The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-11-01

lie NeatHtf Il tNeN turning cOu
! al dav. Il sharp. singing North wind
WAS blowing furiously.
! TIE writer was in charge of the
ammunition wagon. all trains being
Ietr behind.
C,o>>in. tire bridge. and proceeding
NJ rii, itayou. the wind t~came so
powerful that the mules could not
withstand Is force. Arriving At Dixie
r'afiatlnn. sise three men III charge OF
the amnlaniton. nnioaled the same
N tie warehouse. and with two
blankets Ia keep themselves warm
they passed the night The wind
ceased about three O'Clock and on the
morning of tie 26th tlte ground WAS
white with frsr.
He su,i. however. came out. presag-
ing a pl-asant dav. The command
was reached At Wvnn'> wood. c the
TeXana road. in which it awaited
{ during the day.
Dn lie morning Of the 9th tile
sugar zane was frozen To the ground
but the sun again came out clear and
beautiful.
In the same woods were the Crescent
Regiment and the Ralston's Battery,
whilst opposite TO them on the East
side of the bayou We're other troops.
That the Fedelals were advancing and
that they had encamped nea Napo-
le"nvilie the night previous was we'll
known.
At ten o'clock advance scents
appeared and by noon the main body
arrived. He crossed three regiments
over the bayou TO the West side, in
front of Malhlot's plantation and
moved down upon the confederates in
Echelon.
The confederates. under command
of Col. L. l.. Armant were stationed
along the Teyana road, reaching from
the bayou 70 the swamp; Rolstons
Battery was stationed on the road at
the bayou.
An interesting fight was kept np for
an llonr. the confederates having
abont $50 men. and the federals three
regiments. The federals ceased 10
advance; the confederates held their
position, until the ammunition of the
Battery gave out, when the order Ito
retreat" was given. In the mean time
the federals had marched some soldiers
down under the banks of the bayou
and would have thanked their oppo-
nent> had they maintained their
position Il few minutes longer.
The scattered cnnfederaTes rallied
brl:w Labadieville aud cncamped
just above the Tete plantation. Tie
next morning. the frost WIS like a
SHOW ard conld be raked off of blanks
by hands full.
The retreat continued 10 TeIrchonne
station, when the railroads transported
tie troops to Berwick Bay. The next
morning another heavy frost was visi-
bic on the shores of that bay. and the
can all around was killed. something
that has rarely happened. Thus then
were four heavy frosts i'll succession.
on the last days of October. and one
of the most killing freezes ever ex-
pelienced in Louisiana.
The federals entered Thihodaux and
encamped i'll the fields of Acadia
plantation.
The terror, destruction and confusion
that reigned here at that time can only
se described by those who remained
To witness it. The cold North wind
blew the tides out, aud. so lowered the
-Atchafalaya river that the feet of gun
beats could not enter that stream. for
>eyera days. 50 that all the confederate
fulees lad crossed oyer in safety before
their arrival.
Had Weitzel remained quiet at
Doualdsonville a few days. the trap 50
admirably sprung 70 capture the c"n-
fedetates would have gathered them
all in, but too much haste, in cohHec-
ton with the North wind iutericred
with the successful consummatiou So
skilfulls prepared.
In the fight at Labadieville. Capt.
G0urdain was the only member of the
Latourclie Creoles who WAS hurt,
having received a slight wound i'll the
right arm.
Gustave Tlieriot, VIM. McAuliff.
Leo RobichauN q Homer Montz. Of IT 4
same company, were captured.
Captain Ralston of the Battery was
wounded. and captured. Colonel
McPheeter of the Crescent regiment
was killed. with a few men of the
same regiment. About l25 men
engaged were captured. most II whom
Wele >paroled, the next day BY Gen.
Wcitzel, who said that any body of
300 men who could hold his forces in
check one whole day, mentetl to he
ll.aled at ouce.
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