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Parsons, miff been under a sieaqy ur« 01 musso ry and artillery for some two hours; Our brave Gejneral Parsons rode along the lines, making himself heard above the din of battle, encouraging the metrt said he: ‘*My bn*ve soldiers, these cut*throats stanjl between you atid your outraged homes—out them |down and stamp them to the earth.: Give them cold steel; charge bayonet!” and oh! what a shout went up from that gallant brigade of exiles, as they swiftly chirped, regardless nf death, to the Federal line®. Wp badapproached to within 20 yards, yrhen the Yanlcs; wav* ered and flwf In every direction, j Their wounded abd dead lay everywhere, the wounded crying for mercy,ThevilUanr! their own- black deeds of murder, in,their deathiagonles, camefreah back t4 memory (In its bloody drapery, ami they expected justice to be metedthem by the outrage! friends of tbeir murdered vie tlms, But: the Southern soldier la as merciful hs he la brave, and the vandals’ cry for protection was auseless one;' a fallen foe is an ; ot j ct of pity-j-they were well dared foir by our gallant lads. :By nighifaU we had -driven them some two tjriles, captured 38 wagons heavily Idaded .with clothing,.some 400 head of hdrses, and lt;280 prisoners, Bu t ou ry 'men were exhausted byhard marches and hunger; bavins- had nothing scarcslyito pat for three days.— Gen. Hindman-bad not calculated to fight so large a force. It was his aim-to captnrw Blount,, befoifp thetatter’s retoforcemenU arrived, [and then pay bla-respects to the reinforcing column. The plan was »n excellent on«*and would have ijttccecded, but for the fact that ad soon arfwe commenced to cross ibe Hver,a sw^ft* winged Arkansas traitor carried the neks to Bldunt'flMs to the column relieving him,/and by hurried marcbjed-they arrived as'soon asjwO.? Therefore, we met their grand army, and the sunhf the Tiajnit, dosed on our victorious arms, i The Teds that!mghb at 10 o’clock sent a flag, asking for! an armistice of 24 houratobury their dead, | cI /General Hindman gave them! 12 hours. Abopt jdarlc!they were! forced by an Iowa brigade, j j/' ‘ I. *■We were three days out on forced marches, no supplies at hnhd, the men worn unger, and toomuch exhausted to has’trd a i*hewgr$f; the conflict, until rested* With the superior I force against Us, we withdrew from the Held at 11 j o’clock that night in •Hence, toq point some 12 j mll*» distant,!where we remained thirty, bon re/ If we had only received aihvifew thousands refnfoj^eiribnt s, tbs federal invadingarmy now in the'North-Weskwould have annihilated. BUt theyXlid’nt ©omwtQ apd ‘ ouri brave and excellent Geo^ Hludmabculd .only give them a severe chickandthen I retlre-*theyj pbwlariei*! to foi-low, and we unima to renew the conflict Our - io^.lo the battlevialabout *nt wounded aim toiesihgi Hie feds A 1300. i --t j-!-'--*1000 in killed, sat their loss U■ • j / . !
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Galveston Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Wed, Jan 21, 1863
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