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the dry streets the rain I spoke of not having reached Iuca. The citizens of Iuca especialy the females and negroes was in a frantick state of alarm. When we arived at the scene of action we found that the rebel cav. had been quite up to the breast-works but had fell back to a long gunshot. Our reg. immediately passed out formed in line and charged. We drove the rebels over a mile where they were strongly reinforced insomuch that they outflanked us both on the right and left. Co. D was on the extreme right and for a little while we were in pretty close quarters there first thing we knew we were left unsuported the order having been given to pull back without our hearing it and before we were aware of our predicament the rebels were well nigh all around us and then we skedadled. A great many rebels fired at us at not more than ten paces distant yet there was not a man in Co. D killed but the Co. lost three men taken prisoners had sevral horses wounded and lost on in the mud. We fell back and formed in line in front of the breastworks and stood there all day but there was but little more firing. In the evening we reconoitered out over a mile on the road the rebels had came in on and a part of Co. D, Wm. and I among the number was left on picket. Nothing of importance occured during the night of importance but early in the morning we heard a gun a short distance in advance of us and a few minutes after we saw the rebels advancing. We fired upon them whereupon they fronted into line without halting or resuming the fire. We fired as fast as possible and fell back as slow as we could. The union force at Iuca consisted of the 8th Wis. infantry two companies of sharp shooters two guns and about one half of our cav. A rebel we took at Ripley the other day said they had three reg.s of cav. and a large force a few miles back. . Colonel Murphy of the 8th Wis. was in command. On the morning of the 14th as we were driven in off picket we were astonished to find the town wholy evacuated a large amt. of flour, salt and cotton being left behind. There was about twelve of us in Iuca and a large force of rebels in sight. We concluded not to hold the place so we skedadled in a hury and after running about four miles we came up with the rear-guard. Major Nelson having been hurt the day before Capt. Webster was in charge of the rear guard and more than that he was as drunk as whiskey could well make him which accounted for our being left on picket the way we was. The rebels fired upon us some during the day dident do much hurt