Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-26
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The Battle OF Baton Rouge.
BRAVE CONDUCT or VERMONT TROOPS

The following extracts from letters written
BY Llcut VIM L. Harris, of Go A., 7th YER
mont Regiment we 6ud ia the Burlington
Tunes
BAToN RorGE, La Aug +.
W have had battle We were attacked by
the conicderatrs on Tuesday morning. the 5,h,
.g 4aybreak and fought until ueaI noon when
the enemy were repulscd and driven back into
tie woods The Ie.t # the day was employed in
skirmi.hrg, anI throwing sheis in,o tue wO Jds, A.,
tg on guuhuatsaud batteries. Our loss, as near
Is We can tei is lju killed and waaHaol our
killed viii uut exceed .O though probably some
ieW ul tua wo4ul.d Jues viii dle Gen Will
laius US KILLED ou the field Co. Roberts re-
cei'el TWO wounds and probably cannot live.
orr Regimen. Ust auy uue man killed and
ahuut Ittysu wounded besides Col. Roberts
iaj .s Jos, enough, and VIII be- severely eit by
usai. une hn- avn yerJ glad % ,e abic 10
tt 'tt tat i-, ta,4 stood under ,le hre 0i the
enemy at Oh and 81 y .0ldilis luJ more cuur-
ag, oD.d rat have been displayed TIE enemy
i0Ashi Gown hof cei, hrued igOu-gad sieaH
..io, Arnalsae % ie.nUl,h our guu boAts but
i9g some reason she did NOT coiuc nearer ,haa
age miles. tsieida} our gunboat EsseA (Which
saiso lrNt-eld) went up and atiackedthalam
and demolished her She was bown up. Some
think iInt the rebels bieW itup Themselves. bat
other, ,as that thr E.-eX threw shot into one
ui hc ports aHd hit her boilers | have me-
learned positively how ID was accomplished
We du not &u0N where the enemy are to-day
they have rsireatcd but hpw far We cannot say
Ne have scouts out 70 lud out that l4ct They
will not make another attack unless they are
reinforced Their los in this nattle Is iuuoh
greater than ours Many Of their dead and
wounded were lett upon the field. The wounded
ones were picked up ty our men and taken t,our
hospitals und treated the same AZ our men are
and wc Hp To last night, bad buried two hum
dred and hity Of their dead. It is reported thai
two ut ,hclr Generals were kllcd-Gen. Alien
and Cen Clark
This battle has caused great excitement in
New Orleans The people ,herc knew that
preparations were being made o. attack our
forces At Baton touge long before We did. In
fact the first information that We got came from
that place, and the friends o, the Confederate
States we're all contlenc, that they would drive
us out ~ Baton Rouge Tins battle is the
6rst hard fought one IN this Division by land
iorcas and we whipped them SO like the devil
that il brought dnwo from the fence TO tie
Union side hundreds oi the people who .tond
resdy TO jump either way which might seem to
them the safest
We CLEAN from various sources the following
iucidcnt. connected with the battle at Baton
Rouge
Aims battery supported BY the tbIrtiath
Massachusetts, was charged no less than three
sHct.s.iy times, ana each time the enemy was
rcuulsyd With great slaug ter the canister and
grape actually making great lanes IN the raoss
OF N. enemy The rebels, IN fact, never could
yet near the battery the men worked il as
caoliy as 1t engaged IN an evening parade and
when tins battery was not Immediately engaged
IN defending itself, 1t was occupied IN throwing
percussion shell lnu tine enemy all over the field
wherever the commanding officer found a good
opening Il is impossible 70 partcularzg tie
conduct OF all the batteries they did most eX-
trllou,saryce, Lieut. Everett battery particu-
larry distinguished itself.
When 1t was announced that the enemy were
approaching Baton Rouge, although unable to
walk, owing 10 anaceldcutal wound in his tisb
from his own sword. Cpat, Kelly nSs.gd up a
leading his men into the field, and was placed
on horse ior that putpoSe, His company Ga
Iouaye corps) was ordered TO the advance, with
instructions To move only thirty rods forward
but with that lmptudence which seems an al.
must inevitable accompaniment of youthful
bravery, he advanced abouta qua; ter ol a mile
ana almost immediately received rlhe bali in
MS side lie tell from hls horse, and in an hour
expired, being almost the earliest victim OF the
battle lie was married iust before the " To
q young ANA hcaunIu lady in Boston, where
She Is now lcIt % mourn her itr,parable loss
And they who Tor .heir country die,
shall ono nB huuored gave
For soly lights ihe soldiers ,omh
Audoeauty wvcps the brave.
The battle ragii irom to O'Clock. hys
hours Al this ume was occupied In constant
lighting, artillery and muskcuy m,ngiug in one
continued din. One company of the Indiana
regiment purchased with their own money their
arms, the M0rrel tn, fired between seventy
aud eighty rounds each, when in no case those
who used tie ordinary Government arms fired
more than thirty Or forty rounds In this five
hours OF fearful work our men fought with the
hot burning sunln their faces, giving the enemy