Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-03
FIGHTING ON TEE YAzoo-TAIItu,if1urr

correspondent OF the Jackson 4 Dpeal writing from
Fort Pemberton, March 10, gives some ipterestng d.
tails Of engagements which have been briefly announced
by telegraph;
Clayton bayou and about seven hundred v,rds r.
ground now separate the forces contendn for tho t
RIGHT and title 10 the YazOO river Immediately and 80
s;bly yicssburg remotely. Last "wednesday roori,o
tho Yankee fleet Of gunbOas ard transports TO the num-
Der of thirty-seyen led by broad-horncd iron-clad
which our boys called the chilly Coee, started from
point on the Taahatche three miles above U.s. where
thew had tied Up the night befure,) and tearing
round the bend of the river in full gaop as though they
were gong right down to Snyder's mills without
s.oppng We knew they were coming and just as tue
ChiflcoAe poked her nose round the she ran
against percussion shell from thirty two FOUNDER
rifle that had been payfuy aud courcoulY Forwarded
for her reception and welcome. This followed by
4 plug from our Visiting Dick alongside the thrty-.wC
poundcr and the electrified Yank backed up the river
around the bend where, expOsng nothing but uer bow
cuEs-eleyen inches-she replied TO US. After firing
four times battery shell from tue hirty-twO
FOUNDER exploded in cotton reastTorks, making the
balls fly aud she drew of We struck her, in the shor.
time OF the engagement, times. That afternoon
another gunboat came in her pace and consequence
il took them from dark till daylight next morning re-
pair dlmaces We lost that day one killed and four
wounded by fragments Of she'll and four slightly burned
by the ignition Of a small quantity of powder
On THURSDAY the engagement vas uuimportaut. No
injury sustained by U.s.
On Friday morning VIC discovered that they had sue.
ceedod in masking battery Of heavy pieces in the dense
forest IN our front; and lrOm tbs two gunbOats and
I3iuch mortar they opened upon NJ 10 O'Clock
m The fight was kept up iuriousy throughout the day
rg,ipr ut suns &. Onc o. The .uus ON gunboot-i
,AiDl Ihe 81. Louis-vas o 200 FOUNDER the others Oh
ths psas inches, tue mortar - inch, and the land
b,,terv ~ FOUNDER rifles Il j. fair 20 say that pro
ictle was in tue air I'll the lime. They appeared TO be-
Of every conceivable shape. from the spherical 10 Tie
lam,-nost s.yle Of architecture, and some Of them,
yery believe, had long tails which were dcfantll
switched in our faces as they went whizzng ana howl
i, spitcully but haimessy by. Our shot, she'll craps
and canister fell thick aud fast in the timber, thai
We succeeded in spelling Of the guns IN their lane
battery but they industrious set Vi skunks, aud
in two hours tbey had substituted for it another o
! smaller cdlibre
\. about one o'clock, p No. one OF the gunbolt5 with
drev badly damaged The other soOdit out, however
though struck several times, until just as the sun was
setting when your correspondent noted the direction
tbq lst three shots from WhstiUg Dick. They wer,
IN the poiut; and the broad horn went round the cor
rer Ia crawRsb, and disappeared. It is proper to say
tbat they stand bow ON and only two az time
They dare not turn round when they want to withday
as that would expose their teudcrest parts. You
NAV know that backing c!umsey gunboat up stream
is no easy business. Since, then the engagements
| have been Of tIe or no importance, so far as we
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