Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-08-23
w A r n f w S.
THE ATTACK ON VATON
ROUGE.
IcpuIsc Of tI,c Rebels.

New York, August tS.-The steamer
North Star and Roanoke have arrived from
New Orleans. with dates to the 10th instant
They bring the particulars of the defeat of
the rebels at Baton Rouge, and the dcstruc-
ton of the ram Arkansas.
A letter from Baton Rouge says. that .
Minis Battery thrice rcpulscd the foe, and |
did them great damage. Breckenridge lost
his right arm by Il cannon ball.
The fight took place on the edge Of the
town. General Williams being unwilling to
expose the helpless women and children
We captured u large number of prisoners,
including Captain Blunt Gen. Brcckin-
ridges aid
| Minis men are entitled to impcrshahlc
glory. The loss of the enemy must have
/ been severe, US our men charged and re-
/ charged upon them. We have taken three
guns.
/ Another account says: The rebel troops
were variously estimated at from 5000 to
| $4,000 men, under Generals Lowell and
Breckinridgc. The combat was obstinate.
/ Our loss is 2jO killed. including large pro
portion of officers.
The rebel loss. according to the prisoners
account. was immense. Among the killed
was Gen. Lowell
The ram Arkansas was just above Baton
Rouge, but dared not take part in the com
bat. Later accounts say that the Arkansas
was aground above Baton Rouge, when the
Essex and other gmhoatS went to her als
set her on fire, when she blew up.
The transport steamer Lewis Whitcman
ran into the gunbout Oneida. j0miir7 above
New Orleans, on the night of the 9th, and
the transport was sunk. 1t had the body of
Gen. Williams on board, with an escort con
ssting of six of his body guard. also II of
+ ours and , rebel wounded. The body OF
Gen. Williams wa- recovered. and 3S wound
ed soldiers and , of the body guard was
saved
The official report of Colonel Cahill, com.
mandjn@ the post after the death of Gen
r Williams. states that the rebel force wa,
, about ten regiments.
After a fight of four hours of great scvcr
. ty the enemy were rcpulscd
f During the battle our forces were ohligcC
e to retire about quarter of a mile from thri
.. original position. and the enemy were able
! temporarily to occupy the camps of the 2ls
D Indiana, 1th Vermont and 14th Maine rcgi
mrnts, and to destroy much of the haggag,
and camp cquipa@r.
!, They were. however. driven out hut on
. numbers being much lc,scncd by sickncs
hauStcd by fatigue and heat. il was no
deemed cNpcdicnt to pursue them.
The enemy has retired several miles nm,
r are still retiring. 1t is possible that the
l. may rccciN rrintorccmcnt~, and | am dis
4 posing of my troops in the strongest posi-
tionS. Our force engaged numbered lc-
= than 300: the enemy had at least 300
Is twelve or fifteen field pieces. and some cav
Y airy.
The ram Arkansas approached with tn
o intention OF engaging our gunbOats. hGt >h
Y grounded when at - distance of ,iN mile,
e and to-day DGtl) was engaged 10y the E-sr
v, and destroyed.
At Brigadicr General Clark and Lieut. Zcrgc
rs delivered themselves to us rs prisoner, E,
Il war ! have 20 wounded prisoners an
x about 80 Others captured.
VI Brcckinridgc on the 9th. asked prrm-,
n sion in writing to bury his dead, and Co
t. Cahill replied, "Our men are engaged in tn
work. which will soon Ice accomplished"
$ Passengers from Baton Rouge states tn;
,c c our loss was 20 killed and 2lj wounded.
IN Gen. Williams had three horses shot uild,
II, him. Tie wa, killcd while ralying the ?1a
Indiana, who had just lost field piece
m The gun was rctakcu, hut Gen. Williams tr
r. pierced 10y several bullets
X The wounded are divided among the rc:
oi imcnts about a, follows
>, 2lst Indiana. ST: eth Maine 20; Il
We Wisconsin. Ia; 9Th Michigan. 21; ith We
ut mont, IL 30,h Ma .achu-ctt~, i2 eth Co
uccticut ,.
Among the prisoners is General Allen.
Mississippi, who was mortully wounded.
Il. We CLEAN the following NAMES OF some
the killed from the papers:
.bt Colonel Roberts, IN Vermont
d. Captain Kelly. 30th Massachusetts,
.th Wor&pHp.-Licut. Col. Keith. 2,,t In,
III ana; Lieut.. Howe, a)th Massachusetts,
M Genera, Butler has issued general ord
to announcing. in eloquent language. the dca
he of Gen. Williams. lie also issued Il cnugr.
=" uatory ORDER to the troops on their ~uccr
nj tul engagement with the enemy. in which
k. Sny~: The enemy lost three %ri@ldi,
ch killed, woundcd and prisoners and ma
'ur colonies and field officers. He has M,
yi.un' than thousand killed and wounded.
he have captured thrv" pieces of artillery,
gSt cai~SOn~, two stands of culorS, and q lar
ant number Of prisoners"
"a" "a" \ letter from Baton Rouge states that t
IAN fight between the "nhuat E-~cV and t
rs ram Arkansas was fair >tand-up tight.
tnr Captain Porter lay at three hundred var,
in" ing distance, pouring solid nin"-inch into t
80 Arkansas till breach was made. when
rn- inccndary she'll was exploded in the hrca
lin, setting her an fire. The rebel crew left Ii
RS and she soon exploded
in, Lieutenant II. y. Culhnrn Of the I>t Y
but mont Battery. was drowned near Carroll,
nets while bathing, on the 9Th.
en-. The funeral of General Williams to
@ @or place at New Orleans, ON the Sth, and y
res. very impressive. The body was brou.
AT North in the North Star
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