Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-02-06
Army Correspondence Delaware Gazette-
From the sSth Regiment.
STEAareAT CITT OF LOUISIANA,
Arkansas River, Jan. I6, '63.

Army correspondence Delaware GaZclte-
From the 9StA Regiment.
STEAareAT CTTX OF LOUISIANA,
Arkansas River, Jan. I6, '63.
Editor GaSeite :--As we are floating down
the Arkansas m try to bring up the record
of our Jo1Frr5ings for 'hose OF yoar readers
] who are interested. We left the Mississippi
on the Oh and siartI up the White river,
made run through u bayou into this cro'ked
stream, which certainly does not tend 10 i'm
prove ones idea OF beauty in regular lines,
ether aith 50 mary curves or woodland seine
ry. Yet il js change from various troubles
for which We thy to Le thankful, aud among
the variations n61e were more unexpected than
the Fl ie suow storm witch for the most Of yes
terday and night before came pouring uPoa Us.
No;hing ca.ie 10 make an item nf, save the
fi,ing al cur pilot-house by gus. ria the first
day, ua;ill the disembarkiHg Saturday to
eugage ia tiTe bjm5arlment aud a-sauliing Of
ForI Hiulman by our forces. OF the
; resalt OF the attir You are already advised,
ard know tlll, we made q rs haul uf snnie
sven thousand Of il,e b-st lighting iroaps OF
lha we,l, TEX rns u large qtan'iy Of stores,
&c-, &c, bfsi,leS destroying u fort which flom
lis lJcalisn aud bud was an important fence
to them,
The AfkaFs,s at that poia; in7ke- - bend
not ua il1. Il letter with the Tor, at the ftos
Of he IN lin STEM Of the letter, AMI 50 consf ru
ted rs TO command both up ard down the riv-
er The guns TO take care OF the latter were
proitc',d again.t gunboats by a casemate Of
ii.nbcrs covered With railroad iron, and were
OF large eaIibre-eight inch columbi5ds and
n'ne inch Dahcrcas. The fort was also pro-
trct.d hy Two s,ries of riae-piis well built
aud with timbcrs arranged to cover The head,
ol the infantry behind while firing, and ask
pound gun was arranged To she'll tie probable
approach Of land force. Bat all Of ~ avail,
for The gulhoa's ran within short distance
soon max NJ a wreck nf !o7t, guns, and l.fcu-
dtr., and the complete surrounding Ia the
woods By the land Iroeps leG no CHANCE OF
escape.
. The 9i:h occupied a position on The LIFT.
their LEFT resting al Il 81 nc,r the river. Their
seco..d position waS more il trout Of one cur
tain Of the Tort, and WAS one fuil of dtger a
/ their list Of casualties shows. At one point
the trees rr,.Fn two to six Ee, above the earth
were well marked wi,h tie cucn.y's Gre, AID
at tiules it seemed as if no point above our
! boys heads, Of any s.zr, was clear of bullets
foT 1--WE Minutes. attempted ii complete lisl
OF killed aid wsu.d,d for your paper ent
/ ypu) ont failed in SriiIiug Company q, OF
waom David i -kiusuu auI Nathan and Isaac
| Pace were " wlHId,,l the first in the silt, the
/ hdi rrAilii;ig vi ain, Nathan Pace in Ihe
shodt!,r, while i~;.r'cs wus less severe. -Iii
wound Il The r., ..iltus were cared Tor t'cfvre
| three O'Clock he ntxt morning, and ihcy were
! sent up the Mississippi river on U. 5. hos
pi'ai hai in good qi4rtcrs. The case Of poor
| High, Of comptns f, was the hardest Of any
o. our regincat lis tI.ish was t,r literally
to pisces by r.uud shot, ami our surgeon
(IIeu,iersonl rrfas.',l 10 anputate /, thinking
il useless. O,hers though, therr N "a be a
| chance lor his He, and the 9'h Kentucky sur
geon prrfol med The operation. lie did MT
live il through. He proved himself not only
here but eis.whcre, good soldier and man
TEcre wee many iier severe wounds but
this ebbing awny Of lic came closest hoac TO
tlase who kugw I'm.
Oar reg mcnt whieh lcl' VI mPhis over sev-
en- hundred strong VA, ale o sake only a
( bout two hqlldrcd and ti1y men iuto he iishi
part OF whom were attacked to the l7th
Ohio battery. 'rhc resi- were unable To go
the result of our Inz1o camping out, which
seems 10 have left It's eff cts Oh the whole of
orr men and officers, and nury to equal
Yorktown and the pcrm MA. Those who
were there, however, ciEi-crs and men, eon'lnc-
ted themselves nob'y. and our brigade and I've
say) cur own regiment bad the first mch
inside the walls. Gen. Burbridgc him eli is
said 10 have been The first.
Our men passed wet, disagrceable night in
The rain oil Tuesday which lcrl nothing dry
cut Of d,ors. BY some errar the Gh iowa
was ordered to the Iliawaiha (as also the An
IJwa) without our being crd red of. SO That
some Of US were comfortable, even when late
on Wednesday we were transferred to this
boat IN connection with the Mercantile bat
terry Of Chicago, The snow and cold crowds Us
close together around every gei-at-able FIRE.
Sill il is not 50 bad as while ngp aad there
is an especial stinlnlus in knowing we have
achieved i success tha: even the present pros
pee! Of rc;uru to Yicksburg can hardly sub
due.
As | w:itc VIC are near The Mississippi
again, and SHALL soon be f1a,ing to cur desli-
nation. l. Is useless to deny that in our pres
ent condition {slni,ariiy) we c hoping 10 %
mp Instead Of i wn stream, unit, al least, We
have chance to recruit lil;le.
NJ more to-day.
Ii WARREN ALIEN