Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-22
THE FE EDERAL SUCCESS ARKANSAS
Particulars OF the BattIe-Tevribie Effects
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az thr Gunbeats.
The Memphis Bulletin has the following sc-
colnt o. the Federal success al rkansas Post
f N ptrsons who arrived from Gen. McCl.r-
psrd army:
On Saturday the main position Of the enemy
wac afraC II with III thr,e lron- clad "a boats
! a. !-Iili-, Cincinnati and Mound CITY, ard
urte little lie -sft. Arkansas Post is a
place situat, .- favorsbie location for de-
4 nee, b-u', he RIVER, of irregular. horse
shce shape. lthas. tor some months, b en- much
tGast'd of hy the Coniedsrat.-s a spot 50 for
ir, al ~ to bs rNrprnrly formidable. At a point
one mile below the fort, where persons IN the
fort were nnan!e 10 see what was done, troops
were dlsemlarked. GunbnaLs proceeded up
the river, taking positions aboy- th- fort well
a. b'low, 20 as TO o. able to rake IL with their
heavy pieces. The land forces, m,antime, ar
riN ed.
TIE next morning the land forces found that
the enemy, having lost their rina pits, had
thrown Up new intrcnchments. These they
procsrsi~d TO alta X. Meantime the casual
firing OF The artillery from gunboats, and in
reply, which had been partially sustained by
'hr necessity Of supporting The land operations,
er,w more vigorous, and at one O'clock heavy
friIg cOTnm' nc between the fort and sua-
boafs. ald "a as sus tanned three hours and a half
SO incessantiy that there were only oecssionsi
intervals at whirh the ear for q second was re.
li~yeo from the thuEdrring roar.
The case mating Of the fort presented q for
midable appearance, which seemed 70 some
extent 10 justify the roasting that had been
made Of lis impene,rability. There was a
Thickness Of thrte ftr of sulid timber, covered
with railroad iron. the whole looking as il il
could r,sist the utmost force Of cannon shot
To the cerp disn,ay of The defenders of tha
Post Of Arkansas, tiip balls from the moustrous
guns OF the boats shar-ered their most forni.
dable dsfensrs, and penetrated and dem olis he'd
strcnfhoiGs they had rrarrd with 50 much
tkili. he battered rails of iron came Ia milling
dow n, and Tie slrone ribs of timb-r were ble vn
with fatal effect among the ranks they were 70
nave saved. Blsmountad guns fell into COM
mon ruir, proving The dreadful power Of gun-
tosts with their mighty armam@nts.
The s'coDo shot fred by the Federals AZ The
commencement OF the contest OF three hours
ltin trai'd easement OF the fort and killed
seven men. by another shot one OF the enc
my cais sons was ~ pho led, causing the death
mates d. mollshsd, their defnces exposed 70 a
faking lire never surpassed for violence. and
stoi ming parties closing In upon their rear, but
ore course was open TO the enemy.
Att a loss OF about2H men killed wounded
and missing, and som. what heavier on the
part of the alta king party, the comm1nder OF
Ihe post, Gen. Churchill, SURRENDERED AZ SE
who'll force. about I, ,s0u prisoners 1900 l. 400
OF vhcm are on the sick list. The guubotts
which had inflicted so much damage, escap-d
without o. rioes injury.
Priscners declared that IL our arrival had
been postponed another day they would have
given us a much suffer fight, as large reinforce
ments would lave Joined them. In reply 20
questions as TO the nunb Of men and state Of
Notifications at Pine Bluff TAttle Rock, and
points on White river, the prisoners ad vised
lnt'TIoca atois Ia so and count for themselves.
il is thol ghl nrobable that 81 Charles or,
White riv'r, will be next r,duced, then Pine
Bluff, and finally Little Rock.
In addition 70 tie above, have seen n slim
from the NJ mphis Enquirer, which says two
regiments OF r"btls arrived at the fort the
morI ing after the surrender and entered with
flags flying and drums bratinr, supposIng IL
WAS still held by tie rebels They were cap
urec, OF course, swelling the list Of prisoners
osomethinc over S.tfH.