New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-31
THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 81, 1861
Gen. EweIl, who was nosted on the extreme right


been sent to birn, Gen. B. dispatched courier to
Gen. Ewell to inquire the reason why the latter
had failed to advance, and received reply from
Gen. E., stating he had not received any such
order The enemys attack having then become /
too strong, the left 70 warrant carrying out the
original plan, il would take three hours for Gen.
Ewelfs brigade to reach Centreyil!e, it became
necessary to alter the plan, change front on lne
left and bring up our reserves to that part OF Le
field. This movement was superntended in per
son by Gen. Johnston, Gen. BeauTegard remaining
to direct the movements III front.
At the time when Gen. Kirby Smith and Gen.
Early came up with their. divisions and appeared
on the right OF the enemy, our forces on the lett
occupied the cord OF the arc Of circle, OF which
the arc itself was occupied by the encmy-thc eX-
tremes of their lines fanking ours. The appear
ance Of Smiths and Ea1lys brigades, and their
charge on the enelnys right, broke the lines OF the
latter and threw them into confusion, when shortly
afterwards the Eout became complete.
Gen. Beauregard highly compliments General
(thcn CooneD EYans, commanding a brigade-and
now the hero of Leesburg-for the extraordinary
aptitude and great galiantry he displayed in his
movement from Stone Bridge to Sudley's Ford,
after receiving the enemy's first onset at Stone
Bridge Gen. Evans had only about one thousand
men, bat diVining that the enemy's movement was
a concentric one, and that his columns had gone
through the woods to the left, and would attempt TO
cross at Sudley's Ford he left at Stone Bridge four
hundred men, and fling off towards the ford at
'udley's with six hundred men, kept the enemy at
bay there for nearly an hour, although IN force
several thousand strong.
General Beauregard settles forever the various
questions 20 Iauch disputed respecting this battle
He acknowledges the great generosity of General
Johnston, in fully according to him (Gen. By the
right to carry out the plans he had formed with
relation to this campaign, in yielding the command
Of the field after examining and cordially approT-
ing the plan Of battle, and in the effective c0opera
ton which General Johnston SO chivalrousy eX
tended to him on that eyentful day.
He remarks thar the retreat Of our forces from
INN ia 70 hn gTlD
Of the 18TH is the first instance on record of voun-
teers retiring before an engagement and with the
object of giving battle in another position.
The numbers under his command on the 18th
July are set down at II GOO effective men, and on
2lst to 27 900, which includes GOO Of Johnston 5
army, and. 100 brought up by General Holmes
from Fredericksburg.
The killed on our side in this ever memorable
battle are stated in the report to have been in
| number 1888, and the wounded 1900.
The enemy's killed, wounded and prisoners, are
| estimated by General Beauregard at 4500, which
does not include the missing
The report is rather lengthy, and is accompanied
by another from Gen. Johnston, giving an account
OF the movements of his army at Winchester and
march to Manassas, also by the reports Of brigade
| commanders. 1t will be seen that the hero OF
Fort Sumter and Manassas can write as well as he
| can fght-that he wieldJ the pen of a Caesar as
| well as the sword Of a Wellington. In modesy
and bravery he eXemplifes the highest type OF a
| true soldier and has earned undying fame. The
|
merited, and will endear him more and more tC
men who are proud TO rally under his standard. II
| is none the least of Beauregard's merits that he
was willing to encounter an army so much larger
| and SO much better appointed than his own, anC
that he entertained the most unfaltering confidence
in troops which were as worthy Of their chiyalrlt
commander, as he was to lead so noble, so brave
| and 80 high-minded an army.
| The victory of Gen. Evans at Ieesburg, has
| added new luster to our arms. All honor to th
| unCOnquerabe spirit of the Mississippi and Fir
ginia troops, whose achievement has infused new
spirit into our legons, who pant as if held in leas
| to administer to Mcclellan as complete repuls
as was given to his predecessor, Mcdowell. Whe
| the clash comes, they will make memorable ono
more the now classic banks of Bull Run. A. NJ G
| S~---
The Battle OF Alamnsn In Arizona Territory
The Houston Telegraph contains further partic
uars of this fight, taken from the Mesilla Times c
the Sd. Our force consisted of one company {
ia men, commanded by Capt Coopwood. Til
first fight was with a company of New MeXca
volunteers under Capt. mink. The second fgl
was with 200 U. S. Regulars on the day afterwards
The Times thus describes these two engagements
The volunteers ran at the first fire, with the e!
ception of Capt Mink and 10 men, who kept up
| continual fire from the houses and cOrrals unit
daylight, when they surrendered unconditional,
having men killed and wounded. No one
Capt COopwOod's company was hurt. % anima!
, | IS guns several revOlvers and several boxes
ammunition were taken. The privates taken wei
sworn not TO fight against the Contederacy and di
: charged. The Captain Lieutenant, Orderly Sc
, geant and three teamsterS were made prisoners
, war Both the officers and men declared that the
had been trifed with--that they had enlisted e.
, pressly and only to fight Indians and had no d
} sire to fight Americans.
o Capt Coopwood then withdrew his men in II
direction Of Mesilla, and camped 80 miles this sic
Of Alamosa.
I. AT sunrise, on the morning of the 2Gth, while Il
T., command was breakfastipg, the pickes came ru
6 ming in, announcing the approach Of the regular
| In fifteen minutes about TWO hundred men came
sight, being three companies of mounted regular
- portion Of Capt. Eubels, and the remainder
. Capt Mnk's mounted volunteers, supposed to
4 under the command of Col. Roberts. They rOt
up within six hundred yards of our position, di
| mounted and formed into two lines, rahng O
position with cross fires. Our men were uDd
| cover of trees, high grass and ravine. but Il
horses were exposed The regulars, lkewis
fought under cover, not choosing to charg
| though double in numbers. continual fire W
| kept up for five hours between the forces, at d
tance of from four hundred to six hundred yart
| Many of the Fcderals were seen to fall. The col
I mander was seen to fall from his horse, and W
il borne from the field by four men, "a if dead.
), the fall Of their leader, the Fedcralists retreat
- from their warm position, carrying off their de
and wounded.
,99 Our loss in the last fight was two killed and
Il | slightly wounded.