The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-25
ised River Expeditien!-.-De-
tails Of the Affair.
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4 letter from Grand Ecorc, 10th instant
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Our cavalry has been driving the enemy
for two days, but in the forenoon Of the
Sth sent back word for infantry supports
General Ransom, in command OF the Third
and fourth divisions of the Tn1rtoenth
Corps, was ordered 70 send forYarda brig!
ade, aud be did So AT upoa shs followed
with the Fourth division. After advancing
about tive miles from where the third
d. vision af hiscjtnmand aud ths Nineteenth
corps weie eBcamped, the rebels made a
stand, and our line CONSISTING Of only 5,
400 infantry, formed iti' bolt Of woods
with an open field in front, and the enemy
in the woods on the other side. General
Stone. of Balls Bluff lame, chief OF General
Banks's staff, was OH the field md took
direction OF the movements. =,
General Ransom was in favor Of advan-
eng only in force, but his wish was disreS
gardad After a skirmish across this open
field for about an hour, the enemy advanced
upon US in overwhelming numbers, estima
Ted at 10, 900 strong. General Ransom got
At! the available troops TO the front and
opened on them. T.t enemy lost heavily,
but advanced steadily fa-' -
soon all the cavalry gave way and the i'm
lanrry iell back In a few moments the
enemy pressed up closely. The panic OF the
ravary SO Gemoralized the army that the
.etreat became rout. The general did all
n his power to rally the men, bat hnding
It impossible without reinforcements, made
rrery effort to save the artillery ,s,sra ,cl
While endeavoring to get the mercantile
battery off safely, General Ransom was
severely wounded in the leg. Captain
CvruS Z Dckey, his adjutaHt was instantly
kllIed. '.,.,..4 ...!. ,..1
Our loss was large, probably two thous
and. ..at ...sat .s.- b. H-i
The Mercantile battery lost all its guns.
Captain White is prisoner. Lieutenants
TROOP and Mcbride are killed. The loss
I'll the battery in killed aud captured is
three thousand one hundred. One hund
rrI aud ten OF them returned to camp after
he disaster. ".a .b
Whilst the Fourth division were falling
b.ck in disorder, the Third division, num-
bering only eighteen hundred men, came up
and was immediately routed. s.-az - e',i - =
Finally the Nineteenth Army Corps,
wlth seven thousand men, came up and
formed in line. They checked the enemy
aud held them until We got, all the trains
oIt, except that of the cavalry. "a e.iiy,1 l-e
aIhe whole armyis falling back here, where
It must wait to rcorganize before proceed
nc further toward Shreveport. ,, ui
PLEASANT HILL ,,31
which is represented as having been the
scene OF this engagement, is In the south
eastern portion of De Sofa parish, about
fsty miles from Shreveport, General Banks
objective point, and about ten miles from
tho river The cavalry forces were under
General Stoueman, and the ipfantry under
General Ransom, of the Thirteenth corpsii
From the statement in the rebel papers
rbat two euuboats we're sunk with tprpe-
does we infer that there was CO operating
movement by the river, and possibly the
whole of Genesal EBanks's forces were eI
rarad indirectly. The disaster will serious
y check the advance upon ShsGepor, ifit
foes not cause it to be abandoned for the
present. In this connection 1t becomes
natter of serious inquiry where General
Steele's forces are for they were supposed
- be ina position to cooperate with
General Banks in the Bed river movement.
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