonel Mower, commanding the Second Brigade, was ordered into im-
mediate action by General IRosecrans, and by some mistake carried in
only. his own regiment, the Eleventh Missouri. They immediately be-
came heavily engaged. The Forty-seventh Illinois, Colonel Thrush
commanding, formed on the left of the Eleventh Missouri. The Twenty-
sixth Illinois was formed on the right and retired. The Eighth Wis-
consin and three Ohio regiments (the Twenty-seventh, Forty-third, and
Sixty-third) were held in reserve. The Thirty-ninth Ohio was carried
* Nominal list of casualties omitted shows 16 killed, 38 wounded, and 3 missing;
total, 57.
6 R B-VOL XVII81
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1886; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154626/m1/92/?q=%221862%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.