, 1863-01-12

miles from Middle Landing. The force Of
Gen. 4. J. Smith was behind TINT Of Blair,
Morgan, as before stated, WAS at the mouth Of
Chickasaw Bayou. DeCourcy's sklrlnlshers
bad been attacked that night BY tie enemy
posted behind the lcvce near :Whitehouse.
Cur forces bivouackcd on their camping
grounds in sight Of the bluffs where the en-
eDy were projected by a battery and concealed
by timber.
> While this was passing, an accident hap
rcncd to the Benton, by which Capt. Gwin
tcen forwarded. Capt. Gwln died Of his
wounds on the 1agshlp Blackllawk, ,satur-
day, january I'd, and his remains are now en-
,oafe for home. His wife is here, nearly In:
sane at Ills loss. i
The battle Wis renewed on Sunday. It was
On this day the gallant charge was made upon
the eneny's batteries by Gen, Blair with the
aa9tll, Goth and 5sth Ohio, and Gen. 'Wynan
with the 18th, 10th aud -. Illinois. The enc.
my were prepared for the Charge. Gen. Wy
man hnd- inst drawn his sword, being under
t1re from the batteries and rife pits, when he
WIS struck hy Mimic rifle ball in the groin.
Lieut. Col. .Gorgas took command Of the 18th L.
linois, and Gen. D1airlcd the brigadc through a
slough waste deep. All had to 60, but the
.clarGe wns mudo in gD1cudid style Tiny
cap.d over tn, 1eyce tie artillery came on.
and the rebels scampcrcd, leaving their dead,
which We buried. Hofman's aud Michigan
battery did splendid execution at this point.
Gen. Wrman exnircd on The field. III the
,r,ns of nm attendant Morc.,, I, s,n,,,, ;r,a
nlso sl,rht1v wounded in this charge, This w,s
sunday ,aorn,up
In lie evening. Decourcv. with h,s aad
Kentucky. 4od ind 18th Ohio. wus ordered to
the font. The rentucklans were never be.
fore under frc. They bchnyod braycly, The
enemy engaged them with Shell. Int tlev soon
left the outer line Of entrcnchments and
scampcrcd up the I'LL. Tie cannonading
from above was furious. Our troops were
soon Withdrawn from under that fire. There
was no battery taken. as rcportcd: In fact. we
+,oh mn c,,s and ,ost nina ,,pr5ne, Tho ert;rc
',"aa svn ~ s"A' '''N '"'' ''A''S >'A'7 ' ''''''
w honuas lne aael ol cannon eop'meneeu.
na'tefs "'tef pa..ers opeuea' anu at O'CLOCK
~. .;,xn+ -,r,,llo,;s,s A., uo,, re., ,f
GUS s'gnt. out arthleflsts alo we'll Many o1
tlcm were killed and wounded. Under
this artillery contest the grand charge
was made. One column after another
,,,,,oa n +,o f.o,+ nac,,ror T.
pu5Aeo ~ LII aont, oeeoatcS y"
front Of the cc1lter' Blair on the lett; /;
Thayer On tue right OF DeCourcy, bnrbridge
Oh the extreme right, his plan Was to seize the
hills on the right and late batteries that had
been forming nll the morning. Gen. HoTey' S
br;roaa viii, 1.anman>s. occnnied the rc.
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serve; Stuart, DeGourcg and mayer were
| r. cct ,,n the ray;ne and seize the batteries.
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1en. oner1a:sn tias aot eoaeleu ans nst VI
[ the brigade to be made public, therefore can
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born. fonr Oh our men Eaaneo the 1ortlhea.
| tions and lisappcared after mut1erous fire.
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1;vn tn fc1l +be fo1c nm men ,ynro +atcn ,,rie
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oners.. linen there was rcpuise, . retreat
| nothinr fya3ncd and much precious hlood suflf
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! Cd. Ihe pace was nalu1a1ly loo sElonG, toe
vcll defended. and the right of our forces
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instead Of charging, was not engaged unti
two hours afterwards.