The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-18
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G-point reached by Colonel Dc Courcey.
I--Caussway swept BY the rebel batteries
on tho left and act reserve Of General Morgan
al Mrs Lakes plantation. Tho army organization was
nearly a. follows
RIGHT wIna, THIRTEENTH Army coRrs
W. T. Sherman, MAJOR General CompandinR.
First DIVISION three Orgades 8rigadier General George
second division three brigsdes Brgader General Nor,
gan l.. Smith. Brigader General David stuart com
handing
Third division. three brisados. Brsadier Gcnoral A. j.
Smith,.
Fourth divssu, four brigades Drgades Gcnoral Fred
Steele.
Sherman and by General Morgan and General A. j. smith,
have been unable tobtaa the full brigade organization
Of portion az the army As brigade commuters can
mention Con. Burbrdgs, Col. Do Courcey, Col Lindsey
Col iandun and others OF equal lesser nts In the d.
visions wfsrc those officers were 70 be found In Cen
S,eo.o's division the brigades wore 81 foilows;--
First brigade. General Frank r. Blair. Jr.
Second brigade, General John NJ Thayor.
Third brigade, General G. e. Hoyey.
Foarth brigade. Colonel Hassendurbei
THIS division comprised tho best portion o. tho troops
cay designed TO act reserve force. Ia Gen. Balr's
brigade wsEsthe ioliowtng resimsnts;-
Thirty -nrst Missouri infaatry, Col: T. 9. Fletcher
Thlrty.second Missouri infaDtry, Colonel Mantsr
fhk,eepth IInos pfantsys Colcnel John 81 wyman
Fifty-cghth Ohio nfautry, Colonel nitzer.
w ~ osD In. a. two mentioned .bov.
the colonies In General Batrs brigade had all seen Scr
vice At Bonneville and Wons creek Colonel Diizer and
Captain Hoffman At Shiloh, and Colonel wyman
ago After BIS death The thirteenth Illinois was com.
I manded by Lieutenant Colonel Gorgas.
GgyxRAn rBAysR
! General rhaycr's brigade consisted q tho Fourth,
Ninth, Twenty sixth, Thrtish and Thirty fourth iowa
Infantry regiments and The First Iowa battery Captain
Grifths and Captain LAndgraebor's Missouri battery.
The Fourth and Ninth the former pndss cV:n n
saw service General Cara brigade At Pea Ridge
Captain Grifths battery also took part In that memo
q the First Nebraska infantry. promoted bis
gaantry q DUnelson and shiloh on late be has been Ia
General Curtis Army q the :, Southwest oS.sv
Tho brigade Of General Hovey was composed Of the
Third, Twelfth and Seventeenth Missouri infantry with
two Illinois regiments Colonel Shepherd, Commanding
tho Third Missouri At Wilson's creek with Gencrs
Lyon and stterly was the march through Arkansas
north side Of the bayou, Cen Hyeys brigade was IN the
advance and performed It's part creditaby Tho Twelfth
pses 10 ms charge
horn Tavern, SD
At dawn on Monday tho robels opened 1poa General
Morgan with their heavy artillery, though with little
effect Most OF the large shells being thrown from an co
walton, buried themselves In tho ground and their
p,osion merely threw up huge pile sf earth that scat
tered itself hsrmlessIy on those standing near Ono VI
up an Immense column Of water a. il exploded The
cannonAdo continued for an hour and tho1 ceased II
renewed at Intervals during the forenoon Tho rebels
had signal station the crest OF the hill overlooking
the valley. From this point thoy could obsoIys All our
movements, which they promptly teesraphed wlth tle
sgnal dag All d,y long they wofe giving intelgslae Of
movements. Not resiment or battery soui 10
any direction without tho TACT bong promptly telegraph
ed Every aan fred was similarly reported sa.s dozen
from their great elevation perfectly safe from harm
sharpshoolers repeatedly endeayored 70 touch them
with their long range rics but Jailed TO mako Any TN
prcssion upon The group.
rnurrsa p..usa MONDAY rous soos
With ~ cessatcns the caDDonads went on varied
by occasional engagements of Infantry the Union
rebel regiments within reach or each othor few
charges were msdo during tho tcronoon bat none q them
Of much Importance. all being Of norely local interest.
with reference 20 taking possession OF and holding small
Insignificant points Several detschmenis we're i wo
throwing bridges the bayou with tho design or
assautiDg the hill. General Blaxs entire brigade had
been thrown by the bridge Mrs LAkcs and
- S a.op acn bswcon "a position and iss
point which 1t wished 10 assa General Thaysr was IN
rerervs in the rear Of General MorgAns division, but
hi General Morgan occupied the position at the point
where tho bayou makes 10 anglo at The base OF tho bu
ovsr the bayou ssd on tho extreme fight was douorai
T. Smith, within mile and half o vcksburg frittsring
s.ss a "s.s ' s as scas
mis- was tho situation up 70 tho part q the forenoon
raHrAss7 70 ASSAULT ms Hnx.
With General Asrnan's psrmission, rather than By biz
ordss General Morgan made preparations for sssaulslns
certain time los NE assault upon the baslssiss and
there vas no courvn unds standing among the various
generals Of divisions and brgsdss. General Morgan, ~
Was about ready fcs the movement ypoa The hill, and
wished the latter 70 support him With General rhays
brigade. al receive that ~ request Aud sh,u comply
with u, but cannot take - order, happen 60
rank General Morgan wss osnsrs. ssssls's reply.
General Steele aocordingy ordered General Thayer 20
move h brigade forward and b ready for ne sssAuit
The order was promptly complied with.
un surpoEux0 COLUMN Make rBH ATTACH.
II The understanding That Generals Hair and maysr
we're 70 support General Morgan; but the asault was
really made by The former oosrs with ss assistance
Morgan d,vsion bad moved from bis poslton, General
pAlr received from General Morgan the order 70 AssAus
The hin. mo artillery had bssn sen for tlme; but
Ho6mAns battery opcned when the movement con-
and takcn up BY Crihs First Iowa battery, and vgor
Gus Smelling Was The result by the time General BARS
brigade EMERGED from =. cover o. oyprss. Sr;s ne shell
been IN position In front Of Ho1man's battery; but u
mbsrsd W and moved away beyond the heavy batteries
and the r''s p''' NAM. ro~1,ou
In front OF tho timber where BAirs brigade had been
living abats o( young trees OF about three
feet above tho ground and with tho tops fallen promscu
ousy around Il tosk some minutes 70 pass this Abats,
and BIZ the time Il aceomp shed the enemy re had
not bean without eject. Beyond this abatis ditch
nsen twenty feet deep and with two or three fsct OF
auoksand in which the fset Of tho men commenced sink
ing tho instant they touched t. BY the tns this ditch
Was passed the line thrown into considerable con
fusion and took several minutes 70 put IN ordor All
one dsmoun,cd aud moved up ths bill on foot.
AHArrs-HAA0Ixu rHE nvr4
nsyoDd this ditch was an abats " heavy timber that
had been foed several months before, and, from bsne
compstely seasoned cut passage than thai
constructed Of greenss and moro nseibc cncon.
tered nrst These obssces overcome under trs-
ihs rins p,s. Tho as vac iecsvsrod the disorder