New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-09
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y ~ correspondent 81 Ethe sQharisat0n Mercury
gives the Following. .aceountcf this fight i
AfaHssy Eisht Bssi. NJ
81
gpstsssIAs aAr, Ffsss,s atsscal a.
Il Dcubtless i hsiee md sAthsnHe aceaank fsths
aHgagsment which took plsss bstwssa an icfces
the 22d inst. will be of insareat 10 yo1r
On the morning OF thes 22d, aourS pickets Mera
driven in byS the advance guard 0f ths enemy ID
large force; m ths m9saisg they cccsRlsdss g
IL that risiss aby ths Ftfth Georg Regssaent4
fheasy firing cnmmencsa hesween tiia ieft Wingsef
ne s
lsasIds aod schiey GdaEts1 and u stfsng fDfes u
That part epnsnts was carrieita an
With small arms the Minnie musket Of ths spa-
my; the cherished arm of the YAnkees. dong KIit
little execution when We take III eoiisidsi Alton
tile time spent In hriRg ten hours
sal,ias only q
the enemy was rapid and kept DIP from s1iiFise
till dark, and the constant IS s 0f tieir
balls was anything hut pleasant Early daring
ride, esnaons upon high point about Did NILE
FROM cur sntrenchplents and bAttHriea, Ddring
the day the batteries IN both sSdess we're doing
SHARP work and.s common dd tlie bnrstilIs y
ing all around and among the mEn, they shtesttfe
psrfsctIy Careless, and narrow escapes waFs ire
5qnent. Our batteries were 90 we'll ainstrneEed,
tn0unting guns of suitable csiibre, and Of the
latest pstterns that the enemy failed, 40 maksapy
impression npon Ihem. In tnll view of those WH0
were opposing uss stood the stensAs cpmP0sing the
quarters q .thastrosps ssssSnsd hsse. saiilst
resulting, haWsyer, IA very little loss, battle
scene among the mpunfai ~ ~ repiate With inter.
est.
bsratss along the far distant xalIeys, the sharp
crack Of tho ride, as IT echoes along thu ciisSs end
diea away in the: cllasIns that yawn ~ ol the
mountain side fill the spsc ator with eelngs fhat
|sbe can only Heaiize when cULitandng armisa meet,
"a yss the case on the morning OF 1he 23d
1899 Mt 8umberlaId Gap. Dol. RafnHsy theS COM
tnandef Of the post. b9Id and discrimina gR
scsr, under lire during the wh0ie 20
" exposing himself wherever daty called him At
one time hs drew the fire of large force. and the
many balls that fell arounds hun reminded one OF
shower Of hail. Goelly picking P one rs .ae balls
thsy zee me au drawing theirs and far feaT
nod may snffar will visit 's Al 8
S'clsek in Tho svenings the sadVancs pf the llth
Tennessee regiment wHlsn
OF q hot tirefroM the enemy upon thesaa yAncing
column. Solid shot was thrown ats them and
shslis hurst In CLOSE proximity 70 ther pestfon
| ths ir home ward march, cheering Al they we nfs.
"a regiment Of Yankees, supper rtea byss hattasian
Of cavalry, was seen adv8ncla up the skent0eky
road, agidently prepsFng g: stoFm sn
heavy Ore wss poured upon theIa: Our shells
burst the very midst Of their
/ ing and driving Them bao in fnsi6A
hIss Soon. after this We hear segna,
calling in their advances when the hfing aased on
both sides for the night, AT nigEs tho insrslns
forces competing their biyouac, and druifReat
sof the lStsoo told plainly the Zoe was stails h
andsins large npmbsrs; and tho nextds NJ ex-
pected reneWnEof the c0nte Ms isy ~ a
j npon the cold Rronnd that Big isrvensiE ex:
Dressina the hope Tint the suusof the ioi'
foWin lay might fnd tnstn stu allye. aud That
,bsy smirhlsiili So spsrsd 70 ineer once more she
loved ones at home. 81 s, ss,y
.A5 hrsSsn IL sas booming Of onr asnst
\. 49, ~ ~. dre was NOT aud tne
ana nv. seen in loss we
learn, as itwas evident from the report
coour Nour scouts that the wound .aad assd were
-etaken away with them. Gum rtaBd lis COO
sderad one Of the most as wei as one
i Of the most important nts II the Gonfederaey.
i Az the entrance to East Tennessee. BY the Way-of
4 Kentucky, Ii must be- stoutly defended ssis
IL could furnish you many incidents seounested
with the engagement, as onr men were often. iI
II skirnishing, wifhia king dstanc Of the Yam
Il kees and freauenty held conversations with them
but this letter s than had intended
u ma Iinr III ss VI 3. j. GREEN.
R Eisusensst sasppany Fifth Georgia Res, en-.