Shreveport news., 1864-06-07

RICHMOND, May I'd, 1854.
HEAD QrARs.. Dist. WEST. La,
In tie Feid. May "a. 1864. !
General Orders,
No.
soldiers o: the Army of Western
Louisiana:
On the 18th of March, the enemy
with an arm. o: thirty thousand
mcr, accompanied by fleet Of Iron
Clads mounting one hundred and
fifty guns, moved forward for the
conquest of Texas and Louisiana;
after seventy days continued fight
lug. YOU stand Il band OF conqurring
heroes on the banks OF the !tisS!s-
sipri. Fifty pieces OF cannon, seven
thousand small arms, three gunboa'S
| and eight transports captured and
destroyed, sixty stands of color>,
over ten thousand of tn enemy
killed. wounded or captured, these
are the trophies which ad"rn your
! victorious banners. Along three hun
'!r.d miles Of river You have fought
/ Of road you have driven his army.
/ You have atched Your bare breasts
against his lron-Clads aud proved
victorious in the contest. You have
I driven his routed columns beyond
the Mississippi. although fed by re-
Inducements of fresh troops. wh!I-
many OF your gallant comrades We're
! withdrawn to other fields The
. boosted Acrt. which lately sailed tri-
umphaut over our waters, has fled in
di>may after destroying guns and
stripping of armor III is cagrruess to
escape YOU. Like re.rcant knights,
the Iron Clads have fed the field,
leaving shield and sword b.hLd:
The devotion and constancv YOU
have Displayed in this pursuit have
never been surpassed In the annals
Of war, 4. Il YOU have removed from
the Confederate soldier the rcproach
that he could win battles but could
not improve victories.
Along II hundred miles of his path
the flying foe, with more than savage
barba.i;y. burned every house and
village within his reach. You .x-
,inSuished the burning ruins in his
base blood, and were nrrvcd atresli
to vengeance by the cries Of women
and children left without shelter or
food Long will the accursc! race
remember the great river Of Texas
and Louisiana. The characteristic
hue Of his ,urbid waters has a darker
tinrc from the liberal a.miytIIrc OF
Yankee blood.
The cruel alligator and ravrnous
gariish wax fat on rich food, and our
native vul,urr holds high rerclry
over many fostering corpse.
If the stern ralor of our well
/ trained infantry was illustrated on
the bloody fields of Mansfield aud
Pleasant Hill. this long pur-ui, has
covered the cavalry of this army
with undying rcnown.
Like generous hounds with tn,
game in full view. YOU have know
neither hunger nor fatigue, and til,
l hoar>e cannon and the ringing riff,
have replaced in this stern cha-, tn,
i>"norons horn and joyous halloo.-
/ Whether charging on foot, shoulder
, to shoulder with our noble infantry
/ or hurting your squalrons on tn,
masses OF the foe. or hanging on his
dying columns with more than til,
tcnacity of the Cossack, YOU hav,
been admirable in all. Conquer YOU
/ own vices and you can conquer til,
world
Our artillery has been the admira
| ton 81 the army. Boldly advancing
i W thout cover, against the heavy me
f tai Of the hostile fleet, uulimberine
: often without support within rang
Of musketly, or remaining last on til,
4 field to pour grape and can str int
= advancing columns. onr battcric.
r have been distinguished in exac
proportion as opportunity was afford
+ ed.
F.; Soldiers these are great and no
r bile deeds, and they will live in chron
: icfe and in song as long as tn,
Southern race exists to honor tn,
earth. But much remains yet to do
The fairest city of The South Ian
cuisines IN the invaders grasp He
? exiled sons mourn her fate in ever,
land. The checks of her fair daugh
tiers yet mantle with the blush raise,
: by the brutal Tyrant's Insult. No
Confederate soldier returns to hi.
colors from this sad Venice of tn,
} South, but recounts with throbbins
heart and fearful eyes, how amids
danger and Insult these noble womer