New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-15

hcuse. Ws charged mo M Md ~ clsarsd
a. Hankses mari faptd exit throqgk bzsach
tths heag ienres nom ktch ttag pps
shAsp fre upon Nj. s,eSets cscnttSt
here hsfofs the hfipE esS y Sad1t
dsFihg apirits o1ging Is thss Alexsndrig
got into ths garrett of xhe log honses knOEkilg
i hole il The root; commenced eliberateIy frisg
upon the Fedsrals III 81 djoi1Ing field Thia drew
i volIey of mnsketry npon and one spf thetr
number, named KennadS ysas killed bys q ball
Tie head. Capt. receivsd shot
through ths GIT wrist; buts elfhengh the wonnd
mnst have been very painfal one; Is ssmps ban.
aaged IL with handker chisf and remained II TIM
head of his company during the exctti1g scenssl
that followed. The enemy planted d bsttsry tos
sweepth field, and we retired ID good der IA
ths Moods, into whlch they ssns multi sl1desaf
shells. itRont doing us my slatps sss
T have sean I'D map u Tie lbattl ground NJ
bollbafdment to n hichs the eneay,s Hnnboats
treated Us later ID the day proved that it Ii
situated On sort of peninsula and into this neck
sof land, crowded with Federal lencamp phents, we
steadily drove the foe, onr columns cloaing closer
upon him at every atep of his fstreat Col: Smith
receiyed orders to attack An sencamp lAnt ahont
half mile from the river. The srsg gimsnt opened
fire suponit rom the Woods, across rayine, md
meeting no Response, filed around to another point
and were about H. chsrg Rhsn thes FedsraIa
threw down their arms, and come forx xasa waving
caps and handkerchiets ID token of surr render.
Here Cen. Prentisa was captured. Whilss s0ur
regiment was drawnsnp in front of the encanps
smeft i number of soldiers II ON another regiment
entered the place and seized him Id 4 tent Thsy
turned him over 10 their GolonsI md sumo of
them got possession 81 TIE hag and thrsN inso j
camp Are, destroying itp Il was ysscned,
however, and will nderatand. be turned over ~
Col. Smith. As the whole enoampn pnaent; consist.
ing Of two OF more eginehts submitted to onr w
taek, tho surrender should have besn made "a
him, but ID consequence of the turn affairs toek,
measures for securing the prisoners we're not
promptly taken, and many OF them escaped,
were ifired npon, too, by another of our regimena
which came III our Tear 10 attack the camp: What
damage Va audssed Nv this accident aid notses.
certain,
sosfar as fighting was concerned sths battle NV
oyer Tor the day. The WhoIs X Yankse Amy fsil
hack to their gnnboats ~ rapidly ~ poss,blsi
keeping up = dssnltory fling IL tlislr ThsI
occurred what might hays aRsily hHsn fofeaeen
Essa soon as the beaten Fsdsrals we're safs under
the batteries Of their gnnboats tho latter opened
tremendous fire with shot and shslI. hich swepl
every eontigl portion of the sba tile sfsd Al
ws could neither attack thes boats nor defend
ourseIyes there was nothing left bnt 3to get be;
yond their range. The enemy knew every faotfol
the oonntfy they wsre Smelling the location Of fke
camps, the courses of the roads and 1he diatancss,
and consequently for gtwa rniIea or mors ourFes
tirlng columns were expos ID terrible Al
pllnging shot and ding sheli, with bsEai
sprinklisg Of almost every other lass III pro
|jectiles known inmode warfare. apossibls
fsrme 10 know to what extsnt oar forees sufisraf
from this well sustained And we'll diEectsd dre
bnt II Id said to have been remark ably anal
understhe ciroufnst stances. Our victorious army
took up its quarters in the captured camps 0f Tho
enemy, and ID ended the first day of this suceess
|fals sstrnggle Of Southern yalor and endurance
against greatly pnrab ruas sud equip
ments.
MONDAY April Early morning vs
agsin marched the direotio of ths one
my, and the familiar sounds ysstalday tcis
that the strpggl6 Nas not yets over Raj
fell heavily last night, and until dayIight NJ
snllen boom of the enemy heavy g1na pssies
ont regularly from their boata at interya tss
or twenty ninntes. What they we're firing n I
fof, no one app paars 10 know gsnefAlly bl
Iliesed that the enemy had bssn lafg Eetnsorcs
during the night from Cen Buell. sfnst
and itstruck me that our f0rcss we're aFestl
diminishs III fa6t bAliays shat tls siIting 70
day has been kept ups sby ~ poll apf our arIn,
for the purpose ct I'M Wing the ~
main body ii ns6 and securing the captures
artillery, ANAL attas aud rnantions Of war Shtcl