New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-19
APRIL 10, 1862.


boats, which, assure you wan terrific and terrible
to hear-for the vhzzing Of those huge sheiis
through the air, crashing the trees all arouad you
bursting with the report of CANNON, is frghtfui. 1T
was impossible to follow up oursucc'ess That night
go we fell back from the river to the snenys camp,
in which we passed the night, worn ous and
fatigued with ten hours hard fighting and with
three days hard marching and no sleep, fof 1t
rained every night, and being obliged to biyouso,'
we coald not, under any circumstances, enjoy oUT
sleep il the cold mud and rain. We had gained
great victory; fought the hardest eight that had
ever been fought or Che continent, with forces al
most equal, those of the enemy being undoubt-
sdly the larger, the extent of their encampLoent
and the testimony Of Esany Letters fouad in tLsir
tents plainly Indicate defeated a2d driven back
the best composed and best equipped army the
North had in the field, es Cen. Prens;ss who was
taken prisoners. himself said :. captured most all
their field batteries and everything in the encamp
ment7 killed and wounded great cunter and
took many prisoners.
We had hearty supper fror, the Yanlpe stores,
and, permit me to say by way osparenthesis, that
the Yankees were abundantly supplied witi ieVegy-
thing that was good. really astonishcd at
the excellence of their Commsssry Departments,
but we did justice to their provisioas. During the
night it rained very hard, and we were unable to
sleep. All night the signal guns cs the enelry's
gunboats were heard, undoubtedly meaning sczee
thing; but it was not until O'Clock IN the morn
ing that Gen. Beauregard learned that the enemy
had been largely reinforced by forty Thousand
fresh troops It had always been his intention, 4!
think, to come back to Corinth, after he had
bagged the Tennessee army, and he only delayed
uu.nAs .ne ,en's Anu oHflJns on ene en.nly
s.'res .nsn 'zias oouu ou e'eo'0u' "n''a az .ne
a's "et' oonnuen' the! oouiu W on 'ne io,-
,o"ins uas' ou' 'ne auu''lon VI 80 ilan5 ifesh
.'oops ~ ~ III an afiny h'aae necessary tor
r. uuen' 'eh71 "i " laH oach, aho ho' r'sA 'oat
''0 wiz LIS "0a'i7u tioops' howeser' " eosel
esasS. 'uo o.ey e'
'. aa,' aao ~. ~ al
r., -. 'n.s ~ '.' nai u'ss. "0'e' a. oAie
' " '''A 10y 81 - VI 'no A0AAoeS' anu .noy au
'an..os ~ g'eas ,o'ee' cnsis'ns our oa'tefS'
la..ne oaA' npon us' anu We, o"n,s'ef
os'o's tnen' .auus auiins tne "f4oie
~ sn'' ~ o' "Ao "' ..~' ''.iie go % peeteu
| 80, W nAo AAnt1 ., Da" esn. eisa. u
III - ~, 'nS
" Dsoee Nu "oe' "no "'ss
aovus "e' "as annu," -ne eueny coni-
p.neu one =, "a. iesnen's " ie'l.e' anu 'or Ten
'nn LOU .nem q. uu'll tney naa ae'
s"neeu W "i'.'n n''y yaius VI Sef oattery' "hen
wv ~. -o 10, anu w. oiuet - i'iipe' " the
| 49, "N' e'oA az l1s po'n' 'N0 noi ses iiohi ohe
| ~, ~ fooe "1i1 on snot u0"u-se'e'al otners
e1 wv y. 'ue oonipany' mr. oto'
., aIS. 'n 'n1 o.eo''-So1ns oieen looo>s
| dr;var ,,;,aa; anotbar ,ro,nao. r,,ou.,u,, =; A.,
thigh and six or seven ot tha mon soht,,,
| ed in the arms. 1eos and braaet W. rot;raa :. "a
the infantry Crescent Rechant- .charooa ana
drove the eaemv back. We got decidedlv tha ad
| vantage of the enemy that day and touords- a,on
| ing all our wounded and dead had been talSan tc
Coriuth and our army began to fall hack in snch
order, and with such uuietness. that no one knew
where we were going until Cen Reanreoard
| asked for twelve men from orr comnanv +o ,,on a
gun in Byrne,s Mssissippi battery to cover tho re
| treat OF: oar army. The enemy had been oa;n do
feated, for while we were slowly getting back to
Corinth with many of the trophies of our victory,
the enemy being glad to be left alone, fell back to
their gunboats, and did not attempt to advance
ana setahe possession OF tnelf camps 1or' swenty'
loos Ao"rs alter we nao"ithoraWn' our company
burned .hree OF their camps ana destroied much
iloTe Oh "hae they haa iett tnougn not all inc
u report to'oay Is 'na' 'ney nave aoanuehea taeif
ensahipinen' anu ave se'uns AWAY Hhas .he'r
ooJec. IS .anho' say lucy may 'n.eno 10
.n'o"'en 'n''net po,n. nu' n'f iuo1 10 'liao 'neS
nas. oeeome a.ao sna. Js anu nrasE
and do MT bava their onnboats to a.toci, cor;nt,
Bragg saws thu. in less than tbrse. weeks he will
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be aftef them again.
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