The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-02-14

at Yellow Bayou. where tho ssih Illinois was al
most anfi.ii.afeS by holding theis against ten
times their ualuber IN tine open Held until re-
enforced by The Balance of The brigade and lafer
by the entire division Of GSuteral Mower. COM
pany = Of the ssth lost nineteen killed and
wounded ont 81 SWcut Your, al eight cgtor-et~
eFs Fail-.slI within twenty minutes The g0hnuA
charged EIGHT Columns deep ai.d newer haitS
uI,ii they LesiFI Colonel Kinney Of ~. Ii9sh nj
nojs deliver the Oracr ia . clear voice 10
bayonetsl when they thought we meant bss~in4
and tursed their bucks. This, for little dgFfss-
Of the most stubborn Of The war.
think CoslraCc Trisp does sc Issh earps an In
justice when he claims Tor the 9th e9Tps ar equal
share cf The credit Of tsc sepa a' he calls W Of
Dics Taylor army "a 3il2 heht Sc .ieS;st tti,
and states were fresh troops. alsd shat they
hed been do.ng &l Tie fighting hie We were
resting The "a is of ;le ease ore fs.s we had been
ont IN the rain ,ae night before ami very few OF
had septGny at "a Tor the reason tlsat we never did
have any tents vile on the trip ailsl nst one. ten
had blanket Tire weather bei~ts wafiu. ~ st
all OF the boys had icst their blankets slc "a t..
About daylight however, it ceased ralnng and
turned cold enough 10 fTceze-wIeis & pretty eGid
for inst count when l0an $ wet and cold
both, and has hGt no sleep for ttirty-sfx Eours 4
do not think he can be considered very fresh.'
especially wlgea 30 fires were allowed at nigls,
which was the ease IA this instance
HE WAS WITH SMITH,
c. r. Morris. l7sth New York, in q very in
teresfing sketch of his regiment, which we
regret we have not rom 70 print. has the
following in relation TO tile pert taken By the
I75th New York 1t Pleasant Hill;
On the 7th OF April General smiths troops
Z smiths guerriiias Bigks' soldiers termed
us) left Grand Ecoze and marched away from thu
river and arrived about one Bite from Pleasant
Hill at III o'clock at night on the stl Of April just
about the tine tl1st Basiks filling back rom
Ms.sseid. Before Daylight on fl.e nIorsna % the
9th our regiment was ordered to fail ia, and
marched out of the woods into open feid where
we found an immense number OF EauSs army
wagons, artillery and colOFed troops All crowded
| in one mass IL took nearly bali She forenoon 10
get the wagons and artillery strung otst tato tao
/ road their way back 70 Grand Ec0re, and "a
soon as they were ali gone troops formed
III line of battle brigade extending across the
/ open Geld. Tie iTsta New York was ia position
/ alongside Of the town, the right OF the regiment
/ b@ing close to the houses and the lest extending
out into the open hesC. with the Wocfs = few hun
I bred yards III front Of About hundred
yards in front Of orr regiment the 49th Illinois
placed support the stis Indiana battery lsi brass
gunsl On the lett u our regtneus there WAS
placed battery, which had command Of the whole
/ field The land where our regiment lay IN line OF
hattie sloped gently down towards the woods, and
/ the ground WAS dry and dusty. We lag there ex-
pecting every moment see the rebels rsi OUT
of the woods but they did not make their appear
/ ance until late IN the afternoon. when they came
out and formed about three lines deep. and then
| charged our line, yelling and firing they
As we lay down on the ground with our KNAPP
I sacks IN front OF Us. we could see the d'lst fly
| wherever the bullets struck the ground. As soon
the rebels Up the battery in front Of the
18th Illinois, IL fell back and the 4gth Illinois fol-
lowed suit, the men rushing through our ranks AZ
though odd Nick himself was aftar them. So
confident were the rebels Of driving ali hack
that they did not stop to turn the captured battery
on our line but pushed on towards regiment
In solid body. Their seemed 10 be esstiSed
but few minutes later they doomed to dis
I appointment They had arrived TO within about
fifty yards OF our regiment when received orders
| to charge, but through some bIunder on the part
of the major Of our regiment in giving the
wrong order we began to fail back to g large log
house about fifty yarCss IN cur rear There were
met by an aid-ce-eanlp on General smith stan.
who formed Us IN line for charge. The rebels by
this time were only fIty yards distant. and we
| started forward with fixed hayonesS it seemed to
me that we were going to certain deGta-the enemy
IN front of seemed 50 large IN comparison with
our,regment- However. they fell back before US
until we reached the place where we had hrst stood
in line Of battle, when they halted. and turning
we once more rallied and made another charge,
this time sending the rebels flying down TO the
woods Our regiment got pretty well scattered
before il reached the woods and q great many Of
the boys became mixed up with other regiments
that were scattered Ike ourselves While was
in the center of the field crowd Of the Ith New
York z0ulves. with red bag bTeeches and fez caps.
were trying to form aroCnd their eolOrs and so 1
Joined them and remained with them until we gos
separated down in the woods. Here there seemed
t. be regular order OF firing, the woods being
filed with smoke that Il impossible to see
more than ten or twenty yards in front Of IS, and
as the yoileyS corning from 81 directions,
we could not tell whether thew from the
rebels men When part of CTR regiment
had made their way through she woods and got
out into open field they were charged upon BY
a squad of Texan cavalry. but after we he'd poured
volley into their ranks the latter beat hasty
treat. Il then getting DARK, and the rebels were
in full retreat. Cur troops returned through the
| woods TO the open fields About o'clock our
regiment sent into the woods picket duty,
and were then called in 70 prepare for march
back to Grand Ecore