The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-04-29

The loh Corps checked tho pebeIs, and
held them for abou, twenty mina&ea,
when they we're obliged to retire; which,
they did slowly; and. a. night came osr
the bloody crBfllct ended.
The NEXT morning. the oh. Gen. A. J.
Smith came up with bis eommasd. aud
We we're ordered to accompany our gag.
ons. which corpri.ed all tia, We bad left.
and they were ordered 10 cems hers ~
q ,ck AS possible.
The town We sre now II i. four miles
from Nstchi,ochs-, on the Red River
The fight took place fouy miles from The
town Of Mansfield, De.o,o psri,h. La.
On the 9 b, Gen A. ). smith. who iu-
media,e'v relieved Gen Ffsuklin, whipped
the rebels badly, r-captursd tws,vs guns.
and took 500 pri.oners This il the Ia
,es, news that have frors ths front.
Grand Ecore, Red River. April 10.
We left Natchi,oches on the 6:h. o.
the 7th our advance guard had . brush
with the enemy. On the s.h we were up
st 81 O'Clock in the norDing. and started
| for Shreveport. We got on few miles,
| when we heard cannonading ahead.-
Presently our Captain (who WAS Chief sf
Artillery Of the 18Th Corps) came back.
sn1 ordered US 40 move on 30 the front.
saving. They are fighting like h-ll r
We moved forward about eigh, u:iIea on
the double quick and when ". got to Ihe
scene of action, found that he -poks .ru-
w. The balls were fviug sS thick as hall
a,ones. while the artillery kept up de>
iirhtfnl bass - the tr-pbls Of masksirs.
our ta,ter, (he Aercao,ie} wss headed
wi canl.,er, and connanced firing We
were Oh ,be Ieft. The rebels charged toe
lef Of ,he iue, aud we bad 10 fall back
about y mile Va STAYED there for over
M h"ur and 'ben were d,lven back again,
Our guns were piar'nx The 'devii's tst.
too" on the rob franks We were char4-
| Ell three time, bu, drove lhe rebels back
-verv time Finay, owing to superior
| nnmhers agsin., us. our forces had TO re-
treat
Our corp. Che 1870 Was oil Gu, te
pieces and so We fell back 70 this place,
FIVE or six mile. from The ts,,ie-6e'h. to
r.org.hize. We brough, our guns bsek
two miles from ihe f-d. and then had to
leave them. as the road was all blocked
up with tho train. We lost twenty >four
pieces of ar,ilery.-all :h-fe were iu the
fight. Our Captain and two Lisstenanss
were captured; Lieu:. George fkroop We
mor,aly wounded ; seven men we're
wounded. and twenty-five are missing.
Gen. A j. Suith came up the mex, d.v.
and whipped the rebels, taking 2,O00
prisoners and sixteen pieces Of artillery
He sen, word to the rshel Gen. Price, Asy-
ing that he would fgh, him oil the way
to shreveport, and not take another prs-
onsr.
Cairo, April 22.
The Gladiator, Henry Aues. A!oe,s
Pearcs, md Sultana have arrived from
Nss Orleans, with dates of tho 18th, l4th,
I5'h. aad 10Th.
Several correspondents Of New York
papers. who we're on the battlefield at
PisA-sul Hill. report The ~hols affair .
eonp!sts defeat. and that Gen. Smith oa>
iy succssded in saving BAsks army from
to.sI destruction Wounded officers aud
men arrived 10 New Orleans. aud brought
up on these hos,s ~ Vickshurg. report the
.ams thing Gen. Ransom wss 10 New
Orleans on the 18Th Crest indignation
wss manifested by general oficers sgaln't
Dnnkx.
a correspondent says that great dissat-
j-fgcsina Wa. -1pi sssrd al Gen bank's
gens-sIshjp ~ Futay'' halte fought con
trafv "a !rsuslIu plans aud bath frank
In 4at kan.u,n probes ed against having
cxvxlry 40 far IN advance Smith protest
-! .gaia., the rs;sesi from p s~sant Hill
sfsx The victory of SATURDAY, he wished te
pursas he hpsug rehs's. but Bank. order
Cd the ,.lurn Of the entire armv 20 Grand
Ecors It is diffirul, 10 determine whs,
the result of The expedition will be. IL
viii require sons time 10 reorganizs ihs
arnv, aud if the river continues flfI Alex
andria will necessarily become the bsss OF
operalons.
All the forces at Ale1andria have tesA
ordered to Grand Ecore, and fexrs ara as.
te'tsinei that the rebels NAV attack the
former pIsce and destroy 4 large amours
Of stores there.