New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-06

incautously in misses over the bill top. Our H.
poundef, several times during the action, by ts
well directed discharges 5f grape, prevented their
cavalry from making a. charge down our centre
ment of their infantry advanced down the bill
through the corndeid,2 Immediately II front OF
ow poSga hs l oneea@sd@ @ pen bsh'nd me r =
The ensny,s advance guard Of one company
stopped when within sixty ards Of our line, wlIen
after particularly eautionng his men to shoot low
and take deliberate aim he gave the order to IRE
when At, least seventy ot them Bit the dust Ine
balance of the regiment soon took their place. Dut
in few minutes broke and fed to therear Of the
field. gain they returned; but now two flags,
.denotiDg twoiregimeDts, came to the atfac btt
again they were compel ed to give way before the
deliberate and careful firing Of our men. II the
early part Of the, action they overshot and our
men assert that they frequently fired Ut readya
The nature Of the ground somewhat favored our
men, the enemy being on the descending ground 1
third regiment was brought in the field against our
lite band of only 800 AFT told, that they were able
steadily to return oursfre. About this time the
chiyalrous Lowe was shot through the head and
sank to the ground without making sign. Though
many of our men by this tine were out of powder,
they showed no signs. of fear, and only when the
Lieutenant Colonel gave the order to fall back TO
the woods in rear Of the f2.pounder, did they move
from their places In crossing the open space in
the rear is where we lost most, in all, sixteen
Killed. Er 19sqA,9t &a.sf't Hsz aessaa'9 % ~
These men; viii bat seW %aesp ptidna Re lleA, ,re
mediately In the rear Of our lines, and in short
time afterwards were again under command. In
the meantime, shot and shelwere raiued upon the
l2pounder SO fast that the timber was soon bro
ken and the horses so repeatedly wounded that
| they could not be held to their places, butran
away with both it and the casson. Every one
about the gun had either left or been wounded by
this time, except Lieut.. Harris and his Sergeant.
| "A few minutes after, the latter was shot through
the head while attempting to mount his horse.
II Hqrra thfNtlU a lnnQ VAT
showering grape upon the close ranks of the enc
| my as they advanced upon him.. At last his am.
munision gave out, and he stood resting against
tree, he received orders if he could not bring on
| his gun, To leave it. At this moment, Browns
| Battalion, which had been placed in the rear Of
the gun, came on at a double quick, to cover the
retreat Of Lows command They attempted to
take off the gun by hand and actually did drag it
up hill considerable distance, but were at last
forced to leave il to the tender nercies OF the enc
my as they received orders to take ground to the
rear and place themselves in ambush, while Farm
er's Second and Waugh,s Fourth were ordered to
cover the retreat, which was at this time com.
menced in good order. Their cavalry attempted
only once to charge, but paid so dearly for their
! temerty, that they were not heard from again !;
for Browns Battalion, in ambush with one volley
| moved them down as with scythe. er4 b.E&a
| The enemy at this time had eutfanked us on the
left our cavalry having retired too soon But they
| did not appear in great number, and seemed 10th
to engage us at clese quSrters !; for our men kept
excellent order, and no doubt looked too formid-
able to be trifed with They opened on us 9
desultory fire at long distance, to which we did
not reply, but moved quietly and quickly out Of
| danger .-..m-..,...,.
| Drs. Gauldin and Lambden, who had been left
with our killed and wounded, are just in, and re-
port that the enemy acknowledge to having 5000
infantry and two regiments cavalry, besides nine
1 guns. .."' ,''' "'s' 'T F''
| One Of our men, Just in from the neighborhood
of Cape Girardeau says that $500 men came by
the way Of that place. and 5000 landed at st. Gene
we've ana came py the way OF perryv,lle. Inc Inc
4 lost three men dead, which we brought to camp;
| the balance-l7 killed, az wounded. and Is miss
ing-fell into the enemy's hands. The enemy ac
a. seo he hea Than anu nS
we must have had 1000 men. The disposition o.
our forces was such. as to lead them into thai
4 error. .,. ,- ,s Al n,rs...... ., .. . r -. .
4 - remain, respectfully Al ,,,,,s .,,. re-.