Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-09
Army correspondence,
LIVTLE Rock. ARK.. ,

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Mr., Ed!tor-I send vou,hc follow
ing list OF names OF: ;h" taun captured!
in Capt. Denson's company at the
battle of the Pos, Of Arkansas. o..
Sunday, the llth of January, 1868
| Capt. benson. Lieut.. Scott. Sergeant
. Walker. Sergeant Her, G.. w. Err-
ring, W. T. Beard. W,n. Butler, o:
Texas, Frank Case, Nj. +. Dupr"r.
\. N. Everett. john Havurt q: Tex
rs, Thos Her, Thos II. Kelly, Irrd
Levcret,, Arkansas. john \. Miller,
! Ihos Mcdlock, DeSoto. Dg. II. Nc
| Cormich. Tom McClannahan, slight
ly wounded in the arm. Wm I. North
of DeSoto. +. Pate, Arkansas. a. J
! Smith. Bossier, A. Il. Shaver, Texas
VIM II. Stevens, {. w. l.. Tally, "
F. Wych", Thos Walp6lr. slightly
wounded, J c. Flowers, L. +. Heath
Tho eHcmy made his appearance b.
fore tho Post on Friday, the 9th.
with force Of $4,000 men, and : or
10 gunboats, and Saturday morning
made a demand for the surrender OF.
the Post. which was not acciG.tt 10.
when he landed his forces and open
ed l. furious fire from his .umboa,s on
the fort. Alter driving our men in
from the lower rifle pits. ihev discon-
tinUed farther operations Untji the
evening, when they began to cannon
ade the fort. and kept it up until 9
o'clock at night. when ihrv again
withdrew. \, an carly hour on sun
day. they opened mr:derous fr" on
the devoted ;or;, which w-s confin.
ued without, intcrni>sion until the.
fort was completely knocked down.
and the guns dislnounted. which was
abonr 4 o'clock. in the evening. Ia
about half an hour after the fort wa-
destroyed, the whole io!cc at The po~t
was surrendered to the enemy. say
500 men and their equjpInrnts.--
Cur loss was 2S men killed. and 35
wounded. That OF the Feds 1900 in
killed and wounded
The iortifcation ut the Post was Il
very poor affair at best. il consisted
of 4 small earthwork thrown up in
square. and only three guns, Two 6ls
in Classmates, and one l2+ mounted
on the side of the works. this hurst
early in the action. The two vase
mates were built Of huge hesn tim
bers, aud covered with bar railroad
iron, but The bills and shells ca; them
in two like pipe stems. II is sait;
We disabled one Of their gi,nboats,
but ! can't vouch for the truth of it.
Inc Eds La, !, =. -,,,r., - H.
and mules, though they destroy ed 4
great many OF the former by burning
them, aud threw several into the
river. ,hink if We had been rein
forced by $4,000 Or l2.0Oo mem, :s
We should have been, that we could
have held the place. and captured
them instead Of their getting US, for
don't think many Of them were keen
for fight. I am told by 4 gentle t
man who lives near there, that Sun
day 5000 Of them stacked their arms
and sat in the woods, and waited for |,
some Of our men to come along aud |
capture them. The Feds as usual, !
after the capture Of the Post, visited !
the houses in the vicinity, and cap
trrea all the chickens, wearing appa. /
rel, ID clothes, and killed all the
hogs they could find. They RACED
the Post to the ground and left not
hosse standing. The Post of Arkan-
sas is the Oldest settled place in Ar
kansas; it was settled by the French
about the same time that New Or
leans was, and at one time was a
place Of considerable note, though its
former glory has long since departed.
1t is situated rather was. on the