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atandirgoorklutewn,andlOUtffiihited . to!axe[From th#46th Regiment.Opelou^b. La., Oct 30th 1863.On the I9tifi reconnoUance was made by u cavftlr^^griment, supported by thej 34th Indiana^.-in (he direction of Op[lousfts, eight miles distant. The enemy wa§ met two miles from our position, and driven two miles. The rebels had two pieces of artillery, but had no opportunity of using them. The cavalry prersed them clo^c and the guns were kept oni ' *•the retreat.On the 20th.orders were received toI think the whole arrnv will move back to New Iberia, which is in water! communication with Brashear. Gen. Banks has gone with an expedition from ! New Otleans, to endeavor to make a; footing on the coast. If he is successful; we wili go back to Berwick, take boats i and follow him. It ho it not wa must!make the trip across. The expedition did not proceed from Opelousas because j it was found to be too far from supplies, iA march c( two or three hundred miles!on half raiioos, to a woik occupied by *of j march next morning at 6 o’clock. TheAdditRioNewaid corre quarterslowing d compileda heavyVtwelve h Unwu aiTI: C- slt'iibroken,a boat Owan enemy, and followed and harrassed j ex^eptithat : fining-it id.seee rly»i tothatbuttheynotnd averyid it □ ont all. mergers, and ning e tohow.t-weather was fine, and the entire forcewas in line by the time indicated. The13ih Army Corps, led by our brigade,took the advance. The cavalry underGe* Lee, wore in the advance and nnthe flanks. After a march of^bout (wohours the cavalry ran upon the rebels,and drove them under the shelter of a Urge sugar mill, litre the column was halted, the cavalry called in, and our disposition for a battle began. Two lines were formed, with skirmisher* in advance of the first. The 24th, 34»h,11 ill and 46th Indiana, and the 2!hli Wisconsin kitmed the lines. On our riaht of on a lint, will) the46th. tbe nejfffr engineer regiment whs formed and advanced with the move ment. In the rear of our infantry linesiby eight or ten thousand rebeh in the! rear, could not have been successful.— I The plan will have to be modified !The diversion to tlu “Landing” was made with the expectation ol getting' supplies by the Coriablcaux, but the lowOaniwdThe lam. Hud. (DffVtr,pos*-es-On 11]sta.o of water prevents it. We must j Rj0G:areturn to Ibena.X1iwere * Massachusetts and a Miclmgan battery.The rebels had retreated from the t Mil) buildings across a prairie of a mile with*, and were formed along the edge of a heavy wood that bounded the open officers j plane. The road ran straight through! r , .. ,; the prairie aed tlie wood to Opelousas, j ° S0,l,IL'r3 ^mi *ies-lYeurs Items. |*Official r**iurus show that the Union majority in Illinois is over 40,000.B. Gratz Brown, the able editor of the St. Louis Democrat, and a radical emancipationist, was elected for the short term to the U. S. SenateThe Latent reports from Charleston, represent a vigorous bombardment sdllgoing on. |Orders are Raid to have been received i sending the 13th airny corps to Memphis.At Dayion, Ohio, t«.-n companies of youthful wood sawyers formed them* si Ives into a regiment, and have elect edThey “muster iu” the wood-two and a hali miles distant.)s of •licle leenhose le.— lory mes,f hisicing man i the laiosit olotheriblic.i The advance was made in fine order.—.j Our brigade, with the negroes, moved towards the lebels in line ot battle. Thu 4th division of our corps, followed by the lt. marched by column in reserves. Tbe fence? were swept away by thenegro engineers. The armed part o [ their battalion (about 260) moved up in j line The gun3 of the batteries were » unlimbered; and. as soon as onr skirmish J eis opened their fire, threw shells with great rapidii, over our b^wde, in *' theThe President has recently remarked :*that, on the quotient of State neon • strurtioD, be should take radical ground Iw.He sayb llin*, in Missouri, those tor:whom he did everything went against;him, while those whose requests he had 'denied supported him. jFortress Monroe, Nov. 16. — The ; steamer Convoy, which left here last Sat • urday with provisions and clothing for: our soldiers heid as prisoners in Rich ; mond, returned today, biingin.r backT« xas siend fo:n soldiersOne ol t ini;, andlarge nnthe Me:than thvthe Me? land.aie the ri*vwhoio iThe lt;ted rhithe apj) shore. ;all -«;»m the 3 1,t w *. d e %stated hr°n i.i! Gal v»-s» m»nt o ton. w 1) Mn-it ,-|1 p I e d a ier is si su p^r^i gu n b«a am) ona HiveA wc ed in 1wools The band o! the 34th, c’ose up the piovisions and clothing. Col. Irvin, i in the rear ot its line, played “Yankee j who had charge of the matter, was re ’DocdH” and “Hail Columbia.” The ! fused tlie privilege of taking the rations I_ • * ^ O 1rmguvs sang tLe John Brown song so i to Richmond,Uiugt orliim,eople;akenity ofebel-e ar-fronaever.:lions7 forn. R.y olliomJ byjt to :oul-Gen..o his are ly ving antiy st In-cam -?f thothe ised a h was which Vt the bew ithi time uf the of theI that the me o ly wa« heard by our whole i brigade, and moved up in line of battle in a a \ le (I awas surpassed by no reg-iipvn: in the field. Tin behavior ol tbe (iarkn 3 an ? their gallant bearing infused spirit among all who shw them, it id loudshouts from the regiments around greetedthem |rlht- rebels have ceased the pavolement;of prisoners. jiThe Prt*sident lias appointed Richard j ! Bustled. Esq., a Democrat, of Nrw Ymk, !| a; U. S. Judge for tl.e Northern and South- iIurn Distiicts of Alabama ;The ftniliery was advanced bv hand. 1 as the infantry p»ogressed, and the : VOlCTl! So-I woods were made to aic.g their tx\ plotting shells. The rebels otood until I the sIihiIs tound their ran.e, when they ■prepared to retreat. Their artillery was i hastened tu the rear; the infantry alter tfiem, and when our lines nppioached ! close range, their cavalry turned and d in contusion.ciftv. |This Society met at the Court Ilou^e iMonday evtuing, Nov. \i\ pursuant to \ adj'*urmuent — the President was in the chh;r of hut meeting wero readwami approved. \On motion it was ordered that Mrs. jTinas nnreven in;special Dt h;have \benefit,Withe sul the Aetis-.ed, est Vivceeds 'al 'i.(UJnlin C. Barneti he added to visiunu commi'i, o nf ° t W.irdOn motion it v .0 ordered that Mr. A.n-(a lottoweO ay f ^ _ n jjW^ioie, DUt ,th«'y passfd through Op**lou*as over r.n i liJtir ahead of us in full flight for ! tl ony Grusenmpyer and Mrs Woodside Washington, six miles beyond, ! pHctvi n ttie lafu rvillc V tailing comOur cavalry, duting th*i advance, was * railtt.e tnsread ot John I Jones and Mrs. held on the right «nd M of out lit; u ' ^!lSK* 1,1,4 having ieaineu thatdetect and resist any attempt at flanking lne^ were unabie to -ct. by the enemy. Gen. Franklin, wish his | On motion, 'he So *ety htljourtw-d to: ry leader:and unbh- : I'm CZu)iilt; cle, tic its elie|sia(V role in tlie rear oi »he left of our j regiment. Tl.e brigade made the naces • jsury movements before (hi* tnemv, wi^h all the precision and promptness of a drill, and ail wore disappointed in not being able lo give the rebels a b» .ter ips'o of ihe quality of tho Honsit-r tro-'ps.We lost none. A rebel Captain, a Surgeou and two privates were killed.Opelousas is a mp»«1! frenchified town It is the seat of Justice of St. Landry Paiish.jftr.d was, until recently, the capi-lot of rebel government in Louisiana.— Tfc** people are all French, and can Bpeak only enough English to ask hr a guard, or to complain of the depredanons of soldiers. They had before seen the . “Yankee Soldiers” ol Gen Banks, but ; wt-rlt;! ounous to see the “Western tnen.”iAt Opelousas the column divided, themeet at the Court H -use, Monday evening. JNov. 23d. at 6.V n'cl u*kT H WILSON, Prvs’t.S. T. McConnell,Pie*busiin Day itheJ ,.nM Ailt.'lireKuiitZRxliti;' 1st brigades of the 1st, 3J and 4th DiHeavy ^ in Tennessee.York, Novt-.noer It)—The Tri bune has the lollcwiug higiov imoortantspecial:Knoxville. November 19.— The enemy began skirmishing from their po*i |1 lion on the Keystone Road at ten o’clock j ' tins morning Our advance is composed j i wnolly ol mounted infantry and cavalry,! ! under command of Gen Saunders, and :who hold the position. The men acted like veterans.At noon the enemy opened with artil lery «t shuri range, prirco.nMy at a large house. One battery only rejlied, occu-dene11a;. -Iu, visions, with the negro engineers, turned j pying the chief fortification a mile in ! to the led and marched lo “Barre’s i front ot town.Onress ifee t icbroUjartibitrnsh(n awereit WH meritNot :i Landing,’* on the Corlableaux Bayou,; A desperate charge was made by thend ad-at the up the recenteight miles horn Opelousas and about ! enemy at about 7 F. M. Our m*-i» i thi11y from AtchafaUa river, which emp- j were protected by rail breastworks on i ties into Berwick’s Bay, nine miles above i the crest of llie hiil. We yielded the jBrael.ear City. In high water the Bay- ! position and fell back a third of a mile ou is 'jftyigable to the... “Landing” 1 “ “v ~ .......pictu has 1butHousecb, on reniog.neadayursday■et hreQ87ih.ieod.now boat? cannot leave the Aichafalia.—! The remainder of the troops halted near ! Opelousas, whilst the cavalry kept up 1 the pursuit of the rebels, j We arrived at the Landing about 4 o’-•clock. A small rebel force was there,1 but was driven out bv our advance.. They burned a cotton gin as they left* The. column went into camp a9 soon » ae the train arrived, which was not un; til after datk. The ground was level and hail been in cultivation a vesr ago.— A few hours of daylight enabled us lo• make ourselves at home. An old camp,to a stronger one.oWe have lost about one huodred men thus far, about a quarter of whom were killed.The enemy has completely invested . tlie place, but General Burnside will de-: fend it to the last man, and it is believed ; successfully The troops are in the best ! of spirits Every important point is j foriitRd. and full confidence is felt that » ; we shall whip the enemy. iob?er v~T h ak d-he year. Rrocla-Thaks-eacc —Uces day.— S. Pree-A. M..?r meet-Our Losses on Ihe Teehe.New York. Nv;Vember 19.—Thesteamer Creole from North Carolina,bear ,ut ar b», afforded !um»^er enoughjto build j |ng date November 11th, has arrived ample shsniiea, and furnish firewood. i “Further details from the Teche relative ! On the 23d a old rain Morm from ; to the attack or. Washburns’ advance the north set in. which lasted thirty ; show our h«s in killed, wounded end hours. It wa? followed by a Gri^t and a 1 prisoners hi 667. The 68 h iodHoa whk cold spel, wnich was s-verely felt by : captured nlmo-*: en’irely. The 6'h Indi-t tbe men The tflermumetfr fell from j ana and 8G;L Ohio lost heav1)-. The ieb-95^ to 40 ° in twenty-four lou's, a j els outnumbt-rtfj our forces five to one. t change sufficiently sudden to chill even We excelh d ihera in artillery, whici; nt ; northern men. ; short rnn^o is thought 'n have swept off! The sun soon produced i*s effects, and ; large number of the rebels.* in a day cr two all were comfortable j it is reported that the 3.1 army corps is again. | ordered to Texas bv the wav of the Gulf.At the “Landing” we **’• re supplu.-d ’ (bo. W.iHwor'b and Adju?ar.'t G*-nar-. with bief, chickens, rautto**. p ^rk and i a] Thorn** had arrived at, New Orleansan ties*ii ri\l • • S b11 a v f* invniTho R0 ii a dmvainI heir •S'. THl(ballcfficiwilltho i lainc»hciimav«aiiit- ;II: or.lin in t. Hu-kr.is titu V.uC:inebtlU.;oU!rE®1 sw^et potatoee, but the supply failed the • A New Orleans letiei to the Ex r**s? ! IN I’fJ fromjlas* iwo lay? of our slay. I snys cut b.-s in tho CHrri-m Crow affair!impression of ti»o rebel n-ray, , is not l*-ss ,uho 50(t in killed and wound !I from wK.-.t we have seen of its soldiers, . ed and 1,000 prisoners. Our troops !is not ge. d. They seem to be refuse : were caught nar*f’ir.;r, and wt-ru {'really !- ! Tj . . . w?; scoundrels from Louisiana and Ti xas— | outnumbered, but fought bravely Two;pand all res, Ul* quickivf HoU.e bone,me who have be^n taken prii—rs cannot speak English, and know as little jof the rewm of ilicir baiDg iu arms ee the i Creole p;wy3 they tide They are oppogain.nly 25 233ised to a fight unless they can surpiisp j their foe or overpower him with numb-jeis. Our cftva’»ry 9Coured far beyond I Washington, and found the rebels still •rctreann* in confusion.290 pound Da.Tolls w captured by the i nd'eH, wi»c»^e r rc« numbered 5 000, j while ours was not ovt-r 1,800, being the I rear guaid of onr army.Gen. Price was reporter! at Alexandria; with 15.000 men, for'which rnasoiis, B9 jwell as the impossibility of gefing sup !plies, it w'fts i eeraed best to fall back. Our wagon trains were saved.cier-ii lurnton t’iSalt;the ib Couu Lot \\th»in h'iPiiN--
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Logansport Journal
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sat, Nov 21, 1863
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