The New York herald., 1864-06-18
Additional Details OF the Bat
tie Near Ripley, Miss.
Splendid Conduct Of the Union
Forces.
The Fighting Of tue Negro Sol
dtcrs,
Ass As.. kNs

CsCHsAu, Juno 10. 1884,
ne following insormaton IN regard % The late eSpedi
ton OF sturgs derived mostly from officers 40
company ing the expedition. aud is mainly
Nothing interest occurred until the expedition passed
Salem, Hiss, ttn inss. when three hundred men
in the advance, and, passing through Ripley,
they captured several small PARTIES OF tho enemy.
Oasard they kept moving directly upon R,ouE aud
Dsny,Be desroyin the railroad ana burning hs defot
se place, and constantly skirmishing with
considerable body Of the enemy.
They re.oined our main column the ssh instant,
having captured twenty five prisoners.
On The OH our main column passed through Ripley,
moving southwest.
On the 10Th our cavalry moved 10 tho direction OF
Guntown, leaving the Infantry in camp,
After proceeding . few miles they encountered the
enemys pickets, ani large body OF the
enerny 10 position and the battle became general
Tie cavalry dsmounted and drove the enemy
distance when latter reinforced, and men
fought for The greatest desperation and
against greatly superior odds.
infantry up when the cavalry, at three
P NJ, retired
Another largo body OF rebels arrived the rail-
road Just at this tne sight of the battle. which
now raging furiousy, all our forces being engaged
soon beceme evident that could not withstand
such attacks as bong by vasIy
inch OF ground.
is said that tho colorsd troops fought with the most
determined desperation, and the last 70 give
Our forces retreatsd Ripley, distance of twenty
Eve miles, that night after burning large portion Of the
supply train and destroying ton pieas Of artillery which
they unable TO move forward through the swanps
On the llth the rebels made desperate attack
infantry which repu!sed but she attack shortly
Afterwards renewed and considerable portions Of our in
fantry cut OF and captured
IL rs stated that after The ammunition mad become
hausted OF the negro troops boarded the ammuni
tion train being destroyed filed their
and rockets with cartridges and that otne Of the negro
troops gathered ammunition from the casta~ay accocrs
mcn,s the white troops and thus enabled 70 keep
up the fight until they reached Memphis.
n also stated that body Of sixteen hundred tn
fantry which cut on and supposed TO have been
captured, defended BY two hundred negro troops
from the repeated assaults OF the rebel cavalry, and
arrived Collersvc after the main column Of
forces arrived there.
Another body or three hundred negro troops came In
this morning. having escaped various roads, all bring
ing their and acooutrements with them.
Our loss estimated At hundred and twenty.
ave negro troops killed and fourteen pieces artillery.
fifteen hundred non all OF the Fityninth nited
States oolored troops have In There hun
drod men and six officers missing.
Three hundred the Fly.Hfh United States colorsd
troops missing.
Among the casualties arc the follow ing
Seood Nssp Jersey Canalyy-Captain Rieily, killed;
Resdo,phi Lieutenant Brada Lieutenant Raj
ner euteoant Apologize and Assistant Surgeon Ksutz,
missing
SerssA Indiana Cnuoly.-Lasuteoant Colonel Brown
and Captain Elliott. wounded.
Niaavfhsyd lndiaaa-Lieut. Col Pool, killed; Adiu-
tant Norly killed Capt Courvisss, wounded Lieut. Rees,
wounded and missing.
Ntssyfvh OAio.-Capt. Allies, killed; Lieut. Ksltoa,
killed; Capt Hanson, wounded and missing.