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ftlsItti:ilJIracl' I Vi*’* I'll II' •'I jCMUlr or Pritlrir Grove*The f * tf Iftier Goa n p eminent oflkvr in the Arm* MJ* »i Ir«*ti«*in«tri t :t glt;rlt;!'earn?.* in i)n*p!*•**.gi v*-* ;t«. i:ii**tcv.O' w '('lion1)f ''lt;• U title t-f e*r*»t-i ir* ti r«. \ Tn*- *v i• *-r ia n gent ►•tit . «»f *trict iuu-crify. and t*11*iv.1 rt.i t •* l«lt; The15 lirtl* lt;1,Camp Near Fof.t hum.1 D*-«euii*r 111, l*v5. I* ♦ ?f m?tli g hi* Wurred «|i;” wa h*vef aj *• * r H*i' Attit* «Mh the JiNihi I, ni*fs. i.eir Can** »li'\45 roues mrth-Hitt of th\«. a* d in.iv »•€ a f*.*w i*HUS fr(‘in an ‘‘nye-witn •»’* m ? pirt'cipar.t, won1*' liwri-s* y--u. Bount, lt;i K* *•,. wph some 7 000 r.'iiev*-?*, 1ms, « 'r ■* f*w week*, been euom «l fit undnear Cum-H'11, a-«t you know the r*aut and mis ry rtl«fu.VH ii.fi c*lt;i «|/'U l)ilt;* people by ir»e-e liemdans *Tor vcr ib y g*» F *r ih** purp ne of freeing H»at country of th*-ir pr-'*6**ti«*«. and gi.'ing their71)00 ca** t ar«“s to Mw* *’ I'n (er's Field *—of • ending them *hera dmuiumla i.f th'Mr cruplt;Mtinn« in aims have tout? before, to th»- replans of ihed—ft, our excellent Gen-erd 111• , ordered n forward movement on Cane Gill. Wt» m*de a fore***I march, without eommissa*1 rilt;*e or »i'»n'lt;e *. «nd to*-! 'he brut*39 slt;tue four miles • his oui** lt;»f Can*? lldl, on the 0 h lost, Alter-kir-rutshiog with, nt.ri driving him to the top «f the aiountain. on the Cane HU road, Bight having net »«, nur Hrmv, with the exception of some 151)0 cava I ry, drew 1 ft in the d«Yfcnm to the Cove Crtirk roid, Hiiii the morn in y fottn» u« in bin rev* on the F»veU-vdie and Cane Hill mad, by the old Walnut Church. tV ■ mvle mire wr had that 7000 «»fe,aud were counting j bilar.t y, the rich haul almost in our fi urers. H.*i you know, there’s tnanv a *Kp ’twlxt the cap ,ivl the lip ” flu.di! whail«Gml Heavy canon-I'litv/ o 01.8 on mi' rear ami right; br’gtdei «nI d)vf-*i j,s chat ge ir«m ^od irlt;* a luted with the bristling-|»itv*.nets ot 1 w,*iv« u fiMeen t lnusand abolftintifsti jfiring to the awistsnc of (fount The b*fle now 1 ‘ furiou l.v. the f-a4’' ofldo'd nd deat 1 heatm.! Fifteen thousand brave rtlvd*— •!osourii 9. Texims nut Ark«ns«-it»s—brave ahki—i»U t*d ngains* at least CO.llll n'ailit ouists, ar.d the «»r and esith. for live mo tn\ h »u'•«. i« tilled #i h every c in* eivahte missile of death. *1 lie roar «f artillery atiii musketry htat aoyth ng 1 ever heard, and I have bwn in sever 1 OHtties. The Feds chirgiil uv reputedly, but the men a»ood ihere a« firm as the oaks around 'hem, and tl.eir shlt;*u'i* of victory drowned the cries or the W»ng. as they beheld the Federal legion* break and dv in utrer d*m raliiat on h*» ore the steadv ftre of their urerring ifi-s. The First 51i*gfmr| Brigade, ft* 1 which 1 lielon f,) under coin maud of Gen M 41. Pars *08 bad under a steady fire of mu»ke ry uid artillery for some two hours. Our br.jve General Pa'son* r tie along the lines, tuakir g himself heardm’kjvp (ht* din of bencouraging th3 in-n; snl ihe: **My brave soldiers, these cut thioats stand le.you «• d yon* * utrag^l homes—cut them down a» d stamp th«n 'Q t'*« ontb. Give Ihrtncold attei ; c nrge Imyonet 1 ’ ar.d ohJ what as tout went up fr-ni in-it g »Uant hi Igade of exlies, as Uiey ewtf.ly ch *rged, rejiR’dless of Heath, n the Federal line*. We hat approached ?o wi'h’n ‘*0 vards when the Y ihks wavered and tied In every direction. Their wounded and i*ad ;»»y everywhere the woauded crvlog for murcy. The 7if.Un**l th**ir own btack deeds of murder, In their oeath eg mfes. ^atne fresh ba k t« memory {q its bloody d'Hp* ry, Ht.d they txpecied juipce to be tueted 1 hem by the out rage 1 Means of tneir murdered tic urns, slot (he iviiiibern soldier is as merciful as he is brave, and th** vandals’ cry for proteo’.ion was a use! ss one; a failev Joe is an t,tj ct ot pity—they vrere well cared f r by our gallitnt lads.By nigh U\\ we h cl driven them some two miles, cap la red 3H wagons heivily bmdel with clothing, some 40‘i head of lp-rs^s, amt 2B0jnsoner«* But our men were exhausted by hard nWx’hes sod hunger, hnvin ’ hail nothing scarce'y to eat for three days,— Gt*n- ilindm.n had not calculated to flight so large a force. It was his aim to capture Hloant, btfnre the atter’s reinforcement*'arrived, and then pay.his t© lt;pcU *0 the reinforcing co:u:;*u Tnc plan was anf*ce'lent-one, and would have succeeded, but for the fact that as »*«*n n* we commenced to cross the river, a swift wnged ArkHnsas traitor cariied the news to Bl 'uut he to the column relievic,: him, and by htu* rM marches they arrived as soon as we, Theref**re. w« met their grand army, and the sun of th-* 7 h mat. closed on our victorious urm* Toe Feds that night at !0 o'clock tent a flz, asking for no armistice of 54 hours to bury tbetr dtad, fee. General Hindman gave them 15 hours. About dark they were rela fuic.*dby an Iowa brigade.We were three day a out on forced marches, no sup-|4l« s st band, the men worn out by hunger, and too much exhausted to h*z ird a renewal of the confl.ct,1 anti! rested, w ith the superior force sgimnt us, we withdrew from the field at II o’clock th*l night in . •Pence, to a point some 15 n^bs ‘ietaat, where wej remained thirty hours. If we had only reccved a * f«-w thousands relnfoicetneot)*, the Federal Invading ■ *rmv now lo the North*Weal truld have been tuni- ! hi I h ted. But they dtd’nt rouie to os, aud our brave j | and excllent Gen. Hindman could on y give them a 1 i severe chrclc and H.tn retire—-thlt;*y powerless to fol* 1 low, aad we unsb'e to r»uew the cosQ c‘. * * ;Oar los» lo ihe battle is a'^oat 1C00 In k’illed,*'■«tided ami missing; the Peds (UT their loss la1300. !
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Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 15, 1863
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