The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1860., [Electronic resource]

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Army News

--The War Department has just issued in pamphlet form, a tribute to the bravery, endurance, and patriotism of that portion of the United States Army which has been recently engaged in conflict with the Indians. It is called Order 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 Department of California, the incursions of the Paintes, Bannocks, and Shoshones, are commented upon in 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, managed to kill two of the enemy, and broke three sabres in the skulls of his assailants, when three of his comrades gallantly rescued him.