The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-11-27
A Naval Battle Near Bra.hear city.

I A Naval Battle Near Brashear City.
| We have received New Orleans papers to the
eth inst, by the steamer Potomac
A correspondent of the Delta, with the naval
expedition under Lieutenant Buchanan of
Brashesr city, gives an account of a brisk acts
ion W hich took place on the Sd inst, between
some of our gunboats and the rebel batteries
and gunboats on the Teche There has been
lively work i'll that region. The confederates
have crossed the bay of Brashear City, and
have gone up to point on Bayo Teche, about
fourteen miles from Breshear, where they have
placed obstructonssin the stream, aud destroyed
the bridge across Bayou Beuf, together with
! large amount of rolling stock. This bridge is
about eight miles from Brashear city, and Col.
Thomas with the 9Th Vermont regt. wss en-
gagged in repairing it, The distance from ThI~
| bodeauxVille to Brashhear is about twenty>nine
| milas A portion OF Gen WeitxePs command
! IL at Tigerville, about hals way between the
two places, add as soon az Col. Thomas COM
pletes the repairs on the bridge, the whole of
his force can be thrown on any point on the
road in 3 few hours.
The DettG's correspondent says;
The night Of our arrival here we chased the
rebel gunboat Cotton, but she got away from
Us by her superior speed The same night We
captured the rebel steamer A. b. Sigur She
is small boat, Bbout the size of the Fancy
Natchez, and is very useful.
Yesterday NOV. 3 all OF the gunboats went
up to Bayou Teche, found the enemy about
fourteen miles from here, and passed above the
distractions they had sunk in the Ieche. The
boats engaged them for two hours, and drove
them off, including the Cotton. The Kinsman
bore the brunt OF it, and received fifty
shots in her upper works and hull, and had one
man killed "a soldier OF the 2lst Indlana) and
i've wounded. .
The pilot, John Belno, had his leg badly
shattered, and died to-day from the effects of
amputation. Capt. Cook, on the Estella re-
ceived three shots, and had two soldiers of the
2lst Indiana killed while working the guns,
and one man badly wounded.
The Diana received three shots, but had no |
person hurt. She will have to be hauled out,
as her stem is shot sway. The Calhoun receiv- |
ad eight Shots but fortunately received no ma
terial damage.
Capt Virgins fought his ship noby. He |
was III such position that ne received all the |
fire from the artillery shcre, and at the |
same time had the Cotton playing upon him.
He, however, drove The artillery away and pu |
several shots into the Cotton. .
The whole rebel force was there, numbering |
between 3 900 and 4,OOO men, with lit is said) |
seventy field pieces. L is reported to-day that
We did them great deal Of damage. and, that /
he Cotton 10 sunk. They had thrown up q
mud fort on this side, but evacuated it on our
arrival. An attempt was made TO remove the
1bstructions, but w:thOu. success; but think
hat when Weitzel arrives, 80 as to afford pro
ection nom The sharpshooters on the banks, we
ian do SO.
The enemy destroyed 1000 hhds of sugar, a
lot of molaSses, and also burnt ninetyNeight
ears and steam engines.
L he Cotton is iron casedand did some ex-
Abanti,Cr ba fhir. |
y two Founder, four twenty~tour-po Founders, and
.wo Ix-pounders, rfed guns, The lion casing
IN the kinsmau and Diana, turned the shot
.#
Lieut., Buchanan has just returned from an.
other trip up the Teche, with the Estrelia. He
had three u.en killed by a shot. The Cotton
was there. They had battery on each bank,
bat he succeeded III driving them all off l
think the Cotton Is Fascinated, as our she'll
glanced oil. She was on ire once. We could
plainly see our snoE stake her, but she fights
BOWS on.