The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-06-28
LETTER FROM ARKANSAS
HtApgu AEMY ot INV WT.r. }
Mas arARcY, hsE., june D.. I-G. /


X u LoughsSp, Esq
bEsE sE. In accofdauco with my promi.r 20
yoa, before lett home. 10 write often H oval
myself OF this opportunity 20 drop wa 4 Ies
lines. would have written before the hii up
b % the yme ol our leaving liiilr Rock had pstb
/ ms 'oi interest o. wuic, aud since tbat time.
nave mad ~ time O. 90 s1. The third day amer
I ttarhinF ii'tr iock, or regiment rtefgsnIs4a
under The tonscnpt hw md Jane. r. rayI,f nf
hefosre county, was elected Colonel Colonel
Moore declined running s. UsHtiricks pc tiec
tea - t1l.' and JOHN MaChFiy. MAJOR several
q ihe 'ap'ilns and lienieHant WHO we're over
/ The agg Of thirty ave declined running and fr
turuft home The re0rgan .f,fIea III no segi
I mehi heing Completed. Col. Taylor was ordered
+ oy beu, h1ane 90 prepare saiiuus Tor i've days
aiia with pafi 81 his command e. move la The I'd
i'tl''h "l the enemy Hl0 vote reported 60 10, Do
Possession 81 ~eagry aud strongly eulrruH he'd Oh
the Aurih hank % Little Rcd River and repari
thet strength And position a. heldquarier- The
idea 90 weighing out certain quantity OF meal
aud meat lHr tri8fs me, -ty three quarters az &
pouhd OF meat ana % pound " meal o. Hour
day. Tor each man. struck me with considerable
force reminded me of what had often srpn
o'ersecle do au plantations in Texas Each man
having received Ais ntuus. ali baked their bread
and some boiled their meat, -0tnr frItd H. aud
"th'H carried theirs taw. Ni experience Is. . is
boat 20 carry q raw, iut several reasons ;ar ufn
giral ul which Is j. lasts longer un tb, sf' lul
OF third DAY oui some messes were short o. bread
others % mtt= aal SOME Of both bread aud meat
lin fact, before the cad OF the third day. We had
consumed aii nuf provisions Whenever aid return
o. lAtIe lu1k and were absent ten DAYS from
camp The expedition being attended with great
danger, Col. Taylor called un each company Tor
volunteer. The Clough H4ugcrs furnished
twenty nine men. and The whole regiment about
Three hundred and twenty THUS number With
Capt johnson SPY company marched 10 The
neighburhood Of the enemy We faaud them ~
numerous tYuWng parties slitlered over the
country. between Bayou Dies Arc and Little lcd
River. in the -earcj Valley. aad "a force af eight
90 ten thousand encainped on thD North bank oi
the river under 1en Nztsrhousv aud Cam their
main army nndel ton. Curt. being AZ Bato-siiie
/ A. soon as thfs heard Ut uur presence. ttog rg-
treated atrnss the river. and sugld send over
large ionaiug parties consisting Of infantry cas-.
airy and AuHltgy. 300 fhr day and rrt4fu before
uieht Ia these expedition. thoy would go O. @
mtu hpu.c, torn then horfca into Dis corn aud
wheat fields and rob Aim Of everything ON tie
place Including negroes aud when thct irit hrAi
" they carried ~ three hundred HeHfurs-
man Loot ninc iaen at one time, ln QUE Instance
on the other side of the river SITTER rphhne q wId.
nw tiiy house they hntut n. Tie c,.t. ia fhH
country through which they game are feafri'ted
thc slou dfiype from their boinrs and thf women
iu.uIted aud carried 20 t1 their camps sad then
kept lHf days 90 time. and released after plpfr
jog their husbands 20 t.l.e fhe oath. Other thus.
have utru related tl mH .slulus thrm WI..h
! cannot pW 600 T8iHr % u0Hfhlt -ir o. Hrai
these lFepIc Ulifc thtIf sIIfUUHs. IhyF IH Is
true g. the south ~ sIt-tIDIr fouHa mon ifs
al 600 the amy After ws arrived iefc. ilt enemy
s.Ht about three huuIttd maH twenty Hya rf
500 thg river O. Euari t1ri boo That direction. tde
ptHpI, then informed DHl llyIur. a. tas li.t and
uu Oh. night Ii the Bad inst at went 4p there o.
attack them Ne marched 4l the uut .a tbe
night, aud reAt he'd thu 'Hra 10 u'ulHUk aud Weft
crossing The river when their pls kris firud nH Us
W. irii back mile and remained iu our saddle.
en- daylight We then Gro sed the flyet nj an aid
ford tNu miles below and found tho enemy drawn
up 10 line Of battle b. seCelyc US When the
lsek9ts uf d IN PARTIES met they fred ou each
other theirs without effect ours doing ronsidefl
BILE damage They were drawn up on a high /
rocky hill and We we're advancing from the river
bottom they opened irc 0u a- 81 the distance Of
four hundred yard Col Taylor then ordered
charge and AZ tic same time our men commenced
yelling. and tot five MINUTES there was one Of the
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