. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . force ours out-numbered almost as two to the campaign was hope of taking or evenreaching Shreveport within thetime fixed for the breaking upof the expedition was at anend. Banks at once ordereda retreat, and sent messengersto notify Kilby Smith and Por-ter. Emory marched at mid-night, and at 8 oclock the next morning, the 9th of April, the army cameinto position at Pleasaut Hill, where A. J. Smith had been left, and wherewhat remained of Lees cavalry, of Bansoms c
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . force ours out-numbered almost as two to the campaign was hope of taking or evenreaching Shreveport within thetime fixed for the breaking upof the expedition was at anend. Banks at once ordereda retreat, and sent messengersto notify Kilby Smith and Por-ter. Emory marched at mid-night, and at 8 oclock the next morning, the 9th of April, the army cameinto position at Pleasaut Hill, where A. J. Smith had been left, and wherewhat remained of Lees cavalry, of Bansoms corps, now under Cameron,Jand of Dickeys colored brigade had been re-formed during the night. Thetrain, escorted by Dickeys brigade, was put in motion toward Grand Ecore,followed by Cameron. Emory and A. J. Smith remained in position, cover-ing the retreat and approaches to Pleasant Hill, including the importantcross-road to Blairs Landing on the Bed Biver, \ where it would be easy andmight be found best to reunite the army and the fleet. Meanwhile Churchills and Parsonss divisions having arrived at Mansfield. %j| MAJOR-GENERAL A. .1. SMITH. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. ■& Taylor says lie drove the enemy five the Thirteenth Corps gave way entirely andwas replaced by the Nineteenth hurriedly broughtup to support the fight. The Nineteenth shared thefate of the Thirteenth. (The italics are mine.) Thisis a mistake ; the Nineteenth Corps never reachedthe position of the Thirteenth. Taylors nextparagraph describes the fight with the Nineteenth :Just as night closed the enemy massed heavilyon a ridge overlooking a small creek. . The fighting was severe for a time, but . . we en-camped on the creek as night fell, the enemy forcedback some four hundred yards beyond, — i. e., theskirmish-line was driven back to Emorys line ofbattle on the rising ground overlooking the creek.— R. B. I. i Eansom having been wounded at Sabine Cross-roads. 4-Sixteen miles from Pleasant Hill and forty-f
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