True Democrat., 1863-04-29
OZARK, April 22d, 1863.
EDITORS TRUE DEMOCRAT

EDlroRs TRUE DEMocRAT--
 As you do not seem to have any correspondent in this part of the State, the enclosed account of Brig. G General Cabell's late sortie into Fayettvie, may prove interesting to some of your readers.- We left this place on the l7th, with about 900 mounted men, and two pieces of light artillery and reached Fayetteville early on the morning of the 18th. The intention was to have entered the town at daybrcak, but on arriving within 20 miles of the place. it commenced raining, and the dark. ness was % intense, tAat we had to halt, until nearly day. By reason of this we were prevent cd from surprising the enemy as completely was desired. On advancng.we surprised their pick etss ' strong, killed and captured ?; none escaped. The command took position the east of the town, and the fight began at about a. m. by our artillery smelling the feds out of their camp We found them strongly posted on hill adjacent to Tibbett's house; their camp surrounded by ditch 1; the hill covered with rifle pits, and all the houses near them filled with sharpshooters. From all the information we had received previous to leaving here, it was supposed they were only 10 or l20U strong; but we found that they had at least 2000 men splenddy armed with Springfield and Whit ney rifles, with which they killed our nen at distance of from to 600 yards. Our command was armed principally with shot guns, and the only way to make them effectual was to charge right up to the enemy.
 Several very gallant charges were made bv the command, and in every instance, the enemy were driven lntO tHelT eHtFeHcHluenbS ana fiHe pltS.- One of the most successful was made by Col. J. C. Monroe, and his dashing regiment. He drove the enemy out of some of the houses they occupied and was only prevented from kodng his position by the superiority of the enemy's numbers and arms Gen. Cabell set the men a splendid example of cooness and bravery. giving his orders with clearness, and precision, and at times dismounting and aiming the artillery himself. From the com mencement, to the close of the action, he was prominent target for the enemy's sharpshooters; that he escaped unhurt was miracle. The ar tilery, under Capt. Hughey, who was wounded before his guns fired round, yet never left them, did great havoc in the ranks of the enemy, and was only withdrawn when the last round of am- munition, gave one, was exhausted After SC action of } hours, finding we could not dis lodge the enemy with our shot guns, we were withdrawn as quietly, and in as good order as if we were going on dress parade. We moved off very slowly and halted short distance from town, in hopes that the enemy would follow and give ns chance to fight on equal ground. But, in spite of his numbers being double our own, they would not stick their thieving noses outside or their works Although we did not succeed ln taking the place. we have inflicted serious iIgury on the enemy, and taught him that north !" est Arkansas still lives. As yet we do not kno" 'ne loss of the enemy but 1t must be severe or tney would have followed us. They made one attempt to charge wit their cavalry in force, when our art;llarv It into them with canister and scattered them ike chaff. We captured about 40 prisoners, amono whom were men belongieg to seven differ. ent regiments; destroyed train of l5 wagons and snnuired great deal of information that will be valuable in the future. N