New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-11


and resulted in great loss ea both sides. Col. Tap
pans Arkansas regiment lost fifty or sixty killed
and about two hundred wounded. Orr regiment
fCos. Picketts Tennesseef sustained the next
heavrest caaualties killed being sixteen, and
wounded about one hundred. Col Pickett had
hs horse shot four times Our force, when we were
attscked, was about twenty-faas hEndred strong
under command Of Gen. Pillow ard after main
tanning our position against the assaults Of eight
thousand for two hours, and our anrsHaitfon being
exhausted, We retreated to the the river where we
were reinforced by Gen. Cheathanas brigade.
WatsoRs battery, which had: been taken by the
snsmy Tas then rnf g M aeE great loss and
Of the battery was streWn with the dead for han
dred yards. a$ss.-
Too mach credit cannot be AWARDED to Gen. Pill
low and Col. Pickett. '&E
: Among your acqnaintances injured are ]. L.
saffarans, badly Eounded;;J. g. Fsanie. shot in
the cheek, and the wound thought a bad onez
Capt. Irby, in the lungs aLfeHt. Coieman' in the
bowels zs
The 154th Tennessee regimaas lost one killed
and wounded Nv
We have not found more thaa eighty-f7e killed,
but think there will be about enc hundred and
fifteen killed and lost, and four hundred wounded.
The battle field certainly looks gloomy By moon
light, andwe cannot but expect tkecss1wiA present
a more horrible sight BY daylight.
We lost one of our eannons-ths horses became
frightened and ran into the river. TfTfii send you
further particulars after resting. 5as.P.
From the Avalanche Of the same date, we copy
the following account: ~
We have eonversea with Mr.. SsTzuei Harman,
OF the Washington Eases, of this city, who was
eyewitness of the battle at+CoIsgahas and frora
him we gather the following interesting particH-
lars ~"
70 prevent the Feaerals from exciting batteries,
| on the Missouri sheFe opposite Columbus, and to
| act as scoEs, Col. Tappan's Arkansas regiment,
Col. Markas Louisisna regiment, azssso cavalry,
had beensder months encamped On the Missouri
shore opposite colambns.
! GFromssur special correspondent who Left Col.
Marks regiment few days ago. we learn at that
time no zibusianians were, encEpez on the Mis-
souri, skere ezssps. the Wassoas4B 4Batery-Edy
Cres.3I 6e@
News vas bre1ght to the enGampcaent about q
| O'Clock on Thursday morning, that the enemy was
coming upon them in large force and was actually
| only three miles distant. Immsdiately information
| of the fact was sent TO Columbus, when Gen.
Pillow, with Gels. Picketts, RIssells and Nrgat's.
regmsn and Logwood,s cavalry, were trans
| ported 10 the Missouri shore. They had only
Handed stand gone about halF llefro the boats,
when the enemy appeared iisfEl force in the
woods: and the fighting Immediately commenced.
The light battery which had been 81 ationed the
Missouri shore was first branght iato requisition,
but .as enemy kept advancing and driving in our
force as they moved. till finally BY 12;o'cleck,
they had taken our battery and entire encamp-
ment, ouF troops being forcads undss the blsss TO-
The eneay, flushed with v,otosg, then: partially
u ceased their pursuit. and engaged IN setting fire to
i our tents, taking prisoners and committing other
depradations. They shortly aftsr opened 6 fre
upon,t the steamers Prince andGaarm, which were
engaged in bringing oveE reinfoscements, sending
'Isaba4 through the whee!raonsae OF both, bEEsnot
in;tGing either. This act ledonr friends at Column
;. bas to, suspect that our aide had been repaised
and Immediately heagE cauabnade was opened
from the Columbus side on the enemy then inour
= camp on the Missouri saoce. The 128-po1nder.did
fearful execution In tie naaatime Gen, P,liow,
e having been reinforced by Col. Carros, Walkers,
Y Fresman's Stephens and tho 18th Louisiana regi-
e meats, reformed his forces. about mile above our
= eneampment, on. the river. and execussd q flank
& 4 aso5ement on the enemy raeapured Cur. battery,
It. and gaantly driving the Federals before him
e EwAh great slaughter. When, about o'clock, he
was still farther rainforesa BY Col Smiths =, 1egl
}, mand of Gen. Chsatham,, who, on leading on the
s Missouri side, breiiE but eoquentiT Appealed to
them the s9s stol n aPs m sns ssS sia
IS soon caught up with the aying energy land in con-
junction with Logwooas cavalry battalion, pur.
y sued and cut them down to withia hfty yard1siof
IL the gunboa1s on which, the enemy ebarked=-sfhe
a. enemy meanwhile. keeping up mast terihc can
r. Ronade upon our psssuing host, from the gun
w boats. y
h. We captu1els a large lot of 2zampntor4. and
ID two thousand stand Of arms, foE pieces of artI
ne lery, besides kpapsasks, wagons andover-
IL coats withcat number.
ed ments, fifteen pieces of light astillery anaas
cavalry. This rePart OF their force IS tro5a prs
as oners talsen We had in the f5hs at first cay Col
he Tappan's 18th Arkansas regiment C.i FEasman's
re 22d regiment, Col. ] Knox Walkers I'd and Col
he Picketts lst regiment, in ALL about 250C effective
lie men. These compose the Lady who fsnSed the
ne enemy and recovered the battery. tha-had beer
nc lost, andswere driving theIa before, thsm, Whei
Cheetham's rsinforcemente- came mp, and adding
his to their discontinue, made themretEsas n doubt
to quick. time. ..-,
Nj Harmon says that when he lsiF the scene
tea abent u O'Clock Thursday night, oTs hundred
no ors killed had been breueht in, aadit was sup
posed that there were from fifty toaons hundre
H. more scattered about upon the field he estimate
ON the wounded on our side at from Es.handred an
re Was Shot ali to pieces or PickRt vas shot b
he tween the shoulder a2d breast asajop j. g. Fanle
yas aid Pillow, had the lower jaa ons on the rgf
side shot off Capt. Saifrans wss,badly woandet
MS but was not dead uto u o'cQGi1 Thursday night
.te Iieusenant j. Walker, son of Samuel P. Walker
ers was badly wounded in the rightaeg: Capt. Ease,
IN of company D, CAROLS RegStsna, recessed tw
lies bullets IN his right breast and Capt. j. I. Layton
wn OF the Liberty Guards, PicSesfs Regiment, WI
badly wounded, being shot iaathe shouldss. Cap
,m- Taylor. of Pie&ett's Regiment, was dangerous
,es. wounded, being shot in the abdomen.
to The whole teld was covsrad with slam Federal
su It is supposed that from f9ar 70 five hundred Fe
ex> erals at leasewere killed snd as many wounded
Over two hundred prissaars had been broughs
aok Thursday night. 1T is sangosed that the eaerr
Ear lost in killaa wounded sad prisoners at lea5 o'
4eir thousand. .-t
ade DoughertT in comman ioS brigade, Gen. Sowhn
he's Col. Brford. a Leasenant- Colonel. Captain
= Artillery and a nuaaaS OF eommiss'one ! 4oiaeer
the From other sources we learn the toll4&lng pa
Hes. tculars of the wounded
mar Major Thomas St okes. of Col. Watki sregimel
fnae Cant Eby aud Liaut. William CoaAan, of I
III
oktv settIa company, 4re reported killed. Col Prsst
$ Of ha 4 his horse saot ander M him Sergeant Sam, Sam
man Sfoll, hppe,t My siyt .s4.; toe4st anS ~
er to .sfaAer, III osHttp. " n s So@fsphf, ~hS' ~
It is fortunate that the FeGsSals made this
be tack at the snle they did, for apothog day wo
wina nave loaho large pofooh Ill our ssfces oh
N ri way to Pa6alah.
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can The singular development il is said was mad
few days ago in Was,lingtap, in respect to. Ris
lam cartridqea given ont tc some cS the cavalry t
this 49,, - au,a -" ;th -n5ooae, ut,os 8
nnie lhey "S4s h"ea. so'ss 'Esu 49,. ~ "a a.,
!, al others with tnrnip sess This ecpses the Woo
ISve nutmeg fraud of the Connecticut sharpers.
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the A EtIT AT THE2C 4wARpI.r lASKEEss--ihe Be-
0nno Klsdderadatsch parodying seeaa' IN aoetf
Rer Fsust, has the tollCwiRg
SCENE FR4A THE SEAT OF MAE; IN AMERICA.
regi- COMMANDMENTS Ca!sf-Nfr General, Moala-yo
lndeG kind enough TO attack the enemy I? &.
I9E~ Generalr-Let NE see, what to-day It Is not