Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-09-26
Something About Fagans Regiment.

A lively correspondent of the New Orleans Delta<writing from Virginia to that paper, states tbat hearing that an engagement was going on <at Aquia Creek, he hastened there to see the sport. It proved to be merely the exchange of shots between our batteries and Lincoln steam tug, which was crippled and drew off to the Maryland shore, ,~<He gives us this information concerning the where abouts of the First Arkan- sas/Regiment His letter is dated August 29th. / About two miles to my left and up the river, is Aouia Creek, the terminus of the Fredrcks- burg and Richmond railroad, by which all the transit from the South to ashington was car ried on before the war. Riding over to the creek we encountered some difficulty in passing the sentnes on the railroad, and in fulfilment of the pledge there and elsewhere assumed l am compelled to omit any description of the de lenses at this point. They are, however, ofsuch a character as to render the position nearly impregnable as any human agency could ac- complish The batteries have been erected by and are chiefly under the direction of very en- ergetic officers of our navy, among whom commanders Lynch and Porter. They are man. ned and protected by large detachments ofinfan- try from the Arkansas and North Carolina reg iments The only points upon which am al lowed by my pledge to make any observations, relate to the bombardment te which this place was subjected in the commencement ofthe war, when Lincoln's vessels were so roughly bearded and so gallantly repulsed. Capt. Morgan, fine officer in Col. Fagans Arkansns regiment, gave me much information in relation to this af- fair. The locality still bears strong marks ofthe severity and accuracy of the enemy's fire. The railroad wharf was burned by tReir shells, and large holes in the car and wharehouse show where the eight and ten-inch round shot and shell poured through. Several fragments of thick railroad iron, torn and doubled up by the balls are scattered around. It is wonderful how the little garrison escaped such storm of shot and shell behind such frail parapets; but not man was killed or wounded, and the only lives lost were those ofan ancient horse and res pectabe hen, whose surviving partner crowed proud defiance to the enemy over the mangled remains of his beloved slaughtered spouse. This heroic rebel is now the property of an officer of Col. Bates's Tennessee regiment, who has sent him to Memphis to crow like defiance to Ere monts gunboats, when they undertake their threatened reduction of that gallant city. Leav- ing Aquia Creek and the neighboring batteries, next proceeded to visit the various camps in the vicinity, and the headquarters of Gen. Holmes, who commands this division of the Confederate army. IL was good distance from the river, and the day was far spent before I reached the picturesque locality, in which some halfa dozen regiments are encamped, including the lst North Carolina State troops, the l2th North Carolina, Georgia, an Arkansas and Virginia regiment and fine battery and corps of ar tllerists from Baltimore. Nothing could be more agreeable and picturesque than the loca- ton of their camps, at place called Brooks Station, on the railroad from Richmond The country is hilly, broken, we'll wooded, and abounds in streams and springs of pure water. and the people around are famous for their hos pitality and kindness.