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who cL to ha A ke u •mgs say LheirOUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.-- •; | .. „.. . .FROM TIIE 16TH REGIMENT.Camp 16th Ind. Mounted Infantrt,m J-matesera,idedVermillionville, La., Nov. 7, 1863.— Mr. Editor:—Since my last we have been having stirring times in this-part of Dixie.; - Another fight has- come off, inwhich-mariy a braveUnioifdefender lost■ *his life, and three times as many of theCaanlt;daihavalsarwowhtheinlebs bit the dust on that day. The fight sceenedid to line*Mr,e in-*300 nent non-i theFei♦so-tri^StjOpn'exaMr.id to re-t; of • 82. Mr.ra£huuoitutfroSothegrlt;coramen ced about noon on the 3d, and• , - • « r r : •- \' Vlasted about four hours. Early in themorning the rebels made an attack, but• • # • • •were driven off without any loss on our side, and nothing more was thought of'it till about noon, when they casrre down on our little band in overwhelming num-j bers. It was a surprise, for which some one should be held responsible. The ^ rebel forces, from the best authenticated reports, consisted of twelve .regiments.* V © * ■’, ge(sixi of infantry, anil six of ffcavalry, amounting to 8,000 men, undeYfcomraand I ^ of Gen. Greene. The Union fofcgs were ^ commanded by-Gen. Burbridge, and consisted of five regiments of infantry:, 3 -» «the 60l1i and 67lh Indiana Regiments,83d.and 96th Ohio Regiments, and theuns, j 23d Wisconsin, in all 'about 803 me it.Mr. | These were encamped about fifteen milesCol-'this place, in the .vicinity of CarrionCrow bayou, where the fight came off., It was a hand to hand fight, in which era I a^ ^ the bayonet was freely «3ed. The boysI fought bravely. They were completely3insf i ..r . ‘surrounded, ana cut their wsiy out three iol* [■ f /times under the heaviest and mo3t‘g.iP-iter* *; ing fire-ever witnessed on any battlefield.# jThe 17i.h Ohio battery lost two guns at one lime during the.engagement, but our boys made a charge, re-captured one of I the guns, and successfully brouglit it off the field under a terrible fire of musket-4tact j ry. Re-inforcements could not be got i in ■ up in time, and when they did come the lers, rebels had skedaddled, leaving our forces lors, in possession of the battlefield, but terribly thinned and shattered. Only about one hundred and fifty were left to tell of the terrible slaughter of that day. We lost eighteen killed*, eighty wounded, some of which have since died, and five hundred and fifty prisoners, during the engagement. I have not had an opportunity.to get full particulars yet, but as soon as I do you shall hear from me.1Yours respectfully,' Veritas. -AtBesintutadcofms ; ilt;nng | an)’ad-1 wemayFor15hasvv i thungt up son,'Pa.,ofBeanlt;the6ajweMefroanlt;oflabCoroloffiBeiKtapitthiratfur
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Aurora Commercial
Aurora, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 10, 1863
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