The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-06-16
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several day, Gent. sherman. and
Neal Dos, were t1sh sounded. Co.
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"a. No loss IN Ire Vernon, sih vas
reported wheu TIC steamer left.
10 this battle dhc experiment Of ne
ero soldi rs was tried in ihr most
thoroagh manner. anil We give tic re-.
sah - recorded by a correspondent Of
die n y. Heroii, which paper IS op
posed 10 armiag tie negroes, a. az
loss
coSptcr 81 rnE MICRO TROOPS.
The "a regimen, Louisiana Native
Guard, Col Neilson, were ID ihe
charge upon the enc mys works lhry
weal on IN the advance, aud when
they came oai six oui u nine hundred
coald not be account for. Il Is said
On every side tha, they fought with
the desperation Of tigers. One negro
was observed with a rebel soldier ID
lbs grasp, tearing the fesh from bis
face wiih bis teeth, other weapons
having failed him. There are olher
aacidenls connected with this regi-
ment that have raised them very
much IN my opinion as soldiers. AZ
ter firing one yolIey they did not de-
sien 10 lond again, but went in With
BAY onels. and wherever they lad a
chance il was all up With the rebels.
While an occasional shot was being
flel before the battle commenced ID
It's more deadly fury, speculalions
were rife as 10 the manner in which
the ID Louisiana black troops would
act during The conflict. They had
been placed III the rear, With white
troops leading them. Gen. Banks,
however, in order 10 test their militia
ny capacity, ordered them 10 the front.
The negroes at once rushed TO the as.
signed point, aud in midst Of the bat
lie they proceeded to storm the rebel
opposite 10 them. They rushed in a
body ovc lie patapels, and siege
rnns, aud reached the interior Of the
yr', in spite Of the opposition Of a
llrsc number Of rebels. The presence
ii the black soldiers, inside, not less
than the probability that the advance
they had made would be held, seemed
to create a spirit Of fury in the enemy
They lifted their gun sat all points and
rushed on the quarter where the ne
groes had prepared to make a yigor-
Gus struggle. The whites aud blacks,
in a moment, had a hand to hand con-
fici unprecedented for Is ferocjty.-
The negroes in the conflict were soon
disarrned, and in defending themselves
tAey rapidly used the weapons Of saw
age humanity. In every position in
which the struggle placed them they
fought with their teeth, biting their
assailanls IN every available part Of
the body, kicking and scratching them.
Soon, however, they had to succumb,
the bayonet, the trigger, The revolver,
and merieiless hands on their throats,
doing the work for them with fearful
fatality
Il may be here noted, as a key,
perhaps, to other battles, that the pre-
senee Of the black troops made the
rebels in the fort almost rs ferocious
as the blacks. In the attack. the enc
my did not content himself in wound.
ing the Africans ! Of eight hundred.
sir hundred rege At once Killed -
When one was wounded, the assault
was repeated I'LL he died. Finding
themselves thus oyerpowered, about
two hundred Of the negro troops rush.
cd 10 siege guns, jumped heading ogel
the walls, and were saved.
The New Orleans correspondent o.
The Tribune thus speaks
should be guilty of ~irexcusabl,
reference did / fail In chronicle n,