The Avoyelles pelican. [volume] (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?, 1862-06-07

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men, had Abandoned their camp and
WIRE stampedpd; wa were orderedto p,lr.
sue them, when our own company, Capt
Taylof's and part of Capts Lsake's
and Scott followed with the artillery
rushed upon item, thea Creole Chargers
again in the advance guard. Atspvery
.2oa( Sa0u yards the enemy would hal.
"a hfe a volIey upon US, which
was al ays returned by US with deadly
effect, ben she'll or two from our how
itzers Eould disperse them, the last and
final n fh was made upon them six miles
from I'd wn, and there only did we meet
with MI y casualties, I ordered forward,
the cogI nand was obeyed, when!a deadly
five wa s opened upon us. Amongst my
tollows is one ofCapt. Leake's men fell
dead " tn a mimic ball in his left eye
passing Through his head Of our company
John Craven was s'lot through the. left
thigh, It is severe wound but not a
mortal 9ne. f. Bonl,a.n was shot through
the leftsleg just below the knee. his wound
it not only a painful, but a dangerous
one, anP l tear may prove fatal. His
horse was shot down. Tnese two are all
the cas- alties have orrport; our whole
loss is miraculous one, one killed and
two wa lnded! Cesajre Lemoines horse
was sh Il through the mouth; young Re-
zier Ds [any (Dpct. Dulany's sony was by
my sid aud hadetwo balls shot throug.,
his co; but escaped unhurt. All the
boys hat were with lis in the fight
behaved WE'LL and certainly deserve
high lamentations.
Thegnemy's loss in killed and woun
ded, coald not be ascertained, bnt must
Be Varl severe. On the ground of opera
ton where capt. Cannon was, with his
Sharp. Shooters. were found some % dead
Yankees and several of tllei, horses shot
down. We captured 20 prisoners, also
their whole camp equipage, consisting OF
80 tent !, clothing enough for 500 men,
cooking utensils, conlnissary stores, a
mu,,ition, forage, large wagons, 20 fine
horses, 100 riaed muskets .and last but
not least their breakfast which se1vedus
as dinner During this time our emerge
tic and heroic Capt. Cannon had gone to
Limestone Greek, 16 miles from Athens,
for he purpose Of catching Gen. Mitchell
whosleh in the cars for Huntsville du-
ring our fghts the men rode at full speed
the whple distance but arrived halt an
hour 1obb late to catch the fleeing Gene
t'al.
The Captain finding the bridge strong
ly guarded by yankee infantry ordered
y charge (his favorite mode of fighting }
rushed upon them. had four horses shot
down under their riders, and had to fall
back, bat nothing daunted him; he dis
mounted his men, and went at them a.
gain, each man taking his tree, in Indian
style, and soon routed them after killing
nine Of them.
At this moment train of cars came
das!ling by and was well peppered by
the shar arp shooters. Capt. G. learning
that there was still another train behind,
proceeded to set fire to the bridge and
place stones upon the tract; hardly had
he comp pleted his arrangements when a
long train hove in sight and came rush.
ing on with great rapidity, dashed upon
the brlge which gave way, the engine
leaped into chasm of so feet, striking
agaiu the.opposite butments, exploding
the b Ter, and smashing every thing to
atom The train consisted Of s. cars of
fines rmy provisions, and one car con-
taini the guard, the whole of whom
werI ither killed or taken prisoners.
Am them two Federal captains; there
were one thousand sacs of fine
llits, hams &c. all worth
at leasl S 10000, and all Of which were
Immediately consigned to the flames. It