Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-05-27
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pers contain some additional Patriotism
Of the battle in Virginia aud movements
around liehsbuFg
We are indebted 10 Col. AIcccy Tor a copy
Of the Monroe La. Register Of the 18th ifo'a
which we lake the following
Monroe Is relieved from wish Of the
Yankec gui.boats they have oil left the riy'
or without making any impression VA Fort
Bcaureeard The river Is falling very last
and in u few weeks will be 80 low that II
will DO Impossible for them TO attempt IL
come up again Thor marhuding and ne.
gro stealing cavalry has left the bayou Ma
con and the swamp an are undoubtedly on
the Mississippi river assisting Grant, They
found that Col. Barllctt's cavaly gave them
warmcr welcome than they bargAinei FOR
Gen. Ecanregard has arrived nj Vicks-
burg and taken command OF the dcicnsea
I Of the city. General penibcrton takes the
I field Rcinforcemehls arc pouring 10 10
the full capacity Of tho railroads from
! Charleston, Savannah, and other places.
A great battlo is imnincnt; the contcnding
armies arc in close proximity and terrible
/ will DO the clash of arms. Grant and HIS
army Willie hurled hcadlong to their boats.
! Wick sburg Is safe and victory will again
crown our arms as at ChauccllorsYillc on
the Rappahannock
HARRlsoSnuRe.- -Four Federal ganboais
oamo up and anchored AZ the mouth Of The
! Brushlcy, about q mile and quarter below
the fort, the 10th inst, ut TWO o'clock in the
evening aud Immediately sent dag of
/ truce Capt, Benton and Lieut.. Blanchard
were sent to meet tho flag. A Lieutenant
represented The Fcdcrals, and stated that
commander Wood WORTH commanding the
Acct, demanded the unconditional sarrcn-
! dor Of tue fort and its command, aud II we
did not accado TO this demand, one hour
| would be given. to move the women and chill
drcn from the town Capt Benton rcspon-
ded that tho fort would b. defended ~ all
hazard, and that tho women and children wero al
ready moved Tho nhg oftruco returned and three
of tho gunboats commenced shelling. They fired
some hundred and fity shells, doing no damage
only knocking up sorno Of tho parapot They destroy.
I'D one house in town, Wo fired but few shot NJ they
were ont of range Lieut. Cartor severely
ded The enemy attacked the fort again on tho
morning of tlo 18th. Their firing vas moro accu-
rate than that Of tho day before, but did not last
long They seemed dlroc. must OF their fire q, tho
lower classmates, having struck IL thrco times but
not doing any material Injury Tho holnbardmont
lasted three honrs and fired some eighty shots We
fred nineteen and struck the boats three times Tho
boatD wero fired upon by our sharpshoo,ers under
Capt. Purwis 1t was thought that some Of ,heir
officers were killed, which caused them TO retire,
Tho gunboatssretrcated down the. river, and at
night two dispatch boats up to tho fleet and
communicated and Immediately went down tho ri
ver they fired several shots and threw up rockets
sbout & O'clock p NJ Passengers from Trinity re-
mort that they saw in tho river below Qranttics Of
cotton and broken timber evidently torn on 10y our
shots They stopped and buried six Of their men.
Their boats were considerably damaged.
We lcaan that the gunboats stopped ut Trinity
and broke open tho stores and Issued this goods 10
tho poorer class of ctizcns, Thus ended tho BON
hardmentt of Fort Beauregard at Harrsonburg
The officers and men deserve much credit ioi The de-
fencc of the init.
Port Hudson. May ln.--The bomherdnont
renewed at 10 Is last night and continued till lilo
Our lOssone man head torn OF by shell, and ono
! severely woundcd'
Atd O'Clock this morning orr lovoo battery open
ed upOn thu mortar boats causing two OF them 10
change positions. a brisk fight and a heavy firing
ens,icd between our batteries and tho soop-ofwar
! Richmond, which continued ny to IA. II. We
| had two men wounded. Lieut., Cavaroc, OF the
heavy artillery, dangerously, by fragment OF a
! shell, on the temple. Dairage to the enemy ID I'M
| known, hut tho mortar boats are somewhat injured
! ALL quiet this morning at o'clock
1 We take the following from the Little Rock Demo
crat Of tho goth II ia summary of the despatch 5
which wo find in the Monroe Register oftho 10Th.
In addition to the news contained in telegraph
ic dispatches wa have details of tho. battle in
Virginia. The battle began Ell Satus day, the Cd in
the Wilderness, wiufG tho enemy were ontranchod
and from where they were driven to tho river and
down stream. On Sunday, tho 3D.. thoro was som,
desperate lighting at tho lower end df tho linz Tho
icdtrals siorncd and carried ST. Mary g heights, by
rusc. He sent largo forces to his right Saturday
evening, recalled them and crossed on pontoons du
ring the night md commenced tho battle at daylight
Barks dalc's brigade alone held them III check until
their ammunition spent. when they fought with
bayonets and clubb.l muslects or the istl, Missis
sippi all but two skeleton companies were killed or
takcn prisoners. All the field Ulcers were killed
cent tho Major, mud he severely wounded The Wash
ngton Artillery lost all but seven men and also the
battery For the first two hours the Yankees refused
to give quarter. The carnage hero Was awful. On
Monday the fight was resumed tho heights retakcn
and the battery with number of other pieces, cap
tued On Tuesday, tho 9th, tho genera! battle wa!
fought and the feds driven TO and across the river
Heavy rains fell that night and prevented Lee ron
crossing his army and destroying Hooker's whole
command. Our losses are very heavy Nearly every
regiment lost ofits field officers. Gcns. It'll anr
| Heath have resumed command Six or eight Yankee
| batteries were captured and 5000 prisoners.
All was quiet at Charleston up to tho 7th. though
tho enemy threatened second attack. The Yankee:
three or four thousand strong wero in North Ala
bama and destroyed part OF the State road.
There has been desperate battle Mt Richmt n u ny
in which thu Couftdcratcs victorious, but Gen
GiehaIne nas allied. AAs - a Siu... Loss A.I..e-
| lars not given.
On tic Goth ,rlt., Yankee gunboat, with
negro battalion on board, went up the
c.. III 81. M