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rvFrom the 29th Rcgimtot.New IiiKurA, La., ) November 29th, J363. ' JI tIIIIlt;11taaTvIflJAficr _ilie surprise of Iforbrulge’* command at Carrion Crow Prairie, in which .we.’lost and tpok prisoners, and made a larger list ofkilled and wounded for tho rebels ihsin Ikevdid for us, the forces under Maj. Gen. Franklin, fell back to Vermillionvilie, and thence to tlil9 place. • ’ , .New Iberia, the present whereabouts ofour army, is the capital town of St. MaiVs parish, contains a population of 1,2l0, and is sjttinted on the Bayou Tcusch, which is navigable to this point. The country adjacent thereto is Prairie, wiih an occasional belt of timber. The New Orleans, Opelousas and Grout Western Railroad, which is graded to Opelousas, aad.'in operation to Brashoar City, runs through iho.towu. • The inhabitants are | a French and mongrel, ignorant, selfish and. arrogant-fit snbjecm for a cursed Rebellion.Franklin entered tho -placo on . the 17th inst., closely followed* by a motcly force of Texan and Louisiana sqldicry. which were bold enough to penetrate our lines and “gobble” .two waggons and four inen of the'47thIndiana, before we had got .tents “pitched/* Their number was small;, however, and theruby vamoosed with their plunder on thetliiiitlnawv«ya I(iiinertMilCJIdouble-quick. ’ *i'll is morning, the 29th Wisconsin together with some Indiana Infantry and Cavalry, were in a line at four o’closk, and moved silently out of camp. They returned at ten o’clock with 112 prisoner?-*-fourteen of whotu were commissioned uUlcers — belonging to the 7th Texas mounted volunteers, commanded by the notorious Fx-California M. C. Herbert, who was recently elected, to the rebel Unii-grca from Texas, but who was not.with the captured. It had been known for a clay or two. that them was a rebel camp within Gvc miles-distance, and to it the aforesaid ofourtroops, devoted six hdnra of (Ids morning,with the above Success. ilt;o complete was thesu/ prise, that but two escaped. The prisonerswere.ragged, wretched specimens of humanity,a number of whom were dressed in uni/onus;which were recognized as those belonging ilt;members of the 23d Wisconsin who were kill-or. taken prisoners at Carrion Crow Prairie., It is believed that there are now no rebelforce this side of ;VcrmUlionville. and that * he enemy is making a rotrugude movement, probably in anticipation of our • going to Texas, vtu the Gulf.Adjutant John IV. Blake of the 29th Wis., has been promoted to Captain of Co. Itis an appointnicnt.'ili.t to be made.” His remarkable bolvluessjand courage, exemplary-good conduct and soldierly qualifications, won lor him the recommendation of ihe Regiment, fa* Major—un appointment-that (he CLivormircould not make in a Regiment below .theU£illn;1Uthufalietiototii rlt;orHU'whliolCO!mu1:conlllllT Vi rS?roriingminimum. \ *‘lt;x*1iv.A
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Hartford Home League
Hartford, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Dec 19, 1863
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