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— - -v for some two hour*. Our br.ive General * ftt'ing the lines* cu*kirg himself heard n of kittle, encouraging ih- m-n: shM •*ve soldiers. ih^se cut thtoats stand be*,* d yon i * utrag^l homes—cat thlt;*ra down ht*m to oMib. Give iht'ino'dd sttel ; not! * and oh! whatasiout wentup fr ni hi igade of exiles, as they swiftly eh *r«edf of death, to the Federal Hoc*. We bat jo wPIrn *0 vards when the Y.triks wav-lt;] in every direction* Their wounded and erywhere the wounded lt;*r*Jog for mercy,*! th**lr own btack deeds of murder, in eg iniea. came fresh bak t • memory fa its t- ry, Ht.d they *xi»ectelt;IjUit*cb tube meted : outrage I Means of Uieir laurdeted tic the Southern soldier is as merciful as be id the vandals’ cry for protection was a ; a fai!er $oe Is ao otj ct of pity—theyared f ir by our gHllunt leds.fatt we h-d driven them some two miles, H wagons he wily hmdel with clothing. *alt;\ of li'-rses, ami 2£G prisoner?* But our exhausted by hard dtbehes and hunger, nothing scarcely to eat for three days.— n-D had not calculated to fight so large a ms his aim to capture Blount, before the n forcemeat* a*-rivrd, and then pay.his re he reinforcing clt;*:u:au Tne plan was an n*?, and would have succeeded, but for the 8«*oii ns we commenced to cross the river, glt;*d Ark*n*a» traitor cariled the news to to the column relieving him, and by bar* ;s they arrived as soon as we. Therefore, ir grand army, and the sun of th** 7 h iaat. ar victorious arms Tae Feds that nightk tent a fiaz, asking for no armistice of hory tbeir chad, Sic. General Hindman 12 hours. About dark they were rein a Iowa brigade.three day a out on forced marches, no sup* 3d, the men worn out by hunger, and loo listed to hsstird a renewal of the confi.ct, i, with th© superior force agsinst us, we rom the field at 11 o’clock th*t night »o n point sotue n\il'• ‘i*Uat, where wehirty hours. If we had only received a nd* relnfoi cement*, the Federal invading in the North*Weal would have been nmii* ut they did’nt come to as, aud our brave •nt Gen Hindman could on y give them *:k and then retire—*they powerless to foi*6 unsh’e to r»uew the coafle*. * *» U the battle is atont 1COO in killed, iod missing; the Feds «aT their loss isdc$3t»3m*Ueadqtutflftiiv f0E2ALL orders HousiciJ. B. MAG HUStaff;MWOR A.GeneralMAJOR B. ? MAJOR £Crmssary.MAJOR J. ounce Officercap r a in :General.UKUTENACamp.L1KUTKXAMAJOR KK Will be rega cording!*. B;MAJOflKd»okii P.TreusurIN enntorn October all Treasury Treasury fr. be funde jie lt;inst-n . of eTree .»ur,y no ou. to thesa: t' fund the • re hereby n fore the sp2d, notes at the of the Aasl Government eight per ct1thlt;y w UI hv:OctoberIONE bbi. irive in tINK) lbs 5100 lb9 Qij novt3-twtf
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Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 15, 1863
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