New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-15

stot. IL iii command, assisted by Gens.B Beauregard
polk, Bragg, Hardee, GLADDEN., Chalmers and Rug
gles. ne that be not q strong team, the South
may ID well 10 longer put her fn generalship.
but rely npon guerrilla warfare, bushw hacking, 4
and the indomitahle piuck Of her cons. u suppose
these great chiefains I'M lid council decided
upon the stratagy % the movement, ands God
grant that Id its execution, the old not
be verified TOO many cocks spoil the bIoth 81
q aeomplaint that u ofteR made ins on
sArpBpAz, April fter q III frashing nightss
rest an the open air al Thuraday NJ cen
itiuled orr march. 81 non dslibsf-
ate advance Of the heaYy columns. t lfontsfy y
iitle country town, about Twelve or fonFtsen miles
from Corinth, We halted Two 81 three honrs, md
while there t@o Confederate soldiers were shot
bY order Of q conrt martial one for desertion and
the other for pillaga fnilss further brought
us within 5aonnd Of skirmish between onr advance
cavalry and a body OF ths enemy, and soon alter
wards We met detachment Of the former incharge
sof nine prisoners one whom ~ ststsd
that the FederaIs expected brush With our
cavalry scouts, but had no information III the ap
proact of Il large body of infantry and artillery.
While the skfmish was going on, Gen. Ruggles
rode past lines, and the hurrah' that
greeted him said clio you nov haYs
something to do besides lstsning 70 speechss from
your generals Yonder you hear the voice Ut ths
enemy We shall soon respond TO il. =, proved,
however, too late in the day to come up with the
footed foe, and again we took up onr quart-
ers for the night in 81 dense wood not oneAofo our
swarming thousands seeming to bestow q thought
upon the dread perils he must perhaps face on the
/ morrow oil soon alter. During the night "a heavy
rain storm came on, lasting till break /, and
drenchfng our whole unshelt eltered army almost as
thoroughly as were the hosts Of Pharoah. We have
not marched far haltiag number IF times
to await orders suppose, and We have now:
stacked arms an open level wood, three or four
miles from she river from which we hear OCCASION
ally the heavy booming of the enemy'p gonboat
cannon. S$s s9S
susDAY EVENING, April Tosdayii :haA been
q day; sof battle, and q glorious one for The
South trust, too, that II may prove a hap;
py ono for her cause Az day ybreak the report
OF snusketr in the direc ction Of the river rang
+ through The woods, and the dropping fire, in!
oreasing and dying Away at informed na
that our piekets were SHARPLY engaged with those
Of the enemy had not long to wait orders,
aud we're soon in position IA 4 dense thick on
the brow Of d hill, overlooking field and g thick
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conflict battery on ouf rigat g. = nah
berof shots a. tae sil-
bnt soon took mp 3 nearer q positlon.
The Third Brigade to winch tne glmehl
belonged was Wlthdra Y Poslslon
from the battle, and heid g E Por1lon . e,
serve Phe tight may pe ssla to nave CONNER eneea
IL earnest at about y ana here We fema'nee
until 12 listening 70 the foll q ane
the thunder Of cannon, near ana ielnose now 1as
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