The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-03-29
The Arkansas Battle.


a. II|i no Ii.F most 1NlHV. U. con s'Jutuyts. \
i,rer.ut rr.uij voull have hW Missouri again
liable to hc u,tuuu With the .aNal.ts and tt,at-
~ retarded the operations %. or forces down the
Nj si-sili.
General Price hal tah.u refuge in the Boston
Mountains, near Cove. Greek. 80 miles hrvoud
FAYETTEVILLE. where ly vi, tuuiiNiug hi, posi-
tiou while awaiting rciuinr,cmcut- under Mcln-
,y.h and Pike. II do,s no, appear 10 have been
ton. Curtis intention to du murc than ~ drive
Price into the Arhnn.r> Wihlrru,.- AMI then ~
lut,r tot,c ot ',unu wun TO watch him w Bon
tom Co., aul prevent Inn rc-cmcriug Missouri,
and Price, uu Nj. part, only desired To hor our
rroerc., soutlward. At this juucturc Major
General Van Dom arrived, charged mo- doubt
with imperative injunction, from Richmond T."
stop ih, mroad upon the tuu,,d'racy at an!
cost ut blood and Treasury NOTES.
cur force, numbered 1000 lighting men ON
the hcl That OF the enemy was nearly "ounl"
the number, aud he ovcrmatchr,l us :"
having .! pieces Of cannon ~ .uIl,ry.
Is field pieces. Mo- an .ins, to out
was MOI. ,,y,i - .. ,uan half of their fore,
,n "nilc our cavalry was not over
1 -" The officers confess that they knew ",
h'd mot over l',uuo men, and contemplated an
easy victory over Us.
General turti, sent word 10 Con. Si..cl who
hat advanced to Osigc springs, T." return Ia Ben
tonNlllc. This mo, ,m,ut WIS construed hy the
'n'hN iii" ga iutcutiuu tu retreat, and he mnl,,
The most desperate ,Nvrtiuus to cut un Si.,l from
the main body, tut they hAd the wrung man lao
Heal with, The enemy came ON In crowds, huot-
ing lul cheering ms if IN gloc at what they nc.
counted an easy capture. The enemy cavalry
,us'd nl round the liltlr band. Notwithstanding
that horses and rider, wrn falling thick aud fast
hcior, our steady tire. Gen. Sigl role undis-
mayed along the Nhulr line, iu,priiing his men.
Some ~ the CayHlr, ON the lmk had suc,rc,cd
IN getting aero, the road 80 as to cut the train in
two, AMI II WIS lorc that the enemy set up a
shout of triumph.
II was short ivrl. In q minute more the hav-
onoIS Of our men hai done their work, leaving
the enemy hundred. 1T dead aud wounded. The
enemy Wa. driven IN, broken, and dpmaycd.
called aud mndlcucd at the rcpulse, the enc
my cuuld bD seen reforming To renew the attack
The column was yet seven miles from the en-
equipment At about tive O'Clock the second at
tack ~ made and dcsprrttol, carried forward.
The rel \ horsemcn -purrrl ti.vr huIsts right on
tn the Irresistible haNuuat. delivering their
lord ui bl chshut from a.. INSTALLATIONS guns.
and then udishing ,h,ir 'u.r knives which
every one o. them CARED ,u litr, ui sthrr,.
They -lrrU md,d the rear tulr,i 70 srrnui limo.
and Tor icw, minutes friend could hardly lr dis
tiusui-hrd ron. iuc. The dense smu,, ,ny ,lopcd
lc Wholruft IN" 90, 'lntans, 40 that Tor some time
il was doubtful whether any Of our little band
survived. The rebels In,.lc the air ring with
lu-'y ,h',rs and olths. The, faithful Gormnus
like league Of hrcthre. never fl-
tered for moment. 1aSir gallant
leader struck down n dozen Of the
sayugcs VITO clamorcd for his lite, mi hcwcd
his way through u line OF them ID rcioin hi,
command, The buyouc's proved thA myiucihil- |
ity ui our troops against hor,rmcn. he lor r..
tired II second time and lur an hour they could |
NOT hc induced tn return 10y the most frantic ci-
forts It their leaders. by This time n advance,
which had been constantly ~kirmishUg with the |
rebel cavalry, announced tina, ref iOrrcr-. ants |
were in sight and the little cheer wel up Sich |
was rc-cchocdh 10y tie troops FROM the cgsN$ 4 |
Third and last attempt wa, made to- Gag 5 the |
train. ltHl-o tailed, and the onrriy.,.S drew |
about hall-plsi three.
General Sigvl reached camp At nali-ptst four
L. receive the oougr Itulatuns ofthc ruir.camr. |
III. los in the entire march, it was c-timntod. |
" would reach sixty killcdund two hundred wound |
,d
On Friday our cavalry penetrated along the
main ridge beyond the road ~ which the enemy
Idd come" and were ON the point Of setting some
'i the enemy wagon, when rislle Of Rebel
.uydry and infantry attacked them. Then fol- |
lowed one ul The most -Inguiuc contest, that has |
'ycr been seen between cavalry. Most Of M, |
lighting was don" nj close Guutrr.. Pistols md |
'uh.uo- having been exhausted, our sabre, were |
brought into rcquisilou. The rattle Of steel |
against steel, our sabre, against their mlskcts |
tud Cutla-aps, WIS terrific Nothing like il lll,
zen heard before. The rebel, were Texan
Rangers, and fought like demons. The Slaughter
Sa- awful our Missouri cavalry clcaying right
md lcit, leaving in front OF ,hcir horses winnow,
4 dead and wounded. The enemy fell back la
lsmlN, and our force. pursued them along the
Dad Tor about milr, when they opened batter,
lpUu thc mass '.IIi,I uuiion, plpughiug through
hem with suhH .uut and she'll Colonel |
} Io,hau, had ,unac'rd in his attempt, and
ctirrd, bringing on his dead and wounded In
ulrty.
IOWA BATTERY CAPTURED AND RierAKEN.
Meantime the fight was raging rriou.ly in
hc rAurmr night ou both side, ~ tie HyGuc-
ill" road. The lual and Second Iowa batter
o., planted uu nn '"Iuturo uN everlasting the de-
lNIi, o. the road, ND'n kept busy Vim, -hrlu-
I'l luI canister into tur Ttuk- If tln rrrIuV |
sd" appeared ul imunu,r Numbers un all sides. |
is % lu surround tine right Of or line. and thu.
uuYl''"ly environ us. ~ order tp defeat thi.
'y''l " severe riiut-i" took pluc" for the oacl-
HMrE 81 rising knoll ou tIr cast side ul tho
".I. Tie cunmy gained upon o., and it wa.
ot until our unu were half s,ri,k,u down that
hey WELDED the point. Wud had been passed
u,h lo General tui- that tine cumy was
sing hardly "a the right Hank, and that
ur forces were sent back. A section Of one
d our batteries had been left ON the hin.
l 'hr mN were now turning il upon u.s.
.ul"nN C.T, fearing that 40 reinforcement,
'un arrive, collected his -trngih and muster
I hi Huir lur'9 for h-t desperate charge.
nul'"d &" rc.rk" the position or perish in the
tempt \ heavy firing ON our center and
'"'l lium The .INturug division Of General
lNI. id. lD, ihr .inrl and our troops muuh-
d up lp tur luI'r uUt "a storm a. shot from
heir rNn guns, ,ld, altcr a desperate hand 10
luu struggle, finally drove the enemy down che
aNmc, iu hopeless couIu-tun col. err re-
'iyeu wound IN me avn, uut remained ou the
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