New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-12
Aw elsaus aHy Grsas SATURDAY. gaosniag spal L. 1869

for two days it was mostly d fight of artillery and
rnusketfy Ut long range. Az TO other losses, such
as guns wagons, stUres, etc, will be very
I'M We had time to secure enough Of The enc
property % comp for the lcss 81 any e
our ow sssss a q, u. 81
military point The T ts;ne i 70. ,Se
the Federal army from total desfractioh On sun,
day was their 70 Their ganp9oass anu
transports. Should they 70 astack us here
twenty miles over such COUNT .anch
roadss Va could not wish for better Chance to re-
trieye all 0,ir past losses atone blow III 4.
81 do not send you any list of the Killed and
wounded, Il i yet 70 near correct
reports ansl &c would be cruel, as we'll as foolish
Eto create false alarms Az 70 incidents, II does
erdIy look well to mention v hat few came to-
your Correspondents notice, while there are so
scipaI heroes of which now sleep ina soldiers
grave. Y ct, u will mention a few at random, with
the above restriction al Rs
When Gen. Prentiss was taken prisoner hs ok
pressed a great desire to see Gen. Beauregard,t
and was brought before him on the battlefield. /
was there, standing near the General, ana WIZ,
messed the interviews Sen. ado!esse9
Cen Beauregard, and told him that he considered
him The hest General in our army. on are mis-
taken said Beauregard l; q know IN our army bet
ter Generals that am, and among them viii cite
Sidney Johnston, whom we have unfortunaleiy
lost to-day Prentiss was surprised 20 eeln Gen.
Beauregard a man of small stature, and SO easy in
manners. He admitted our victory to be az great
as Manassas, and our troops TO have fought desper-
ately. His battle flag was captured BY the 9TH
Mississippi Regiment s. saw it brought this morn
ing TO headq1a Presently three more flags
were brought to Beauregard at shi oah. One Of
his aids brought in little quail that had been so:
frightened by the eannonade that it laid on the
ground without ii ying to escape pture. This
wilsbe ny living trophy Of the battle remarked
AZ lsiS O'Clock, Gen. Bragg came in from the
pursuit. have swept the enemy clear into the
river, said he. They Ore retiring on their trans.
4 ports under protection of the 8gunhoats. Their
Smelling ID fnrions. Then shaking hands with GOV.
Harris he remarked !: Governor, your State is
restored I'd you. Gen. Beanregar then ordered
Etoeease the pursuit. r. 81 ss.zs5
Is This morning saw asQriyate pass with Fede-
ralfag. TWAS the ne snients colors Of the 18th
Illinois, aptured by private ohn Nilliams, Of
Company 18th Mississp p Reg inient, now orderly
Iofs Cen Garner. The lsts Louisiana infantry, in
their charge upon the enemy camp, took & whole
section Of artillery and three celors.
tsCoi. Adams was Wounded, and they lost twenty
three officers killed and ounded inc uding all the
captains save enc. A whole brigade of Federals
MAS captured bY Gen Bragg The prisoners in our
4 hands must amount to over three thousand.
/ d have jnst been over the batt1e TO hunt for
4 d friend of mine. find many lost. met q COM
L pany of the Sd Kentucky, composed Of Paducah
Friends. How much they have sufared-Cap
Somes, slight found ed Geo. len, struck by q
Il ball the foot. How SAD Az the morrow Of 2
4 battle 81 sssS i8bs4S
Train II coming; must close this. ErrE.