Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-20
From the n. Y. Freeman's Journal.
Wore Hood More SIaughter-Ano-
Their Hecatomb an Fanatfessm


NV ORLKANs. June !. 1863
The bloodiest. II not the mosi desperate strur-
gle Of the var rs far as is known, j. that viii
has taken place on Tuesday and Wedaesds,,
May 20 and p. at Port Hudson. Ia. For ten
oays previous, II was generally reported that this
stronghold was abandoned. evacuated ana no
longer serviceable to the Confederacy. Gen.
Bank bad possession Of nearly the entire State,
and the troops were ne~acf .n, enforce Johnston
10 repei Grant beio-o - eou in the rear Of
Bragg. or into MOI e.. ar : , .nnah. IL was
known that 10000 men had left there. and less
than o.oVO "a 500 remniael to garrison the place
and deiain Gen Banks "a long as possible from
joining his forces TO those of Gen Grant This
was Immediately known to Gen. Banks, who
forthwith ordered his whole army from every
point. even from those he 30 recently passed
over IN irium?h) 10 Port Hudson. 10 take advani-
age OF the weakness of the garrison and capture
II before anv renforcements cOnld be thrown IN.
In few DAYS he had concentrated from %, 900
to 10000 men (Co Mcclure, A. @ NJ said
5OOOO) drawn up in the rear Of the fort. the
only aasaIlable Doint-hoping with this force. To
deter the Rebels from defending it, or To over
whelm them at once by his superior force.
Tuesday spent in Smelling and slight Skin
mshing, very few Rebels making their appear.
ance. This gave the Federals the impression
hat they would meet slight ress'a rce. IL not an
unconditional surrender wednesday the assault
made right. left and center, with what ct
feet may be imagined by the fact that seven
General officers are reported killed or wounded.
One hundred and fifty officers above
the rank OF Captain are reported killed or wound
ell. The men were literally mown down. as they
were brought up in such manner as u receive
the concentrated fire of the Rebels batteries
Whole racks were enfladed from right TO left
The Chaplain OF the 9th New Hampshire regi.
ment said there now remains only l3s OF that
regiment, out of 400 that went into the fight
The - Zoulyes splendid regiment, lost
nearly all their men The Louisiana re- ment
organized in New Orleans, whose men were
placed in the front ranks rs they were not fully
trusted) has only % men LETT The 1t Louisiana
negro regiment went with 100 men and lett 700
dead behind them The negroes went IN to do or
die to give nor ask quarter aud they received
none They raised the black htg and are said
TO have fought a. well as some other regiments.
The entire loss la killed exceeds 5000, (some
saw 5000 and 10 900 10 - 0O0 wounded. The
number OF wouniel bears no comparison with the
killed As in other battles for here they fought N
close quarters at 81 10 $50 yards distance. and
those who came near enough the entertainments
were b,yonetted 10 death
The wounded are being brought here fast as
possible, by six or eight steamboats, and all that
COull Dlu fDOlu ~ Dtttu hOu-t HdNt Dttu ltlt
there
Those wounded have been coming in during
the last four DAYS. and vet. most singular, not A
word, not the slightest ntmatou that great
battle has been foughta few miles from the city
has vet appeared in anv of our papers This 81
lence is ominous to your War Democrats.
There may be some errors la the names and
numbers above mentioned. although derived
through Federal sources from officers soldiers
and surgeonS-some OF whom were in the en-
gagement There is ho other mode of receiving
information Mt present, inside the Federal lines
The Confederates behind their well
arranged, carefully fortified entertainments
Their loss i trihing-mly be counted by tens
The Federals have abandoned all their recently
acquired victories on the Tec6e and Red River.
They have fallen back To Berwick Bay. their
starting point They marched 30 miles day
in pursuit Of the Rebels. bur they have marched
Al miles in Their retreat, and lost large portion
Of their baggage
They have abandoned the Union men. "who
hailed the return of the United States authorities
and took the oath. to the mercy of guerrilas;
left behind the 100 900 bales of cotton found ~
the Attakapas country" and the "Sn0 900 bales
found on Red River" also the 10 QUO hhds Of
sugar the herds of fat cattle. the fine healthy
negroes ALL all had TO be abandoned 20 get
away from these ragged. hall starved Rebels. who
seemed to spring up from the ground in a single
day b.