Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-18
THE LATE BATTLE B6LMssT
FULL AND AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS
DESCRIPTION BY AN EYEWITNESS.
[oorepOnasnes Of the Memphis Appeal

INC NOETgltraI6
of the 6r.t coiuma OF the enemy" pd orer has
II arked "spota Men OrfsGHs, tE0u. more properly
aie k z, upou 30 Jun u,
On TN mernng OF the h, abog' o'cl ey, bo2s we're
sec lanci1g tr.cps some seven mes soige COuMbus,
on the oppo eide OF the river near Hunters sDCin,.
The process Of Decentralization k,p steadily pEsgres-
sing aud by the numbers landed IL bscsmc plan that
our little force on the other aide Of the
OF Col Tsppins 1871 Arkansas regiment, Ws,sfns IS.
terry, CtL B.lzlOoser aud he B'li5sr Tfso1, Cplan
Montgomery and Capt Bowles' &c airy, Of Lcatei sut.
Colonel Micr's battalion Of Atsisspp cavAFy-wrc in
imminent darger OF an attScK- U,der these c:fcum-
stances rcinfcrcenents rapidly cent, ccnsis'-
ing Of Colonel Ed Pcie't's 2ls., Col v Wrch 3
l3tb Colonel Pr,emahs 22j gud Col >. Knox WllkeI's
I'd Tennessee iesimcuts. On the landing CT
thess troops thy were h4stiiy formed IN line
of battle on tho border Of an cd field lying inmc.
da;ely behind The eDcampmelt Of Col. TapJan's rsgj.
men, skirmishers' berg deus.led iron. Col Pick ts
regiment to press and engage eoemy tho
head Of the lake. Col Fireman. regiment and Wasou's
battery, Col BeltIboover, occupying h. centre, wi tie
10 III Arkansas on the right and 1879 Tcnn1se on The
lcf AL Of this had been effected By niue o'clock su1
troops the other side at this tine my be esu.
sted at about two thousand seven Lu"drtd men. Too
enemy AZ abou, ten o'clock came upon our advance,
which received them with heavy vsey OF Elu.k,ty,
and gradually fell back toward main lne the Lin
colnes following them up closely Until they With
in range Of the main body, where they were gshndy
received Now commenced Ibe rating OF The mo kerry
firmly for ore hour ards half in the face CT the over.
vbelmlg numbers Of toe enemy which fair clcuAtion
places between eight aud tn thousand, with two BAT.
tees of twelve guns. The coolest ccaFe and the cst
desperate vsIOr are pG alS2s iayoeSe 20 T'Peror
tend our lines go as to avoid beug GU fksd BIZ the
superior force Of the onsmy. Our poa on at this tire
was eligible one as our forces ~ere mostly drawn
up in the open field giving the eremy the advantage Of
the woods wh.h was boriered by heavy uadtrbrG b.
La of MI rLr-,
prompta sresstworts Two Of he e4as OF Was 1s bat
terry had by this time become userycesb0 through the
stopping Of the vent By their fuse which materially i'm.
paired the efficiency of the battery though il si
iLusd do noble service Under al The circumstance,
however il was folly 10 mainsil our position teorc
Vastly superior force VINO were steadily Gu alnking us
and the order given fell back aud rsi force.
ments which done, however un our iiple rec
had repeled three desperate Charges OF tie enemy.
Our forces, after ia Ing back in good order toog rya
position the bank Of the river where thew nd'd
f-irg until their ammunition gave cut aEd they were
compelled TO ire under the baGk il oIdr scape the
CALLING fire Of the enemy, who Lad tax WatsULs bat
terry az desperate charge, aud tsrneG it upon cur
lines, charging at the came tme uPon the encanPmcnt
which had been occupif by Gel. Tappans inoL ard
the Watson battery letting e 20 the tents and it s 2aa
xii Il number ofinvGlds who fCu,d This them,
and thro ~i1g their lines upon tue bank Of the yr be-
meath which our men lay without smmusiion L.
sld thai tee Lincolites came upon tie ank above
~,
oG had out three ROUNDS OF cartridges With which to
ceive them.
Our men now reiterated up the bank of the river 20 a
point opposite the upper end Of Columbus, where Col
CAROLS l5,h (under OIL T,ler OF Sac Juaa notOriet)
and Col N rk's II b Louisiana regiments w,re bi z
Ia lded which forces reached the other side OF the river
bs.wtel half pas. twelve and two o'clock.
At III o'clock u orders were received for two com.
panies OF the lst BATTALION Tennessee cavalry Col Z.
WOOD, 70 the river, and Capt Tay!ors Memphis
Light Dragons and Capt. White's Tennessee Mounted
Rifles (beng companies and B. Of the battalion Nere
detailed aud marched under Gel Logwcod. In crossing
Ihs river the comp inss coDpeed TO take sfp
arats boats end Csp. Tayor's eompluy, accompanied
by Col Logwooj reached the other de before our fore
bad retired up the rVsr. Taking position on The
left wrg with Cap. M1ntgCmery's Bolivar Taoop ard
Capt Bosles cavalry under Col. Miller sharpstoet
aud yideltes that portion OF cur cysly when tie ch Tgc
was made, Tn rom the nau beds aud %.
lged TO retreat down The river Cop. Viii e. company
delayed some hour in fips al0 mace the
other side at time when the laa1nz lct dsenbrkirg
our reinorcemsnts had been moved farther up the ryGr
sni consequently With the main BODY a. and Gi.sr
"a, time Of lsnclog.
AZ soor rs It became sFp,rsn, that nur Toogs had
deserted ih' clHpo he hss.uIi d sud~ able tic
4 .nes wCr i,Saing EN- ound q - ih-y were
D, Liuclyiies he fancuI p7y fun. "L'jy d Va" vls
sprnnd loose npvn inem Tln % 5 d. AMI s,BrTls
Al { ni,h's baueri's lelfo d irv,1 posiioi hz
sio OF ths river, nppesi.s th"i Ih- Lady Dave
u tUc slot-, enc CT vi cn - tgiu 70 have killed
tw. MY Of the enemy
About this tine tn Ingomar coming up the ivor
and gun, of the enemy being turned against be-,
she was PEELED 20 fall back and pcstfo ole her lab1
ing The batteries on this side OF the river, however
KEEP, up such pcsrsant 6iiJg that the enemy wcre
compelled to retire from tie bal AID take posi- c1
iarth sr tack and within the cover o. tic 700 BY
his time rsilfo pements bad snded ard drawn
up in line Of bat Il the bark CO. Slals j., QS,
T,nlessee regiment AID Col Bythes Aisistppi Bat.
talon, being in transit across the Iiv,F.
The falling blcS o. tho enemy roaI the river was the
turning tide IL the O ira Of the day.
Gen. Pillow, now al tho head OF Col Tspoan5 Free.
mans, .Picketfs, Wrighte Russclls sud Marks ll,h
Louisiana rsnens, attacked the enemy in TIRES 6.s.
perste charges between twelve and two O'clock ech
iine repnlsed sad rallied by Gen Raley 10 petson-
Wherever the battle ragfd the ree,, there seen
their indou able leader, overseeing aGd directing even
The details Of the engagement.
10 the mean tim, aslk movement under General
Chesham vas bsirg .fse.ed, under tho immediate
direction Of General Polk Tn q movement vac Intend.
ed to the enemy ef from their bo-t, by throxirg
our right wing between the river and the head OF r..
tie lake that parallel With the river some m Il fm
each other. Cip.ain Whi.es Tennessee Mounted RIA
we're on the extreme right of this movement. with C.r
rolls Tennessee regim.at and Rlyths's MsiisipDi bat
talon soon followed their lsnding By Col Smith,
LIST (l5t:h and Nseley's Asa Tenneseee L their cider
on bic left Commanded by Gsrerl Ohen,ham.
While this funk movement VAS being n ctad and
before our forces hal fully gsined the posor il wss
d-higued they Should occppy, General Pillow, With The
forces under his command made IN Irresistible charge
upen the position OF tns eaeAy dri,og everything te
fore bin, and completely rou. ng item. They made
t~o partial stands they we're pursued BY our tocps
bg GnallJ broke iato aperfec! stsWpeGs ana the W.,
tory ours thocgn the eneDy .os was NOT hear 50
heavy as Il would have been had tie design OF On,
a.uk moyemen, beea fully carried out and our forces
placed In the position they were designed to &C upy Se
fore the breskiog otheir coumn Capt Whites Tsnnee,e
hcuotsd Ra being fst to move, bad however gated
the point where the enemy were TO snbIk fore lhty
reschod IL IN large numbers ard taking posticn w.
tween the guntoits end the eneny.s hospital, .hrre
they could no. be sheed witbols the shots taki5e e.
upon their osn sick they kept up brisk lire up N ian,
as they retreaed past. Snih's ard CarIHs r eimeps
and Tylors, A'ntgomsry's and Bo-es' civalsy, SON
cams up. and tie hsytc il said TO have heea rphtiul
the enemy gsisei ground in the commence snt Of
the enssgnsnt they had kept rge number OF wagons
and sn6ulanosI engaged In carrying their dead and