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: 82
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WEST TENN. AND NORTHERN MISS.
forward and posted close to the enemy on the right-hand :oad. This
was the disposition of the troops of my division.
The only regiment that became heavily engaged was the Eleventh
Missouri. This regiment stood its ground under a storm of musketry,
which they repaid with double interest. The other regiments of the
division were more or less engaged, the officers and men all behaving
with great gallantry. The attention of the general commanding is
called to the gallant conduct of Col. J. A. Mower, commanding the
Second Brigade, and Major Weber, commanding the Eleventh Missouri.
It is a subject of regret to our officers and men that the coming on of
darkness prevented their having the opportunity more fully to engage
our wicked rebel enemy. During the night Col. J. L. Kirby Smith was
very efficient in posting the artillery of the division, ready to renew the
fight in the morning; but at dawn the enemy had entirely disappeared,
leaving his dead and wounded. A pursuit of 1 mile brought us in sight
of his rear guard in the village of Iuka. Colonel Fuller's brigade led,
and I immediately made dispositions to attack; but a few rounds from
Powell'P battery sent the enemy flying, and no further sight of them
was had that day, they being in full retreat on the Fulton road.
Inclosed you will find reports of brigade, regimental, and battery
commanders; also lists of killed and wounded.* The latter have been
duplicated by the division surgeon, Dr. Crane.
My obligations are due the members of my staff, Capt. W. D. Col-
man, assistant adjutant-general, and Lieuts. C. L. Smiedel and W. H.
Sinclair, aides, for efficient and useful service on the field.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
D. S. STANLEY,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Lieut. Col. H. G. KENNETT,
Chief of Staff, Army of the Mississippi.
No. 8.
Report of Col. John W. Fuller, Twenty-seventh Ohio Infantry, command.
ing First Brigade.
HDQRS. FIRST BRIG., SECOND Div., ARMY OF THE MISS.,
September 23, 1862.
MAJOR: In obedience to orders I have the honor to report that my
command formed the rear of the column during the march upon Iuka,
on the 19th instant, moving in the following order: The Thirty-ninth
Ohio Infantry, Colonel Gilbert; Light Company F, Second U. S. Artil-
lery, Captain Maurice; Twenty-seventh Ohio Infantry, Major Spaul-
ding; Sixty-third Ohio Infantry, Colonel Sprague; Battery M, First
Missouri Light Artillery, Captain Powell; section of battery, Eighth
Wisconsin, Lieutenant McLean, and Forty-third Ohio Infantry, Colonel
Smith. When within about 3 miles of Iuka we were halted in the road,
and the batteries were moved to the right of the road and placed in po-
sition near the edge of the woods and on the hill which overlooked the
open field directly south of the scene of the action. At sunset I re-
ceived orders to advance immediately to the front. As soon as the
* Embodied in revised statement, pp. 77-78.82
[CHAP. XXI .
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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/m1/93/?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.