Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-15
NUMBER ia.
GEN. nRAGG,s ENcAYPsENr, XgAE rEgsAco

GEN. BRACES ENCANPBBNr, NEAR PEySACoLA.
! A correspondent wri ilg ffcm Pensacola. Por d.
gve the following account Of Gen Bsgcs eIcanpmeut:
mide an excursion yesterday around the sem.-cifcc
OF Il bay which grts Fort Pclens, With view OF in
spac inc he tier and ercin pmens OF Gen sgs's
army Tis s,mi circle commences AZ lbe ravy yard aud
eimnates at ne water b.,iery, beyond hchle. AT
short intervals for two miles ard bs there Is an un
interrupted pe Of batteries sloi The sui crii More
are b.rg elected daily by the Zal?.s and active V0lun-
ters lt is zirg ire quantity of wok ttey do, and
The raTi:ity with which they are Grrg 10 gooi arii'
| leists.
The extreme left, extending from the hospital to
point beyond the navy ynd, Il the civhien when Coi.
GLADDEN. commind' and consists Of the Florida regmtn',
Col Anderson G20; OF N. jor Lsrys Gr0rea battalion,
$50; OF Csptsin Lees artillery company ll4-eomposed
entirely Of artisans aud mecharics AID OF First bat at
lien Of the Louisiana regiment $40, Col Adams; tho
Zuavcs, sos, Lieut. Col Coppens; aud ;he Marines, lO9
The Mssiss paus-the two regiments ci Col Chsmers
aud Col. Phihpsare eucamped in very pretty locauon
in the pine woods, WI hin quarter OF nile OF Tie Oay
and with fine Of fresh wAief Il siug through
the emp. Their eucampment presents very pIetur-
esqu, aspect and quite rtge in all lis arrange
menis.
-Four Of the companies Of Col Phlips--the second or
Southern reeiment-sere stationed in For RcRse under
Capt jos Davis OF Canton, nephew OF President Di,is
very intelligent and gallant ocer B,fiies these tht
are three independent Mississippi artillery companies,
which are placed in charge OF battere They are Capt.
Cars Jackson ARTILLERY, 6S mel; Captain Lovers y nj
man Artillery, OF NstcAez, -; Capt Inhs Niels'wB
Artillery Company, GJ-makipg II all l,o26 hississ'P-
plans WLo are enrolled in this amy.
Next TO the Assisslppiaus are the Ahbamians Eho
have two elimeuis Cucimp5d on the II Ct the s-s-
sippians They are divided into regiment tcommsnced
ty Col Cllyton) OF ten cCmpanie-, $40 mcr; ana tie
battalion oil eight companies, 600 men, uier Liert Co.
S,eadmau Several 0f the Al,blmI oouPlhies are A.
signed to batteries Ol th,m, under Lieut. lioNard,
having charge of the tso ten.inch gun battery.
o. their hit the Georgia X gmtni, Colonel RAM
sew 10 compinies-750 men. This r'gment, With the
Aat ANA Regiment and Capt. G!mrdey Artillery Com
pny in charge of the edoubt ia the rear Of Fort Bar
rancas ard bauallOn G3 make Up the second division,
command d by Col Clayoa.
A rev battery has been constructed oae and a bali
miles from Fort Pckcns named the QIi;man consist
eg Of Two thrty.two Founders and hoKiiz lt IL
between Fort BlrraEcas aud Fort McRic and oonmiIts
the eastern eLt-auce OF the channel Besides Tire Two
forts there nineteen batteries the Coz ederate sid6
betgen Pensacola and Font Aciiae
The bltteres are masked, that hcy are 70, visible
from the sea bay, and have strong pirSpeis oil sand
OF geat thickness with covered redouDts or mines,
into which the guUuors can fttr,at. Thee mles arc
bonb.p oof Tnere is a continuous line ot these bate
es between the navy yard I'D Birancss, rnd between
Birrancas an McRae Thy Are all manned by select
artillery cOmpiui s. taken from the several regimsns
The men are di led co SANITY ~ these Htttrea, aSd
haadl, the guns like old arillers's.
With M.Iiie Bifrancas, and these vaI)Gs SIND bat
eries Bragg open nj circle OF IRE upon fckens
Of over hundfc gpna most OF them ~ bu seversl oil
them aod lOuch colGpbaG- These batteries will have
the great advantage the oit Of concentrated IRE,
whIs PckeLs will be under the necessity OF scattering
aud dillsrg 5 lire alol g lie OF several miles
But for the presence CT this hset the capture OF Fort
Pkens would re comparatively easy, otler by stormng
or by approaches on the island.