New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-13

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my command. rallied it repeatedly, and nlti-
meseiy got reinfeFcernents, drove them from the
field and pursued them FIVE miles and into their
boats. Loss seyefs-the enemy,a more 80. am
not hurt. GID. J. PILLow-
D-SYATcH FROM GEs. CHEArnast.-- Co5,erala.s,
Nov. 8.-To F. r. Cheatham-We fought all day
Yesterday. The enemy landed on opposite side Of |
the river! crossed over at 2 O'Clock. Enemy |
route!. All right. b. F-CHEAFHAM
The Battle Near Columbus. /
We arsindebted to friend for the following in |
terestipcaccount of the late battle, addressed to
him by an officer of ,Kennedy's Fifth Louisiana
Battalion of this city: @ Il
HEADQUARTERS cotrTnrs E!51 biiFaLiSs HT. Se1 -. 18
Dear j. Twelve o'clock.-The battle is rag
ing all aresnd US, are attacked on three sides
Watson;s and Jackson's Battery, with Gen. II 4
lows Division, have been hotly engaged with the
enemy for the last hour, on the other side OF the
river, l stood upon the embankment and could
plainly see t!ser cannons going off; the battle is
now raging with intense fury. From the river six
of Lincons sanboats are peppering away at US
at furious rate. So far several of our balls have
struck the boats and we have as yet lost none OF
our men except by an accident, the particulars Of
which will tell you in few moments AS for
myself, | am prepared for them, as have hoisted
mp the yellow flag in front Of our hospital
When the gunboats first came up this morning,
Stewards Ponte Coupee Artillery was sent on the
hill to return their shots, and during thering one
| Of their parrot guns exploded, killing two and
wounding one of their men. Those killed were both
young Creoles of Louisiana; with one;of them |
was very well acquainted, his name was Madelaine,
he was cousin of Capt. Vergues, and had left
Watson's Battery about two weeks ago, and joined
Stewards Battery. II. you see Nergues you will
please tell him OF it. The other was young man
| by the name of Wall, son of a rich planter at
| Ponte Coppee. ] could not learn the name Of the
| one who was wounded. | will not yet close TINS
letter, as I wish to tell you how this will end.
| tnIr D Wn have thpH HDur
| boats back, with considerable damage. All right
on this side, but very bad for rs on the other side
of the river Watson's Battery having run ont of
| ammunition, had to leave their pieces, and they
were captured by the Lincolnites, who burnt up
their tents. The Twenty first Tennessee Regiment
was here completely cut to pieces. The steam
boats Charm and Il. R. W. Hill tried to bring re-
Inducements across the river, but they were fred
into and could not land, the Hill was disabled by
the enemy's shots. u..o-
| Half-past two o'clock.-We have recovered part
of Watson's Battery and taken all of theirs. The
fight still progressing with the utmost fury Our
| Battalion is ordered over the river, and am to go
with it, if live to return will conclude this letter.
.. Five o'clock.-Good news! Since 3o'cock we
have been steadily gaining ground On them. At z
O'Clock they had driven our men down to the river
bank, and we we're badly whipped, but it seems
that our men became desperate and began lighting
l with increased vigor and with perfect fury, and we
commenced pressing them until we drove them
some six miles back to where their gunboats had
retreated, but to keep them from escaping one OF
our regiments (Col Marks Eleventh Louisiana
Volunteers) got between them and the river, and
drove the gunboats away. The battle is still raging
about six miles of, and there is no hope OF then
getting away, as we are between them and the
river, and their gunboats cannot come to their r. as
sistance. We have recovered the whole OF Wat
sons Battery and taken one of their generals prs
oner; could not learn his name. We have takel
large number of prisoners, and our boats have
: already brought more than 290 OF thel
' wounded. ! do not know how many have beel
killed either on our side on theirs. The Eleventh
Louisiana Regiment has suffered severely, but the.
9 are still fighting like bull dogs. When they Wer
il fighting on the river bank, could see it, all yer.
= plainly, and can assure you that itnade me fee
very sad to see men moved down, just lik
you would NOW wheat with scythe. Our bat
talon is waiting very impatiently for the word
}. forward. march, My duty is to follow the surgeo
$ with my haversack filled with medicines, bandages
Il etc, but the worst is shall have to go unarmet
II and if | should be separated from my battalion,
s. could be very easily taken prisoner-and with
s. to be taken is to be hung--and have only sma
pocket knife. The doctor says l ought to have
n sword and revolver: but such things cannot
" obtained here for for love or money. The con
= | monest kind of revolvers here sell for 500.
h Eight o'clock P M.-Wel Jimmy, the battle
o over and we have gained splendid victory: Iher
3. were 1000 of them and about 5000 of US. We hav
| | taken two generals prisoners, viz Gen. Boe
II and Gen. McDouga, and we have killed Gel
T. Grant the commander-in chief at Cairo. Our con
i. missary, Lieut.. Prince, has just returned fro
m across the river, and he brought over two splend
" overcoats which he found on the battlefield. Il
h SAYS there are about 400 of the enemy killed, ar
t. about 700 wounded, and more than that take
N prisoners besides the wounded. But, better tha
Of all we have taken large amount of MIME rifles al
il muskets. The City Of Memphis, one of their gu
n, boats was completely riddled with shot. have
n doubt that great many persons were killed al
lis wounded aboard. intend to go to the .gener
ly hospital tomorrow to see the wounded prisoner
e. | will also visit the battle field, and try to iii
tie something to send to you; promised to sci
ls something to the girls. On my return from t
no ticuars of the battle The fight has not atogeth
ended yet for there is firing yet going on all arou
of the place, but the worst of it is over. We sle
he under arms tonight, as Gen. Polk has received
te ! formation that there were seventeen regiments
Iincontes on this side of the river, who were
nd their way to attack us tonight, so that we ha
ge every prospect of fight to night, and when tn
ley come, can assure you that they VII I receive
for strong, OF the Fourth (Col. Mark's) Regime
by were killed. Major Beltzhooyer, Of the Watso
10 Battery, had three horses killed from under hi
NE Col Walker, of the Second Tennessee Regime
ent had two killed under him; his regiment sntfel
NV severely out of one company there is only sixte
vas men LETT. Several of the Watson's Battery W.
es killed. Our battalion was not in the acton al
ty- When it first began this morning 1t was thous
EN- |. that we would also be attacked by land, II
ty. rear aud our whole battalion was called out TO
iss- as picket guard about four miles out, ana thou
ed they were not in the action, still they were II
out very dangerous position, for when the gan6o
red were firing at u.s. the shots were lallpg ana
of shells bursting all around there, but fortunat
eed none of our men got hurt, but several OF th
had very narrow escapes; talking about that Il
.,o a very harrow escape myself to-day; was sta
sn ing upon the battery today looking at the E
',It h when the gGRboats returned andcommenced I'll
W tne at u.s. and one of their balls passed within two
na ia of my head, burying itself in the dirt aboattw
M III feet from me, the dirt flying in every direction
r;n assure you it made me feel anything but CONT
t.ns @ able One Of their shells bursted about forty
son from my hospital, but fortunately aone of
,osa patients were hurt. We are now expecting Il
Ln | called out every moment.
!" onI 10 O'Clock P. M.-Nothing new, everything q
ME | at present. The troops with whom we were
he | gagged to-day were the U. S. Regulars. ana 10
c nf Illinois and Indiana volunteers. NO more
: not present. --. d. "
hose ,,
wing OTHER BATTLES tXPECrED.-A Ptus.eilan Pa, ~,
hing left Collmbus on Saturday night informs US
+ his our army there anxiously expecting ano
n no engagement with the. enemy~the report o
hole that they are coming x r,
ira | NDotSar renort prevailed there that jeff The