Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-25
b. R. CowEN,
Adjutant General of Ohio.
From New orleans-The Late Fight


NEw YoaK, April 23-The steamer
Evening, Star from New Orleans on the
l7lh and Havana on the l9.h, has arrived
Her news Is meagre.
Positive iniOI nation had reached New
Orleans that there bad been no more fight
iHg since the acc3uuts Photographed. Be-
tween 300 aud 400 wounded had arrived
At New Orleans.
Cotton WAS dull on the 18th at T9c for
strict middIiog
Sugar was active aud higher, with sales
at 10 o 2s3c. Molssses scarce aud hell at
IS To $50.
The following from the New Orleans
Era is an account of the fnaI victory of
the Union forces:
Alter some terrible fighting, at o'clock
Saturday morning, cur forces were at
Pleasant Hill, anu the rebels were adj
vanciug, with their cavalry 10 front, Gu.
deavOrlUg TO discover our position.
Col. q. P. Gooding, win his brigade of
Lees cavalry corps, WAS sent out on the
Shreveport road 10 meet the enemy aud
draw him on. he had gOus about mile,
when he came upon the rebel advance.
Skirmishing immediately ensuGd, and. &C.
cetding % the pl4ni be slowly fell back.
The hght was VeyS shaEE bsiNeen those
cayalryS 6odles,s audi % y G00ding lost
nhhtiy 20 men .ktlled. aud tifdsds iu11IGt..
i g E9as4 damage . he re-
Ths 18Th corps 5'ai vas / n Fe; ssF,S n IN.
reat. under Gen. Cameron. G ed. Ransom
heving been wOunded the day before.
Gen. Smith was commander. 10. chief of
the secoud lines, back of rhe CREST, while
Gen. Mower WAS the commander of the
right brigade. 10 Gen. Smiths west line
was Col Lynch. Toe lett brigade was
Col. SnAw's The second line also con
sisted ottwO brigades CrAwiord's - In.
diana b4Ltsry was posted on the right of
the SCH Indiana Infantry. and The 9Ln la
diana battery on the right of the liue of
battle. The Missouri Iton Sun battery,
aud Others, whose names and numbers We
could not ascertain, were also in this Sec
ton OF the battle.
The sklrmishiug was kept up with con-
siderable Vigor until about S o'clock in
the afternoon, when the rebels had com.
pieted their arrangements for the attack.
AT about this hour Gen. Euory's skIr.
mish line WAS driven 10 on tue right by the
rebels, who appeared in large force, com
lug through the timber above mentioned.
They soon reached the open ground, and
moved on TO the attack in three lines of
battle.
Our batteries aud Infantry opened with
terrible effect, doing great slaughter With
grape and canister, while the enemy's ar.
lIllery being 10 the woods anC in bad DO.
sition, did scarcely any damage.
Col. BeuedicL's brigade, on the left, was
tue irst eugsgrd, aud Was soon followed BY
DwighIs aud McMIllAu's. Toe igot was
terrific, old sUIdiers say it was never sur
passed for desperation.
Notwithstanding tue terrible havoc in
their ranks the enemy pressed fercely on,
slowly pushing the men of the 18Th Corps
back up the hill, but not breaking their
line OF battle.
A sudden aud bold dash of the rebels on
the right gave them possession of Tayior's
battery, aud forced our line still further
back.
Now came the grand coup de min The
18th, on arriving At the top of the hill, sud
denly fled over the hill an passed through
the lines of Gen. Smith.
We must here mention that the rebels
were now in but Two lines of battle, the
FIRST having been almost annihil-Ied BIZ
General Emory, what remained having
been forced back into the second line, but
these Two lines came on exultauL and sure
Of victory. The first passed over the knoll
AMI oil needless of the long line OF cannon
aud crouchibg forms pressed on. The sec.
ouu Nue hppehreu on tue crest and the
death signal WAS sounded. Words cannot
describe the awful RscLs Of this discharge
Seven thousand rifles aud several batteIi 3
o! artillery, loaded to the muzzie with
grape aud canister, were fred simulta.
neously, and the whole centre ofttbe rebel
l,ue was crushed down and irighuinIiy
mangted BY this one discharge. No time
was given them to recover their good order
bat Gen. Smith ordered charge and nis
men dSsted rapidly forward, The boys Of
the 18th Joining 10. Tue rebels fought
boldly aud desperately back to the timber.
90 reaching which large portion broke
and fed, July 2 900 throwing aside their
arms.
10 this charge Tsylor's battery was ia
ken, as were also two OF The guns of Minis
battery, the Parrot gun taken from us AT
CarriOn Grow last fall, aud one or two 9th
ers belonging to the rebels, one of which
was considerably shattered. besides 700
prisoners. 3sF
: A.pursnit and desultory eight was KEEP,
up forfhree miles, whea our men returned
TO the field OF battle, aud thus ended this
fearful aud bloody struggle for the control
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