New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-21
THE BATTLE OF nATGN ROUGE
kouihrrn Account of the Fi2ht-Fir-. LIN
coins Brother f<iiicd-Rcbsl hepor"
OF she War in Virginia.
J,om III, GTenaaa Ap1edl, li'h

lf was announced HAT urh'e"t "f'" '"''"
Eosge and the possession o. the "isssS'pii hi'e'
y7ss contemplated. The plan was very feasible
ona notw,tiefsnG az or limited land force. Cen
Pro- kinr;dce was 10 attack the enemy IN the rear Of
the town and destroy or capture his troops, while the
ram rkapsss would engage the gnnhoats, and pre-
vent 'nei. rerdrr any assistance 10 th.ir nrGdes
on shore. lie Arkuusas had been repaired, her
90 50 reoew ed and sne agaln ready Tor action.
We waited at IaHZip4ha several DAYS 20 ascertDn
d.unliey thai tfe Was prepared. In the moan time
tie 4ngrteriaastcrs We're busy hiring teams and
a., u,g trsg or'aiion. Bnt with al their endeayo 4,
Ner success was i'll 10 way commensurate with tic
wants OF me army.
a. las, We were of. Gen. Van Dorm lad tele-
era he'd Gen. Br, ckinIitge that the Arkansas wac
ready, and there IOw obstacle to our success
tat tne long, sandy, bazing ROAD Of 90 mice: he
bOys stepped CAV IL away the sound OF Tnislc III
.rrItiug ejrius their battle flags streaming proudly
ALI t1eIr hearts pu-siue quit ky Mt re PFos,e't 81
Publishing the foe. Yet oue-thir0 OF The suali mum
Der with which We had left Vicksburg wee !Iot-
.rate with Ell, and j. appeared Ms If more troops
remained behind tpau went forward Inc heat Y az
.erri.hc and t,e fell oGt OF ranks RAPIDLY. AL
every farmhouse Oh the roadside was converted
into a hospital.
On Sunday, the Sd inst, Gen. BieclinI,3gc ad-
yls-d Gen. Van Dorm that ne would &c prepared 10
httack Baton Rouge al Gay ESi the following morn
hg. Gen. Vap born replied that the Arkansas
u nul1 no, reach POSITION where she could paru-
rirate in che Glht until IUesday murIine. |; Wa,
thel definitely determined that the attach shcdld te
made a, da, iigh, tie morning of the 9TH, Tie ram
ARKANSAS, III whose steady and uninterrupted prn-
gee. Gown he river haG been constantly adj
yiseG. cooperating with lie ttoo,s.
al IL o'clock Monday night, Argus. 4, the troops,
sbOnt ., iO0 ia all, advanced from th,ir camp OH
Coalte River. Tue mel were III the finest sliIils,
ard confident Of accomplishing their puTJOe before
breatiasi TUE. The march OF niles "a
suooth saLdy road, between we'll cultivated pluIita
lions, WAS condacied with quiet and order.
AN UNFORTUNATE AND Fatal MISTAKE,
Dit about dawn there occurred ole OF troS. Terri
hlo nissdve tu.rs that frequently tie hGrhinger
Of gloon sid disaster. v uie the column was 3D.
vsnting about three miles from ,te cry, the road
sSir'ca or one SIDE by Gcnsc piece OF woOdl'n~,
and on ire otter by field Of sd gar cane, tie cue
rife voiies nupsSetrr ron the woods where
& body # partisan ratscse had been posted. IL WAS
evident At once jua, there was "a Inisiake, but the
ccuiuson incident uIon the alarm could hot be obv
nicu and seveIil casualties occurred. Big Ten.
Eeub's horse fell into dl ch and disahled bat gal.
iayt young ofcer, lie leg being aoy sinas ed Tie
troops thus deprived Of s valuable services In
The field aud lie Was Compelled 10 ieI9ain FESTIVE
away from LIZ scene Of action lille lis tcld boys
We wihliYs fresh ia1rels.
DEATH OF MRS. LINColN's BROTHER.
Cart. Alex. II. Todd ~ brother of Nr. Lncoln)
of Gen. HIS s'eil, Was ins antly Killed, and Capt
Wills 5. Roberts, CONN andiHg tie ith Kentucky,
dsu-erou-iy wounded. L pt. Todd wa yong
Gar ba exceeding aniatility, and tie wa'ne-t home
afectiour. Bot the evening before he wrote to he
mother bud Just before tne accident lac wa- covere
liz with Leut. L. r. Payne, ordnance off cer OF the
brigade communicating the LIE les he nLed con-
yeyed tome IN case OF bis fail. Brave boy, he met
his ED ser,nely and bis bo1y was inferred by tender
an,d Iovipg hands. Cobb's Kentucky Battery was
Giso rendered tors du cOmGOt the gun carriages and
eai.sOu- te TX broken, ad the pieces rendered un-
m.na.estie. THIS exceedingly unfortunate
from lie .,rsa, experience and eldity Of Cobb
s,d li- cauboueIs. Al ShiOh tie battery Wa ad-
unaiy manned, and at Nicksburg, while III con'
nsad # Lieut.. Grscey, II successfully oi"Ve DacS
one OF ,be eLomy's gunboais.
THE ADVANCE.
Order being restored, the column advanced, and
souu the iine II battle was formed. Gen. Clnrk
Giyie.On uccuIicd tue night, AID that Of Gen. Ia
gl,s ne lett. fne advance was made III four hue,
thai % TIE LEFT over a very rough country, sco.s
citcles through sn4ar-csie, over iences-a very Ia
tigtling and GausIing niatcb IL was ten minutes
10 five 0 lock when tist brushed The ebemy.
1b.v we're in good lo,ion, under cover and 81 ened
out uron our advance with considerable preo lsioD
snd effect. L. was, however but the work OF l. mo-
pren 10 dislod Ie them. ise mary cOveys Of pat
ridges. they starred up ana iiew IatiGiy before our
advancing columns, the boys giving Vent 10 eAhult-
iIV cheers M W th liked bayVDets they followed the
rrtr~atIgg faikccs.
The morning was quite foggy, and heavy Nit
hgsg over the rBtIre Ddsca e, rendering II cDeut
" ylau our batteries not TO opeae either upon
one or the other OF our wings. Our own liner we're
elem co.vergilg toward common center, tie en-
euy feel, toward lie camps. But 1t war not VIM
ont loss that we tbus drove them la. 1hey sought
every pO-sible covert place, and, rhIl,irg, gave
p-pIery salnie 10 our men. Their batteries were
slso aoir ably banded. and belcbed forth devasta-
tug columns vi cahIster. grape, hhrapheh, she'i'
aud -Od shot. One by OUT, however, they were
forced to give back Linbsf-up and 10 tie rear
march was the constant order, ana had IL not Oeeh
obeyed all TIER gunr would have fallen into our Tor-
tesion. As il VA, The 4th L0uiiila Changed bat
t4rv twice each t.Ine considerable lOcs, aud were
fually forced lose their trophy the corninanGef
Col Allen falling, SHOT through both legs The
soinewnat deE!orazed tie regiment, winch had a.
ready been dis'iny nizhed for its good conduct:
Capt. Hughes, commanding the I'D Nirslteippl
fell dead while leading charge. Col Sam. B0yd,
Of tie Louisiana battalion, was severely wounde1
in tie arm. The gallant 3lst Mississippi, while
char.ing ahead, los liz coors; but the battle nag
War immediately grasped by lieutenant, VINO
bearing il aloit, Was rhot down, and thiid maD
s-iz,ng il, received 4 death wound. But onward
went the leIt. Gen. Rueges was coosIicuons for
d ring. and his aid, Col Charles Jones OF Lonifana,
W lie delivering order, Wac struck down ny IA
slell and seriously wounded. Oar troops were
now IN the camlp ard though tempting enough
none storI ed 70 page The "a, oh and I'm ken-
tucky Regiments were going ahead IKE hurficaie.
Nothing could stop their fearful aud determined
FrogIe-s. The more obstinate the remittance the
fercef th.ir Onsets. Overwhelming as were the
oodt against trern they pre6oed forward mottiy at
"chaIge tayonet," yelling like madmen.
Col a. i. Thompson of Paducah fell, wounded
severely through the neck and AdJuiaiit H. u. l..
SorFy was wounded dangerousy. Other oflcers
wet down, but the men marched ahead After tSe
fall Of Coi. lhompson Col. Ed Grassland, who had
been leading ms brave 7th wherever the fire wac
hottest, a'sumed command of the bri, ade, aud be
dtch"rfen 'hs oiheolt duty With .qual bravery and
sklll. Capt. Bowman led The Sd Kentucky, and did
III w.. at I'M he q