The New York herald., 1863-05-27


OF The signal corps .s on the too OF lhe roo sgnaxng
when saddeoly crash cauc . shot through the roof,
max pe the whsle building shake A few feet below
lieutenant Russell the bali had eutcrcd IL was beauti
nj line shot l,rt aimed TOO low n ~ lI-i
the factory 10 leave with as much osontaon pcss
bic 40 prevent The enemy from making IL a centre OF
their shot, as very desirable have the building
lines were ordered IN ADVANCE slowly but surely,
he srirm,sbsrs in advance. n" min body
,unning frou, ni.ntaiIcn ditch 10 ,iscb SO as not
70 be more exnosed Than necessary Thus we passed the
csnsocd' The (lne Hundred and FIFTY sixth New York
were the et Of The enemy intending 10 turn H.
and here occurred an sramnIc Of bravery worthy os
mention The exact position or the enemy on the right
offered 70 Al, .nce an% ","w tnsi, Are. slowly
ho rode M until almost al tho woods when suddes ly
sheet OF nre opened upon him. lie c,oiy turned his
horse and rode back unharmed Col sharpe now adj
very cose 70 the woods under terrible are So
heavy was Il hal the Thirty rst was ordered TO
works. when with loud cheer they carried ibe wo, ks
and were enabled 10 follow the enemy into The woods
up and drove e me n Ss ~
trenchments and were following them up Tho kiftv.
came on An order was rec lived bv Col Goodna To- re
main where they then until the next morning Tn
line OF skrmshers became line OF pickeis, tho main
body slec ling their arms in tho Same position tney
during the day intending rencw II in the morn
ing. Al this time had drive, them into their in
lenchonts and taken their works on the right Our ar
ticry during tho day done part The
had kept up brisk fire shell and crane all
the day and at night the enemy batteries had plainly
weakened, although they had eight peces Of Twelve.
FOUNDERS against six -pound howits still
had them well served and sarpehootors kept
very prevent their serving their cannon as sharp
ly MS served.
The order 10 keep the concealed 10 the plantation
dtches made mss very small. The skrmshcrs
cleared the way, and tho regiments would
from ono ditch TO another The disposition hs
made sufficient 10 make the enemy apparently the
condition OF the unintrenched. ~ -
During the day Colonel Goodng and his staff the
only mounted mcn on the field Hence they tho most
exposed OF the brigade beng In plain view during the
whoie Of the Ere Tho shot and shell whistied In
verv close proximity 70 them. Colonel Gooding had
several narrow ESCAPES. One shell burst directly
him, scattering tho fragments every
side. Fortunately none came directly down on him.
eral shot whzzed abe ut us when near him One shell
fired at the stan group went between them. Ca,tain
Fordham Colonel Goodnrs Aduiant General, rode down
along the limo 0f skrmshers giving them orders,
ccivcd fire from the enemy along tho entire line, ana
yet received no injury. Lieut. Bond tried the
had similar hre. Singular as II may appear, not q
man Of MS nor q horse was struck. During
prisoners, taken in the intrenchment which fVe
had sormed. From the prison We learned that
tine s "s n tho
he woods They supported by half OF tho Fur
ress Battalion (kigb,eepth louisiana Tho centre
other half Of the Eighteenth louisiana with eight pieces
OF twelve Founders. II the Semmes Pelican ttery
fered deoas Their right held by tho Thirtyephih
Mississippi and the battery. In fact we had
fur re. .ments and eight guns with supposrd imprcgna
bic utrcnchmcns to be taken by Ave rcgments part OF
them having hat se,ea orescnt and six peces
Of six poundcrs in fact outnumb red. but had
outyen erailel them
Early tho morning. at daybre,k Captain Alien OF
Company u, Thirty nrt Massachusetts, cntcrcd the
Colonel Kmbal with the advance OF the Fifty eighth
Massachusct g, entered the OF IN works they
were evacuated. The works found be stronger
had anticipated. aho left had been turned by
the Ore Hundred and Fifty sixth New York and hence
us in possession OF tho whole wtrks We m,ned .,ciy
pressed in and tho One Hundred AMI Fifty sixth New
York appored our right cavalry, m,ny horses
had their skirmishers picked up. Our fire had
been very effective here Tho dead were lying
all about tho woods. Their wounded were &c q
rally crsred or Where the artillery had beer VIC
found heap Of dead horses Our howi,zers ID gi en-
them good desc OF grape, and Is supposed that their
them M thrrueh tho woods for a mile when we found
the road crossed bayou Here the enemy had
over and burned the bridge nf.ef crossing, which
pletey checked our course We made temporary briae
Tor the men cross then rggcd up sufficiently
strong for the srtiIlery AMI wag ms whic waiting
in the bayou Iicutenint Colonel Foster sent
man 10 who fastened a rope TO the wheel aud
put in string OF men and drew out a
gun caissou FOR w e,ve FOUNDER i had some ammuni
II n course quite destroyed by water. We took ,os-
s 10 q n is ~ s a On ne op 0ny S VIC
On the opp site side of the General Banks dis
th they had rceatcd In the night ard entered
the woi ks finding hnt they Lad lett iheie thirty two.
no nder without spikng H. They had board that
Grover was in their rear, and had retreated,
intending through Grover. II seems that Grover
with his division IN gunbosts had gone up the Atcha
falaya and landed near FranKn aud attempted to come
down the enemy rear. When coming down they hit
upon Iarty Of skirmishers OF Tho encmy. They led
Of his brgades in,o opea field where they lad
woods on either flank and 'front.' They drew the bri
gade towards the Of tho two woods when suddenly
they had terrific opened them in the front and
flank, both Of muskery aud cannon so II that
the loss and three hundred before they
could form and fall back. section of one Of our bat
teries very being taken, the enemy getting
within sixty yards Of Il before IL could be Withdrawn
The remainder Of the division up. and cannon.
aiding was kept for four hours The sent Off his
infantry by cross road through them used his artil
lcry until the last then sent tho mass Of by the
cross road the cavalry kent M the ght until
their army safe aud then gaoped OF In the after
noon General Banks joined General rovcr and in tho
evening, after building his bridge and rccroesing the
river Colonel Gooding reoined General Emory ara ali
encampcd at FrnnkIir :"
To sum up the whole Banks charged their works
with vastly superior numbers m ,rc nR in column and in