, 1862-03-19
EVACUATION OF NEW MADRID
from our owl Correspoatent.1

Col. j. D. Morgan, and the 18th ILL., il. E.
Smith, together with companies Aand K Of
the LIST regular infantry, under cover. Of the
took an advanced position directly |
in front Of the rea5el fort for The pnspose Of. |
Planting some heaTy siege gaue. Not word |
was spoken: every cigar and pipe yas put. |
away; every gun was held firmly to prevent |;
the least rattling, and the troops advanced to
within $50 yards of the eneny's picksts in |
the most perfect eilence- Companies 4 aud B.
Of the 10Th were sent forward as: skirmishers,,
with orders to guard against Il. surprises, and
with instructions Lot to fire OR make any
ter the engineer had: measured the proposed
line Of eazthworks, the buys removed y rau
fence, piling the rails. lengthwise, lappiug the
euds and then covering them with GARTH In
shout tLree hours :, breastwork was butlt
sufficient to protect the Two regiments, aud
BY carly dawn the artillery >was ready for ac-
tior.
During the night Capt. Carr Of eoaapany 4,
Of Sandwich, Ill, -was Shot Wandering too
f1r beyond our pickets, he came .upon the
pielzetE Of the enemy, when one Of: them cent
= ball right thrnugh4 the left hreat; grazing
the upper part off; bis heart: Ha!excsained
10, God.'a' when the picket sepltxa, @,Haa!
bah Did that hurt .on AMI, p Receiving
another =hot, he staggered ha*k Il Isw steps
md fa11 drfne- v37fk;n ~ bonr: 7s-
II, t1.. ,no1.,;,o onr hattcr~ ;,.,,e,ea ,hc hui,
bv sending = shot into the enemv,s rnr.s
Th;s v.s 1enl;ad 4o1v:a I'm, from, .1.o o7,,a ~
,ho f,~+ .7,z,no,+e5 1r f7vc pn,b,ats o,o ~
which was. - three-raastea sehoouer. s,ia to
bavc hcer , r,xcnne ruttcr s,.,~e1 At Eew a.:
1eans-an Of them: we'll armed. The cannonoi7-
ing was terrific. Roand shot, shell .n1 .,r,ne
FIJI o7cr and berond our brr.astrvarks IN an
directions. At about eleven A. n. a shot
strr,ck the muzzle Of :our best euu. knoct3nr
ont large fragment, Killing two men. vound-
ine four. and sils7rcia;st the Gun for the dav.
The rebels sieni6ed their satisfaction by Iona
cheering. They fred Iii shots to our 10
arrinp two hours Of the afternoon. and t,,;s
was about the proportion for the entire 1av.
The infantry Lid quietly in the trenches. At
f1st there was considerable lodging and duck
inr as fnt few of the hoss were cvcr hcfore
under fire. This wore of and all soon vera
;es,;n,,. smok{nr. nwatchine ha11s and
s,ecnine. One bali striking the ,,i3t.stxorI
trew n eartload If sand aver a sanat nj tho
1Cth boys. They iumeaiatelg iun,ned on the
e1nbank,nent. and. hat in hand, rave the rrl-
ola a sa1utt, and cheer The hardy veterans
before sehastopol after their months Of *
ne,;enca- con1d not have axhih;tcd morc coo,-
ness than lid these ,rave 1,,;no;sans Tnc
hyht 1,sted IN, air o,r1ocs in the nf1ernonn
when tbe re1e1s ceases to fire and our ,roons
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