The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-11-23

FULL AND AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS
ColtvBus. Nov 10. 1851

1851. a. Your columns lave already an.
u3unccd. was an eyentlnl day g. tie
Confederate cause IN the northwest
the advance ct the first column Of the
enemy" a. prisoner has remarked,
"upon Ne,c Orelns,' though more pr"p.
crly speaking upon Columbus. Thugs
bad worn their wonted aspect OF quiet,
up 10 d A. NJ, on that morning, with the
exception OF an occasional piece OF I'M
uad,ncc 90 the part OF the Llnculnttcs,
IA tie shape Of near approaches with
small bodies Of their men 20 our lines,
without any skirmishug however, ior
some two weeks.
On the morning Of the 7th, about 6
o'clock, boats were seen landing troops
some seven miles above Columbus, on
the opposite side Of OH" river, near Hon
tct's landing Information was immpdi-
atcly conveyed TO Headquarters, though
at first the impression prevailed that The
movement was but aa att. mpt 10 roo
some mans plantation an act u daring
which they have frequently accomplish.
cd heretofore. The uumhcr oi the boats
however. seemed 10 imply that they were
be- in that vicinity The Alex. scott
had frequently been seen on these mar.
audmg expeditions, but this time she
was accompanied by SIX other boats, IN.
GLIDING two guubeats, most OF them Of
heavy tonnase. The process Of dlscm.
harkation kept steadily progressing.
and hy the numbers landed It became
plain tha, our little force on the other
side OF the rlver-consistbg 81 Colonel
Iappau's 18th Arkansas regiment, W at
sous battery Col Bcitzhoover aud the
Bolivar Troupe, Capt Montgomery, and
Capt BOwics cavalry, OF Lieut. Colonel
MiIlcl's battalion OF Mississippi cavalry
were in imminent danger Of an at
tack Under THESE circumstances rein
iorccmcnts were atiily sent. consisting
, OF Col Ell Pickctts 2lst, Col j. y
Wrighrs 18th. Col fgccman's 22d, aud
b Col. J Knox Walkers % Tennessee
regiments On the landing OF these
troops they we're hastily formed IN line
ut battle on the border OF an old field
living Immediately behind the cncamp-
meut OF Col. Tappans regiment, sklr.
mishcrs being detailed from Col Pick
ctt's leglm, ut to press forward and eu.
gage the enemy at toe bead Of tine lake
Cot Frccman's regiment and Natsou'-
battery, Col Bctilhuovcr. occupying thc
ccltfc. with the 18Th Arkansas on th,
rght, and lAth Tennessee on the lrit
P All Of this had been Effected uy nine
O'clock. aud our troops on the othcf side
p at the tim, may bee estimated al ahuu,
t"" Thousand seven hundred m'r he
F., enemy at 'ueo' zen ' e'''h came "p'u
ON AaN "'e'' "".,h i'',lN'' 'ht'h WIN
, h'aN9 N'"'A % "uNA'ul' ana grad
b 4A''F ..'l "a. " ''" 'i' our in''h me inc
L'''''i''''' I'"'". ''e" up ''''' y
INV lht} came N'l''H 'AAt' uI l"t IMAM
ovu! ""''t 'N'H "',' -"'''l'''! l't'.'
co. 80" com. ''''" 10. ''''"E g.. lH'
! '""'Ne''! '"' ''.' ''N' %, ''' AT ,''''l )
'' '''n'''' our '''' 7''lo''H MINI! l''
h'"' "''" d '''' D" IN, '.s- ~ 'h'
j 1--WE " '' I'''.'"S ""i'''''' 'h' 'h'iiS
winch i i''' '''' i'''''h P'"''s ue'"e'i
-"' az" ~ '"'"~'""' VII" TWO "a"
'''''7 ', ."'''' ~ Jus INV '"'''1' COZ"
4, ~ @''' vac ms i''''' '"''' '''
""''
I'' '.''' 49,, ',',' '.''' W. IT ''''
80 '1' '''' '' '' T"
800 '., ~, H.. '"'-,.'''"'' ~ ''' ''f,'''.
49,, -, i'.''''.''' ~
IN ',r ''
~ '' ''' t''
W., ~ -, y - ,''''''.'' "a - =
'''',' ''' W
'"' '' ''" '"'