Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-04-22

I forward brigade and he did 80. At noon
| he followed with the 9Th division. Alter al
vancing about five miles from where the 81
Z division Of his command and the lOth corF-
were encamIed, the rebels made stand ami
our line, consisting Of only 200 infantry,
formed in belt Of woods with an open hcid
in front. and the enemy in the woods
on the other side Gen. stone, OF Ball =
Bluff lame. chief Of Gen. Banks stad, was
on the field and took direction o. the move
ments Gen Ransom was IN favor Of atiVan-
cling ONLY IN force, bat his wish was tisrr-
parded After . skirmish across this open
field for about AN hour. the enemy advanced
upon us in overwhelming numbers, estimated
10 900 strong. Gen. Ransom got al the
available troops t. the front and opened on
them. The enemy lost heavily but advanced
steadily. soon ali Of the cavalry gave way
and the infantry fell hack. For a lew mo-
ments the enemy pressed closely. The panic
Of the cavalry 10 dem0ralize1 the army that
the retreat became II rout. Toe Genera! did
all in his power 10 rally the Inen, but finding
it impossible without reinforcements made
every eiiJrt 70 save the artillery. While en-
deavOring 10 get the Chicago Mercantile
battery off safely, Gen. Ransom wns severely
wounded in the Leg. Capt. Cyrus /. Oick'y'
his adjutant, was instantly killed.
Our los was large-protably 2OtO- The
Mercantile battery lost all ~ guns. Cap
tain White j. prisoner. Lieut-- InrooP
and Mcbride are killed. The l4s- Of tie hat
terry in Killed and captured il 81 ITO Of
them returned % camp after Tire dl-aster.
While the 18th division was falling hacS
in disorder, the Sd division. numbering only
I-lIII Immediate -IE
routed
Finally the l9th army corps With 1000
men cimr mp and formed line, and checked
tire enemy and held them until W, Sltali the
trains L except tha. Of tle cavalry
The whole army is aliiHg back here, where
it must wait O. rjr-anlzeI Re. ore p-0ce-lin.
further towards Shreveport.
Richmond papers have the following i.--
patch from Maj. Gen NIuiy TO Adj. Gea.
Cooper
Tie GLOWING was received II Bst,n
Rouge on the Sd inst, from che SlIgeon
General o. Banks army
' We Iu-t TIE enemy neaT Shreveport.
The Union force was Iepllse1 with great
lo>-.-H1w many can you acc0m51ttc DO
hospitals 40 Baton Rouge Ine steamer
Essex Or Benton was destroyed lv tJ7p-i--s
in Red River and a transport captured 5y
the Couiederatcs.
Farugut Is reported preparing 70 attieS .
Mobile SIX Monitors are coming o. him.
The garrisons OF New Orleans and Baton .
Rouge were very much reduced f0r The pur-
pose Of increasing Banks forces
On the 18th inst Capt. Phelps OF the gun
boat NJ. %, captured rebel mail carrier
1.sor f'r...Eetrrs RluT Arssr.fs with 5nn .
etters from Richmond and other points, and
60 600 percussion caps for Gen Price ar
NY. The letters contain official clmmunIct-
lions Tor Shreveport ana considerable sum
Jf Federal money.
\ squad Of guerilla recently captured Re
Clark and sheriff Of Kansas c.,
and carried them OF. They ai-o
burned a lot of cotton and arrested several
,l the cotton buyers. The latter they let 70
liter robblng them OF several thousand dol
ars