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: 86
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86 WEST TENN. AND NORTHERN MISS. [Ca. XX11.
regiments and the battery of the brigade; also list of the killed and
wounded and missing.* I am unable to speak of what was done by the
other regiments of the brigade, as they were detached from it.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOS. A. MOWER,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
Maj. W. DEAN COLMAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
No. 14.
Report of Maj. Robert A. Gillmore, Twenty-sixth Illinois Infantry.
HDQRS. TWENTY-SIXTH REGT. ILLINOIS VOLS.,
Camp near Jacinto, Miss., September 22, 1862.
LIEUTENANT : I have the honor to transmit the following report of
this regiment, under command of Maj. R. A. Gillmore, during the en-
gagement on September 19, near Iuka, Miss.:
Were ordered forward from the road into a corn field, there to ex-
tend the line to the right, by General Stanley in person. After holding
this position for about three-quarters of an hour Capt. Temple Clark,
assistant adjutant-general, ordered us to move by the right flank, file
left, into the woods in front of our former line; then move by the left
flank forward to the brow of a hill, where we remained during the
night. Kept skirmishers in front of our regiment all night. One lieu-
tenant (J. B. Brown, Company K) was wounded in the hip by a spent
ball. George Hall, private, Company K, was slightly wounded by a
spent ball. Philip Hill, private, Company K, wounded by a ball pass-
ing through the back of the left hand and through the right wrist. An-
drew Hughes and Charles J. Perkins, privates, Company G, slightly
wounded with spent balls.
I have the honor to be, lieutenant, very respectfully, your obedient
servant,
R. A. GILLMORE,
Major, Commanding Twenty-sixth Illinois Volunteers.
E. A. TUCKER, Adjutant.
No. 15.
Report of Lieut. Col. William A. Thrush, Forty-seventh Illi,,ois Infantry.
HDQRS. FORTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY,
Camp near Jacinto, Miss., September 22, 1862.
COLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the
part taken by the Forty-seventh Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry
in the battle of Iuka, fought on the evening of the 19th instant :
Arriving at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th within 4 miles
of the town of Iluka, we heard indiscriminate firing in front, and pro-
ceeded in line of march by the flank to within 3 miles of the town,
where our column was halted. At 4.20 p. m. heavy voilegs of musketry
and cannonading were heard in front, and immediately my regiment
* Embodied in revised statement, p. 78.
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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/m1/97/?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.