, 1864-04-25
CHICAGO, MONDAY, APRM<25, 1854.

AA~' 1AA ADA
rendered at this time By COL Robson, commanding
avs,fy brigade aet6,ied 10 guard 1ne traius, VINO,
1.-The ns .Rd pd5a q H se,ad AIR. hssas% as
4 most destructive volely Into the rebels
bx Ssts il sed o'a in rd1 The m m1Saa % I'D S Ssa
| the place whese Cameron's Division had
met retreat wss continued the 1ebels follow
ing closely upon our heels. and keeping up con.
| tinuous ffe, when ali ut once as no mcn;cd into
| more open piece Of woods. We came upon El-rya
dyis1on, Of tue 18th army corps, forming IN ms,.
nideent order In line Of battle acsosa the road.
Opening their ranks to permit the retreatlng forces
eosedu up OF he M MdoSblle.qsek 99istly a'.,tea tue
minutes On they came screaming and firing as they
advanced, but etil in good order snd win closed
ranks. Al at once from that firm line Of gallant
soldiers that now stood 10 brayely between us and
our pursuing foes, there burst forth chorus Of
1eIating th1ndera that rolled from tsnk to ank IN
@ Re 2s sa s6a a bsx di IN
ed and wounded II vain the rebels stzose "a rlll,
1Epnlsed, and after short contest they feli back,
evidently most terribly punished. 1t was now quite
| dark, and each party 6zvona-xed On the field. a
4th division, 1ssh army corps, were completely bro
ken to pieces out q 3e9 TSn s. II action the ~
lost s5G Every brigade commander Of these two
dlyisions vas either knied Of wounded and = pris-
1sen Of
ssS Viii our ~oands sa San xs1:
The Chicago Mercantile Bsttery Was gone, Capt,
White wounded and prisoner With p men Of the
btst @ b5ts9, M & db:ss sS she TT lnasna
fallen into the hands Of the enemy, NTH the fonr
hcwltzels statlopsd on the right aqd Jeff Of our
es II and a 5s s Sgps e.n1 and
Webb Of the T1th nlnos, fell early in the day while
sk5z1ntsAing With the adyanee, Ms} Reed, com
cspt D'ekey q ION of Col T. L. DcEey} On Gcn. aal
kiled instantly while carving an order to The isth
less receive list OF killed and wounded as soon if
others here. The loss on ths side Of The rebels bel.
VILE crossing !hc acld or our 1sht an iii aef5
| hom the gre Of Ene9's division. So much viii Of
g. be e,u,es ssd tbs9 sHd III Ten so in
oi this asy that feel jpe.saed In making
gesttons npon this point, 1irat, The iorres under
Jond the main body OF The ssmy. consldcrlnr tSe he
resistance which be wns encounterins, which yery
clearly INDICTED AZ enemy IN hea.y otec; and aee-
| he ad74nce and the 1ntanry Column, IN county
where the nature Of the woods rendered IT almost
impossible 10 sazs ~ithaat nn2 de.lay ~ vet
this train, Cameron's division might have reached
| the front in time to hare taken position on on
lef, and then. y We had not been strong enou.b II
the drst encounter to rcpulae the enemy we could
have protected onr line from that fatal fsnk move
ment, s.yed our batteries By forming new line On
until Emer, Arrived when We would f have cbeea beea
strong enough to assume the offensive with fair
| prospect oi lnceeas.
description OF the battle on Tie 6th at The Sahtne
Cross Roads, etill the history Of this day is 10 uti
fats ten During lie n3sht tie sH sHH7snE our en;lle
force ten back in eafety to Pleasant Hill, fifteen
ni!ee from, the battle f1td Gen. Cameron and col.
sot into csmp. Gen Smith had resched Pleasant t
Iil On the 1tght Of The battle and on the morning
! fcar and Smiths and Emefy's forces united werc
placed IN a9e position ready to receive
made their appearance and commenced skiruIshing
and aheling our lines aud At half past fire they It.
tackled us 10 positisn IN full force IN the open eld
loss. 0ur men charging over the field driving Tie
enemy into the woods and taking 600 100 prison.
ere besides IecartqHng two OF tie guns {belong1ng
rae On sstulday. On Sunday IND Monils3 The en-. en-
tre Union army tetfessed In good order to Grsnd
EsGrc Is is Thout any the
defeat At Pleasant Hill. The retros1ade Increment
Mat doubtless the best that could be made under
Deecaz5 for obtainia adt.onsi s1ppiies nae
ordons The Union army is silt a1ron: enonsS @ St 70
e5ea Gy TIC wiharswa Of smits o.ces' II W6eh 6
event the Red river expedition nnRt be abandoned
Tor the pseHent. y. AVN.
From the New Orleans Era, Apnl15,1
| Wc are enabled 10 lay before our readers this
morning full aud connected history Of tho recen.
great battle in Western Louisiana, aud one which
), n1juAx1
terrific md the casualties very gTt8t bn there can
be ttlo doubt that tho blow has terribly impaired
ifnot destroyed the rebel power In this Statc It
Is possible. and even probable, that another en-
gagement Will be fought. az wc learn on good au-
thor.E that Gen. Banks expressed the intention Of
giving battle once more rs room "a opportunity Of
Tered. We gain the suhIofncd account from eye
Witnesses and participants.
Our army broke up camp 1t Natchftoches On tho |
Shreveport road, the cavalry advanciu. twensY-oua
miles and rested for the night at Crump's Hi the
iBB'n iBs n5se 9u ,be % In The
upona body Of mounted febels before they hsd |
The enemy were rapidly driven Before onr Troops.
Thls unn,ng style Of fight uas Kept up for fourteen
miles, nntil they had cot TWO miles beyond Pleasant
Here force OF 2,b00 rebel cavalry, commanded |
~ General Grec1, were found strongly posted on /
IeOuG plnntdt1Qn- Inc rebels were GGp!pFel /
along the edge Of dense strip Of woods, With m
open field In front, oyer which We had to charge ID
order to reach them. The only Union soldiers that
had advanced fur enough to take part In the t.h,
which Was inevitable, ~as the <aratry brigade
Of Lees corpF, commanded b. Col Haral Robin
scn ~ he haa either to attack 9. be attacked, he
decided TO take the Initiative, and he led bis men
u Hltn eucA oash an1 FiEoF. that # last the enc
ny "as a,a aS9,mpetely whipped a9d driven from the
nal ana ont 1otees Amounted to ao9ut forty killed
a aGa Tohnaeo. me encmys being at least az many.
TOT. ROBINSON pureued the retreattng rebel az fit
~ hs5op d9 panl where be found they had rscelv
attiiery and were again IN line Of batt'o waiting
sn STACK; - It was nearly dark, and the risk was
too Crent tn again attacking with his emal1 force,
b. placed BIZ men In the most advantageous posi-.
ton avstlable, aud awaited the progress Of e.ents
Nothing further was accomplished on the drst
day. i. =
SECOND DAYS FIGHT.
During thu nfebt br;oa1e of .1nf.nt,v ann.
rnoni;ci he hi 7an9rnra coue " ~ aat ~ GoI -
1l,c morning Of the tnlioEinr dav HEftjanv tIc XIX
tho march Was resumed. Therebcls we're foa9dto
The ditposition of our forces nj TIM hr11nn1no ot