. Camp-fire and cotton-field: southern adventure in time of war. Life with the Union armies, and residence on a Louisiana plantation . our left the bayou was crossed by General Mor-gan s and General Steeles Divisions at two or threepoints, and our forces gained a position close up to theedge of the bluff. At eleven a. m. on the 29th, an assault was made bythree brigades of infantry upon the works of the enemyon this portion of the line. General Blair and GeneralThayer from Steeles Division, pushed forward throughan abatis which skirted the edge of the bayou, andcaptured the first line of Rebel
. Camp-fire and cotton-field: southern adventure in time of war. Life with the Union armies, and residence on a Louisiana plantation . our left the bayou was crossed by General Mor-gan s and General Steeles Divisions at two or threepoints, and our forces gained a position close up to theedge of the bluff. At eleven a. m. on the 29th, an assault was made bythree brigades of infantry upon the works of the enemyon this portion of the line. General Blair and GeneralThayer from Steeles Division, pushed forward throughan abatis which skirted the edge of the bayou, andcaptured the first line of Rebel rifle-pits. From thisline the brigades pressed two hundred yards furtherup the hillside, and temporarily occupied a portion ofthe second line. Fifty yards beyond was a small clumpof trees, which was gained by one regiment, the Thir-teenth Illinois, of General Blairs Brigade. The Rebels massed heavily against these two bri-gades. Our assaulting force had not been followed bya supporting column, and was unable to hold the worksit captured. It fell back to the bayou and re-formedits line. One of General Morgans brigades occupied a. *§§RS? ^ Yi *& Ou, *o*+ *Q T<0 ■%ff A FLAG-OF-TRUCE. 249 portion of the rifle-pits at the time the hill,was assaultedby the brigades from General Steeles Division. During the afternoon of the 29th, preparations weremade for another assault, but the plan was not carriedout. It was found the Rebels had been re-enforced atthat point, so that we had great odds against us. Thetwo contending armies rested within view of each other,.throwing a few shells each hour, to give notice of theirpresence. After the assault, the ground between the contendinglines was covered with dead and wounded men of ourarmy. A flag-of-truce was sent out on the afternoon ofthe 29th, to arrange for burying the dead and bringingaway the wounded, but the Rebels would not receiveit. Sunrise on the 30th, noon, sunset, and sunrise again,and they lay there still. On the 31st, a tru
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