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The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1860., [Electronic resource], Army News (search)
r No. 11, and describes, in a pleasant manner, the chief engagements of the summer and fall. In the Department of the West, the services of Major Sedgewick's command against the Kiowas; in the Department of Texas, Lieut. Hazen's expedition, Corporal Collins' pluck, Major Heintzelman's operations, and other gallant actions; in the Department of New Mexico, the Navajo war furnishes several exciting chapters; in the Department of Utah, the late depredations committed upon emigrants; and in the Depin detail, and furnish innumerable evidences of the trials and energy of the soldiers. In enumerating instances of individual heroism, with which the little document is studded, the exploits of two Irishmen receive deserved prominence. One Patrick Collins, of the 2d Cavalry, attacked twelve Indians, killed one, wounded one mortally and two slightly, and routed the remainder; private Wheelan, of the 1st Cavalry, having been surrounded and attacked by nine Indians, and wounded in both legs, man