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tie may dq expeoiea.WAE CORRESPONDENCE.A correepandont of tho Norwicjh Telegraph., a member of thu 114th regiment, writes as follows of tho doings of “ our boys,” from tho 1st to the 18th of OctoberOn thb 1st of the present month, baring crossed Berwick Bay during the last week oi September, we commenced our march for Texas, the 49tb Army Corps, under Gun. Franklin,onean)APCOfikuiYcleading the 18th Army Corps, of Gen Grant s■.ettt ‘ '»•Army, which is commanded by tho brave Gen Washburn, the whole expedition engineered by the over successful Banks. Wo have bad easy marches, and on tho 12th we struck tho plains of tho Atkupaa country, whoro tho long hnos of infantry, artillery, cavalry, and supply trains could be scon at a glance lending a now und interesting feature to tho grand prainos we were passing through After bivouac, on tho evening of the 12th, cavalry scouts brought intelligence that our passage of Vermillion ri \ er would be disgpted on tho morrow, and on the uiorning of the 18th, tho 1st and 8d brig-adcsofthe 1st Division weroordered inadvance,IVccctIW1but no infantry lighting took place, thearttllorythdriving tho oncmy out of .the woods whic line the river bank. Yesterday (18th) we crossed another large plain and at nightcamp-cd upon the banks of the classic “ Uarrion Crow, ' Bayou, a small and muddy stream, whu h may well be called cqmon. Hero we learned that a considerable body of robs would give us battlo on the morrow, and accordingly preparation was made for a tight. The General also ordered a few day s rest for tho troops, and a city of •* shelter tents sprang up as if by magic To the present writing, however, the enemy have made no attack butScouts report a large number of cavalry ot tho enemy in our advance (m* postttvn Is admirably calculated to hide our own strrngth from an opposing nrray, and any force attacking us may find a •• Tartar ”Thanwlay Oct 16.At early morn pickets commenced firing and soon our wholo Division was in lino, masked behind a gentle rise of ground, andiV)IGskirmishers wore sent out from our /.Id) brig.....field3c\x,IlMUl.Hll1ado to support those already in tho Held At daylight our first line fell back steadily’ before a superior number of the enemy, but meeting the reservo, made a stand and held the rebs in \ w check Gen Weitzel. who is m command of 1 Y our division, seeing that the robs did not push ! rnatu rs in front, tnought that a feint only was intended, and so it proved In the meantime , a dispatch was sent for a couple of brigades I . fr-on ihe 13th Corps and win n within four or 1 five mile* of our rear ruddinlv came upon aie*tilt;•*■intnli*ll8 1,. - fI *fe of the enemy t a o or thrrn* thousandi i , ' . \ in*btr *ng an«J ruouhtHi, ho \v»*rr nuktnf* a*anitions for a dash upon usJ’rom that Iai• *pinrter while_our attention was directed an ] Jtherway Thlt;*v i n*t* ad lt;f us were the *ur prised {*art\, and but for tho flcetncss of their horses would have been bagged Foiledenrly in the day by the vigilance of our General, ' NVoitzeU they again rerume»J the attack in1nI.hafront keeping however a h*ug rungo fromdari •*TVr*‘a£u\nw180tour nfl*** In fa^t. the whnlr (3 ji t passed in *kirini-htng the main bodv of the rnemv keeping within the woods bordering a Bayou which runs parallel with ( arrmn Crow Bayou *4«» far os I can learn, no ciuunlitics hase happened to our side.PritUr Oei 18.This morning tho sun arose upon a brisk artillery duel, which was commenced by the enemy, they thinking that noise and bluster would drive our pi« ket« in in confusion, hut the heroes of Port Hudson were not at all intimidated by their furor I’ntil today only a couple of pteees of artillery had been us*^ by 1 1G our forces and perhaie* the « nernv thought by | ^ showing a fi w guns nlt; would ruuse a sen-*a , tioii akin to timidity in • mr ranks, hut as gun I aft* r gun w a« hr night t*• near uj*on him, and ! batte-y after battery were drawn up in lino-m tie bruu of tin. hill whilt; h had wsheltered thorn from his eye, and the regiments of I infantry began to file out °f their coverts and 'com»* into buttle nrrav alarm seized him. I _*nd he sjwdily mnrio trnlt; k* fr .m a neighbor- * 1hood mado odious by the ever present 44 \ an S • • § * 1 »'hk ee j^•in'lrtv i i t 18. j Two days of quiet- no enemy in our front none on our flanks und the rear protected hi the clone proximity of the 1 ith (. -rp« huvV hern spent in i b»thmg up the troops and pr.-| paring br the long rumpaign *hef -r« u« « i• which is to result in anoflu r r-« rd t tv » brilliant strategy and genera'-b-p lt;f H u k* ' *\\ ithtn two day* tre have hud iimiih fr , in J ho -ie learned with gratitude to t» .-| th i* . ,friend* are well or with gru f, wt r‘-'go* J1 tmri that death ha* entered our li •»?'•« n' 1 ^cut off some lt;heri-h'-d h prs A father r haps a mother rnarbe a M*ter (lt;r brother » 11th 1 wife or sweetheart have_ passed nw.i\ nev r c in ’fc to hb -• our buirly Tiven with th- ir fni erlv counsel- their mother* praters u»jatr» kind tt'-rb ur a w if- * dear j rrv nlt; • A .a- f. lt;h War how mativ ar«« tItv victims' il m If 1 mii»y broken h/’flrfs torn And de*tr-»\«v| |,v uf th\ rotlib-as hand ore buried beneath thvmen i less rule ' Yet a soldier * life .in m« h a,( a i*r as this is a life of honor ihnlt;r to bun- 1 -••!f pride to hi* friet!.!^ glory to his e-mntrt I jitoi if he do*** a true nobloT « death Ins morn ■I ory will be trensunnj as are the heroeg ..f t|,p^ Ibvolutom and all the sneers of treason wheih-* er they come from an open fighting t neniv or F a sneaking ('pp1 rhm-i, will not detract from»f ' bi« lnurelsisdMUISif;•t11irr
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Cazenovia Republican
Cazenovia, New York, US
Wed, Nov 25, 1863
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