Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-07-22
fhc Battle at neJena.

IlnllFiu ilI 'n'' ''NlttA l'hl nave lRa'
arrived Ggw ,as army From rhe Cover
por, " ho wys ',t ,ny hudr we have obtaiu-
81, Substantially, tho following sNtcm2H,
IN lcsara she plan ot attack ana H. results.
oar forces were as follows; thgnn brig
ado nf lsOl effective men; Parsons of 1903
NcRac's 81 1904, MrduduEcs of 1906 and
walker. OF lOpu, making ~ 0.l about 1000
Elective men. Besides ,hcSc forces wIN
p!ycLCrs battery H'l Snmi artillery H'-
,achcl 10 Munalukcs and Walker brig
ndcs. According Q the plan OF the battle,
Brooks rcgimcut aud Blo'kcrs battery VI
Tagans brigade were 20 utcrpS ths at.cU-
tion Of he f,deral- ia the bottom below
Helena, bctwccg Jhn hills aud the riyori
the lnlaBcg ~ Fagaa brigade woSto a'-
sack the forces IN the ue pits leading 10
'hc fer, on the hill near liiudmpns house +:
,;cg. pIicc'5 forces, comprising Parsons
ana M'iINc5 brigUdg7 were D0 an cE the
fDrt 3g ilr graveyard bill. and Fort l,or-
lear while Gen. Ma:madukc aud WaiEcr,
the latter on the right we're to attack she
fort Oh Tho road leading up the river, called
Grput's mill road Taking tue disposition
ot tile forces ~ We have given II, COmmcnc-
ing below The town is''ea Oh the hills back
nt it around 10 the river above aud some
iica may Uc formed Of the battlefield. Be-
sides the forts named there WIS Fort Curtis
situated ncarar TO the town and IN the hall
circle described ly the others, The attack
yy our forces was 10 be Simultaneous, The
regiment and battery below engaged ,hc
attention Of the enemy according to the
pan. Gen. Fagans forces q little in adj
rAnco of the others, commenced the attack
hetV~'n 4 and 5 y. H., passing over and
proIIi the spurs OF the steep hills running
into the bottom. He encountered the enc
niy in his ride pits and drove him from
them srccessiyely under a heavy enGl0dins
fire from the fort nGay Hindman house and
from the .guaboat lIis progress was O.
.onrao SLOW, bat hg reached the fort after
suffering perhGp2 the segerest los. Of any
nf our forces, and succeeded in cQmmUnca
ting with Gen. Price 70 his left. His men
wore too much exhausted and his ranks SO
th.nncd TIM, he did no, succeed in taking
Inc fort
rhc next fort, Oh the graveyard hill was
.kan, probably by Glenn's regiment Of
SIcRea's brigade. There were twQ guns in
il, ono was lett in good order hut tie other
had shot rGmnod in without powder While
taking this fort our forces were exposed to
the cnemy's fire from the fort near Hind
mans house, from Fort German above and
from tho gunboat The cann1naling was
terrific. We failed 10 take Fort Gcrmau--
il was TOO strong for infantry, being the
otst fort lhcy have. Still farther above
Maruadukc and Walker drove in the enc
nays pickots, planted their artillery on the
ridge Is command the river but the enemy
found safety behind the !oYeo The fort on
Grants mill road was not takcg, probably
not attacked.
The fight having lasted iye hours with
the results stated, Wien our forces were all
withdrawn in good order. The enemy re-
mainel in his works and forts evidently
expecting renewal Of the fight. The day
was hot and our troops suffered from want
of water and from heavy marching. They
had slept mono the previous night. ButtLe
time for the attack had alreudy pussetl and
there vas no time for delay.
Tie casualties on our side were about 400
killed and wounded; the number taken
prisoners is variousy estimated, but is not
large. Loss Of the enemy not known. Gen
I'rentiss who was in command Of the teder-
& forces promised to parole our woupled
Capt. Walter Watkins, son Of Hon. Geo &.
Watkins was seen to fall and is supposed
to be killed. Lieut. Wm. r. Rector son of
tA-Nuf' iNNbhoi 10 ANpVttti hlOitdlly hONl-
led and was taken prisoner with the 1t.
Col of his regiment. Maj Geo. A. Gala
gher acting as Adiutant General to Gen.
Holmes, was wounded bya ball from spher-
icai shot which struck him 5n The chin
breaking tho jaw-bone aud knocking out
his front teeth. Frank Vaughan, OF tliS
county lost an arm, There are oth-a cas-
ualties spoken of but not sufficiently GER
tain to be mention d. We regret that we
cann It give q list of them, but should one
come before we go to press we will give it,
Gen. Holmes acted gallantly during the
fgbtand when We took the fort on the
graveyard hill, he left his position and
went into it under heavy fire, which was
turned ooSe at every object that passed.
He lost the horse which he rode into the
fort Gen Price was always with his men,
and we may know they fought well with
the old veteran.
The only property destroyed during the
fight was the negro quarters below the
Town.
We are unable to give the force Of the
enemy. II was ascertaincd that they were
not reinforced up to the night prior to the
ottack, though boats we're arriving all day
and during the fight. Gen Price sent word
20 Gen. Holmes that he had been reliably
Informed that the federals received rein
forcements on the day ofthe fight, amount
ing to 5000 The town was strongly for
iifed and the fortilications appeared to have
been built for some time. Every approach
vas stopped up with fallen timber aud a.
BATHS work, except the road leading down
the river, but they worked all night before |
the fight blookading il.
The attack was intended 10 have been
made about the first Of July, aud might !
haye been more OF success, but the rains |
fer ten days previous wore SO heavy that !
rs whole country was flooded aud the I
streams we're almost impassable. Gen.
2riees little army led by their indomitable |
ID chieftaiu struggled through mud and .
Sater for many dsys and reached the point
z attack ehiy the night before. These de-
ays were unavoidable and the reinforce
cents arrived. to the eaemy about the time
he battle commenced so that they could
rol have been forseen in the calculations.
The negro troops. though protected BIZ
ihe pits and every kind of fortifieauons
bowed the white feather and fed to the
= .oiection OF the gunhosis.
Oar army is yet around Helena, bat the
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