The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-09-19
BENTON, LOUISIANA,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10, 1895.
Iuka--September 10, 1862.

was fought on September IL, 1867
thirty three years ago to-day. Maj
General Sterling Price commanded
the Confederate forces and MAJOR
Generals u. S. Grant and ". s. Rose
Grams commanded the Federal forces.
Price began bis march from Guntown
on Iuka on September 18th with his
whole army. His cavalry, under
Brigadier- Gen. Frank c. Armstrong;
arrived before the town on the morn
ing of the 18th and his infantry and
artillery arrived there by forced
march at shutdown on the 14th. The
Federals, commanded by Col. Robert
C. Murphey, had however evacuated
the place during the night, abandon
ing large quantity of valuable army
stores, all of which fell into the hands
of the Confederates, and were safely
brought away
About 2:3O o'clock P. NJ. on Sept.
10th the battle began, Hebert's and
Martins brigades meeting the enemy
5000 strong, within a mile of the
town on the Jacinto road, where the
fight, says Price in his official report
'swas waged with a severity which l
have never seen surpassed" Here
Brigadier- General Henry Little, com
handing the first Confederate Divis-
ion, fell pierced through the brain
with Mimic ball. This Division, as
per reports, went into battle with an
aggregate of 3,179 officers and pri-
Yates, and lost total in killed and
wounded Of 493. They fought an en-
envy about 5000 strong.
Says Gen. Price: "Hebert's and
Martins brigades carried on the un-
equal contest not only successfully
bat gloriously. They drove the enc
my from every position distance OF
more than 900 yards, capturing nine
pieces of artillery and taking about
80 prisoners. They were finally staid
in their triumphant progress by the
darkness just as the First and Third
Brigades of Little's Division reached
the field, eager to avenge the dealt
OF their friend and commander. Th'
Division bivouacked upon the fielt
of battle.
.The brunt of the battle of lux
fell upon Hebert's Brigade" contin
ues Gen. Prices report, "and nobl
did it sustain it, and worthily of it
accomplished commander and of tn
Brigade which numbers among it
forces the glorious Third Lou
siana, the Third Texas Dismounte
Cavalry, and Whitfield Texas Legiol
The Third Louisiana and the Thir
Texas had already fought under m
eyes at the Oak Hills and at Elkhor'
No men have ever fought more Draw
~ or more VIGOROUSLY than the.
and he who who can say hereafter
belonged to the Third Louisiana {
the Third Texas need never blush
my presence. In this the hardes
fought fight which I have ever wi
messed they we'll sustained the
bloodily won reputation, as the a
oompanying report of the killed On
wounded will testify. The comman'
ing officer Of each regiment-Lie'
tenant Colonel Gilmore and Colon
Maybry-was severely wounded
Brave men were never more brave
commanded"
During the night of the 10th
the Goth the skirmishers of both a
mics often came together, but lit
firing occurred. Some prisone
were taken on both sides.
Price had made his dispositions
renew the battle on the morning
the 20th, but having ascertained
ward morning that the enemy had
means of the two railroads mass
against him greatly superior for
his army was withdrawn from t