The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-06-18

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up 70 5e ~" two armies stood facing. AS
Il sn a"nproaehed nearer and nearer the
theS lr nr Of each became OF more interest
des .Esa other. AS twas General Bragg's
70 lhe me- to lead his opponent up to a
pufp4;oo' noint by remaining on the de-
tfr. aine and then spring suddenly for
yard and 81 -
" pE1IvER A STRINGENT BLOW,
,;cb to be effective must be surprise,
Th s.t r, he shut every avenue through |
tD S.ah the enemy could possibly gain in
Np n;nsnce. and gave extra attention to
semsathenine positions in his front, in
alsno 70 keep the enemy at distance
ora I:, tho moment arrived for unloosen-
a w. the thunderbolt;
lnS ~" we said at the beginning, it was on
4, 40 Owe of the great battle, and the two
MOS s;es stood glaring at each other
sllu nSs the small stream already named.
ati' tho combatants had drawn nearer
~ !.ssther the pickets had been augment
p Sss.o,n time to time, until now regi-
sa .nt and a section Of artillery was a
pen n.sarv force where dozen privates
net Jnr . subaltern had been sufficient a
VIA Matters were thus growing hot and
..ait;no. when Major John Ingram,
s .I;ntant General of the staff Of Major
sa"1eral Cheatham, rode to- the front to
e,t y regiment of infantry in position
y n;cket a part Of the line which had
s ~ assigned to General Cheatham to
l~ard After stationing the troops.
s',N concealed themselves behind a
s Nn fence, the Major, with a compan-
i ion ralloped to the front few hundred
Yards to see -, aa
wHARTON's CAVALRY CHARGE
.ouo souadrons of the enemy's horse
rbich had come i'll view. The scene
vas Of the most fascinating character
mossible.. Our troopers advanced to the
iborge across an open field and scatter
ID The enemy before them. Carried
AZ sNav by the excitement, the two off
rers ;ncautiously proceeded to a slight
elevation in front, where they could see
me blue-coat horsemen flying in all di-
rpetious. This was glorious sport, and
ingram and his friend waved their caps
sn1 c1apped their hands in great glee,
and would doubtless have told Il fine
story that night at the mess table if
t6ey had only had an opportunity. But
that opportunity was not to occur
Turning to retrace their steps they saw
sboly Of the enemy's cavalry in their
rear, and so near them that escape was
ant of tile question. 10 add to the dis
NAV of the Major came the thought that
hshad in his pocket
GENERAL BRAGG's BATTLE ORDER
which recited the time and point of at
tack of the battle of the coming morn
ine, and which in the hands of the enc
nv would be worth thousands OF men
and would damage the Confederate
cause in a corresponding ratio. 10 at
tempt to destroy the paper would leaC
10 certain detection and reveal its i'm
portanr nature; therefore the Major
being a cool man, did what was best il
the premises, to-wit: nothing. Dow
swooped the enemy and closed arount
our officers, who surrendered. Majo
Ingram rode very handsome and high
spirited mare, which attracted the at
tention of the Federal commander, on
.-.- MAJOR RosEGARTEN,
son of the Philadelphia wholesale drug
gist, who in rude manner ordered hi
prisoner to dismount d give Il
his horse. Ingram demurred to tn
procedure, but got nothing but a fur
ther atfront in rough words for nj
pains. Nettled and angry, he informe
his captor that notwithstanding he wa
aprisOner he was still a gentleman, an
he would yet make him know it. i
the midst of this defiance the cavalry
man ordered his prisoners to be coz
Quoted to headquarters, whilst he pu
his troops in motion and rode diret
upon, the picket lying in ambush benin
the stone wall.
SUDDEN, SHARP CRASH OF MUsKETR1
almost in Major Rosegarten's face, tol
him the last thing he ever heard O
earth. Many horses galloped riderles
away, and many brave men bit the dus
one of whom was the commando
whose CORY body was Borne past Ii
gram, who was trudging along afoo
on his way to see General Rosencran
His gallant mare shared the fate of HI
rider. The unlawful desire to posses
the horse of the prisoner, the alterc
ton which ensued, and the subsequel
repulse by. the infantry picket we
each an element to cause "a neglect
search or,papers, and so our friend w
introduced into the presence OF Gener
Rosencrans with general Bragg's bait
| ] order in his pocket!
| AT headquarters our friends we
| treated with the utmost kindness al
i ci,ilit,r Go,,stac;cr franlIr