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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 110 (search)
Fourth Indiana. Second division. Brigadier-General P. I. Osterhaus, commanding. First brigade, Col. L. the river, in order to let in Gen. Smith's and Gen. Osterhaus's divisions of Gen. Morgan's corps, on the leftn of the bridge mentioned. During the night, Gen. Osterhaus bivouacked his division near the landing, in a isions were formed on its left. One brigade of Gen. Osterhaus's division, Col. Sheldon commanding, formed the, Lieutenant Webster commanding, was posted by General Osterhaus near the river-bank, within eight hundred yardfire. These results are not only recounted by General Osterhaus as important in themselves, but as bearing honith the enemy. Meanwhile Col. Sheldon, under Gen. Osterhaus's opportune direction, had ordered up Cooley's nd strategic talent; while Generals Steele, Smith, Osterhaus, and Stuart, and the several brigade commanders, dge's and Landrum's brigades, Sheldon's brigade, in Osterhaus's division, resting on the river-bank, the extreme
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 190 (search)
in the morning, holding him in check until the arrival of Osterhaus's division. Captain Charles, company H, Eighteenth Indle route could be found. Descending the bayou, I met General Osterhaus coming up from the river on the same business, and on order of march by divisions being: Carr's, (Fourteenth,) Osterhaus's, (Ninth,) Hovey's, (Twelfth,) Smith's, (Tenth.) The orgwn the road cautiously, and hold it until relieved by General Osterhaus's command, which had been ordered up, and then, withosmall arms and artillery. Owing to the promptness of General Osterhaus, the Major's fight, though spirited, was of short durngers and glory of the fight on the extreme right. General Osterhaus having thus secured our rear, by special direction ofn, when an order was received to go to the support of General Osterhaus, on the extreme left. While in the prompt execution General Grant to remain where I was for the present, General Osterhaus having driven the rebels. Accordingly the men had ju
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 202 (search)
divisions of his corps, was at Jackson, but was understood to have marching orders for this morning; Generals McArthur, Osterhaus, and Blair, with their respective divisions, were in the vicinity of Raymond, or to the left of Hovey. The rebels, in is spoken of in the highest terms by his superior officers. While Logan and Hovey were busy on the right and centre, Osterhaus and Carr were doing their work finely on the left. They took a full share in the engagement. Osterhaus opened the figOsterhaus opened the fight early in the morning. He could not get a very good position for his battery, while the enemy were so situated that they could bring their guns to bear directly upon his advancing columns. These two divisions were held at bay during a portion of the day, but finally forced their way forward and drove the rebels back. The casualties in the commands of Generals Osterhaus and Carr were much smaller than in Hovey's and Logan's divisions. General A. J. Smith occupied a position on the extr
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 203 (search)
. Hastily deploying a heavy line of skirmishers to the right of the road, backed up by the two brigades of Carr's division in line of battle behind it, with General Osterhaus's division on the left of the road similarly disposed, General McClernand gave the order to advance. Soon in the depths of the thick forest the skirmishers ied with vigor and spirit. Almost the first shot dropped in the caisson belonging to Foster's Wisconsin battery and exploded its contents, slightly wounding General Osterhaus and Captain Foster, of the battery, and very seriously injuring two gunners. General Osterhaus being thus disabled, the command of his division was temporarGeneral Osterhaus being thus disabled, the command of his division was temporarily given to Brigadier-General A. L. Lee. After skirmishing had continued for an hour, during which the enemy gave way and sought the cover of his intrenchments, the order was given to the several brigade commanders on the right to advance and charge the enemy's works. The order was received with cheers and shouts and the Twent
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 210 (search)
battery, brought up one of his pieces by hand close to the enemy's works, and double-shotting it, poured a deadly discharge into the enemy's ranks. This feat was a worthy parallel to Sergeant Griffith. All this was on my right. On my left Osterhaus's division formed the advance, supported by one brigade of General Hovey's — the other brigade having been left behind, under General Grant's order at Big Black. The movement of these forces was obliquely toward the point of attack, in front o by his staff, rode up to the ravine from the railroad, stopping just below the crest of the hill, and sat like a statue while around him passed the hissing hail of lead. Lawler's brigade, on the left, advanced nearly to the works, and while Osterhaus's division was falling back, Landrum's brigade rushed down the hill through the ravine and commenced ascending the hill on which that fort was situated, amid the concentrated fire of a half-dozen forts. The Twenty-second Iowa had planted their