, 1864-04-24

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esesy rgnished Hero the hard fought ba1'e OF
| Now let mo enm up on. position In a dcnse
WOOD. In lront . victorious enemy, 1t 1east 1900
| strong. we only 6.oo0 troops to oppose thom:
distance Of 1nore than nineteen miles to PIeassas
ulls By only one road and that bad aud lined with
at olr feeling dis piritef moving th.t sac n eneny
would attack p II lie 7noTniRss But ws fel
back BUILDING huge fires la!oag ths road 70 dis
| about O'Clock q. N. On the 9Th inst, where We
found Ger. 4 J. Smith with hls eqlaa.n read1 to
S.gute ith The The eney ,o5 TIE al ssey q he
filed into the road for this place. came It the
aame tine. Gen Smith mad formed his line Of bat
lie ara waa satmlshine when 1 lsit. Tao lSta
| Now let me estimate our 1osscs. First. in the
| 11ih army corps alone put 1t 1t 1,000 killed snd
wounded ard 90 taken prisoners; and this oat
Of 4CC0 men. We lost seventeen pieces Of arttl-
lsIy an:! about sesenty.9.e wagons, losdea With
bu!aEces and ntarly III our wounded. Poor boys
to te wounded and also prisoners-my heart bleeds
ast N s VII sa' lad @ 9iefo19 an ~ d.
get behcaded. most sincerely hope so. op-
he9e Gen. sesS foass. ais oTn
| men and won victory, and bad Gen. Ransom hsd
the sane privilege, We would not have been whip
Wewere always victorious uattl wo came here,
3nd Woufd be 20 here If we had Grant to lead us:
10 because he ranEs franklin and the noble. brave
nd generous Ransom is Faer,nced; Nay hs vend;
re this as 81 ee wen knoTs EoW. Think he will,
1could all aEcets With incidents Of this ba.t.c;
ea9s moI,o canss EaIsn. soas tears: AZ waud
brothers and their country. Many OF those report
ed amcne the missing viii certslnly be numbered
sc W. ee, tnf oeao aud wounded. NAY never sec The
on The 9Th Gen. Smith came up; attacked the
~ teoe,s anu stef nefce stfogsts Grove them oack
snd IT.! nnmnes 6s n OF R s,2n
apn af1.a nov n ean murier nGt 16a men. Many were
A'"eo aaa Aaan5 "ese EAea ps'eoaess'
Aspects sa.,ssz o. tns . stt,e'; y.
NC nave seen anu consesseo VIII Af 1ooalng,
Just nun New Orleans, who accompanied General
exandrta to New Ofieaus. which also h.d on board
s1o,t tow hnrr.a +-on,a.i so1a1ar. [rs,, 80 hst
,ie as I Nv Gno1iao ao1, ht.f .us
present at the two dsys' bsttlc. but he gathered
eonsccrablc Information ", conversation xi1,, ,en
Ransom and other wounded officers on boszd the
boat.
He Gays our 1oes Is much 1arrer than Mt frat "a.
| ,,dc5 ,,.tt, n..-..t .a-,.. - - ~ e' "
.sas. - =. S.y .o1eee eoua. VI tas oss In tne
infantry and artillery made 1t $685. while the loss
| Of cavalry must be fully LOCO more Thu rar-est
part OF our loss ia in pfisune,s. Den Ransom Ri
pretty certain that tt oes Of the enemy In Killed
ana wounded was much larcer than our. a. he nss
the nEeauit1re NASTY our artljicry n Ia terrIs
havoc uu1opr them. "'0'e
OR loss IN the first day In cuus WIS as follows
te tst 7, ndisn, AZ 4etane ~ y Be si1 Of
sits battery and three cunt Of one Of the Renis-
Batteries, tic name net Known.
49, tn sne aS ssIgIu u1J 4sat We ofose INC enemy
M Gnons con|a ny gnsInom t ,4 many
prisoners. Unfortunately the routed and scattered
condition Of our cavalry and the loss Of 50 lazse
portion Of our artillery, put it ont OF the powcF Of
our army to follow up he routed enemy. The enc
my numbered about $1,000 men, undar the COM
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The whole army has fallen back to the river ut
Nathitochea, and viii undoubtedly soon abandon band n
River, altogether. Indeed, Il Vas understood when
Nj; Gooding lett Ectchifochea, that the 10th and
l7sh amy eorps-Whlch belong to Gen. sherman's
proceed to Join Gen. Sherman at Chattanooga.
Ssse T. tT9 oS3 Sons 90 not a. present number over
.r, 10 egnt ~ en 1
Soi.a o. iarionen; ne remainder n; OF the army
tuon A thtra arc m Snnn,jes wbsIs + "a pats
ord thn M -jrcr H. Tsii;D1 P - - ioe1so'
Tho caTal1v whirh numheptrti sho,t m ,,,,,
| lost their Varon and Ammunition trains nrd us ~
stated above It least 1,etD men and horses. Tha
argeet share oi The loss il pretty cerainly In nrs
| oncTB. Gen. Lee was IN command Of The cayair1.
but himself escaped injury.
tbe blame tor The disaster M apon Gen. BsnEs It i
.sa that he oraerea Cen hee to attack the enemy
Lin; and that when Gen. Lee. meeting With 4 az
we're rrpnlee By ovespowcring numbers, sent back
for 1einiorcements, but single brigade was sent
ca.airy Finally Gen Smith, with the W loth d and md
18th army corps GAME up and the onslaught Of tna
eGsm5 was checked and finally repulsed.
| We are 10th to believe the responsibility Of the
disaster will entirely upon Gen B7nEe until We
.hah reesf*s mora doainlf' and ~asa<nte iniuEtaa
| tlon.
As yen. steele with his army from Western A.
| OF ShfeTeport the same destination Cen. Hsnss
had in view, there will be some anxiety felt until
nls snfety is assured.
| We understand that the expedition was limited
nearly Or quite expired Whea VIC were 50 untottu.