. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . MAJOR-GENERAL J. A. 3IOWER. FRC M A r HOTOGRAPH. ^ Mouton having been killed in the first onset onthe 8th. \ After the battle, each side claimed to havefought superior numbers. I cannot make out thatthe Union troops, including Goodings cavalry,-which was not engaged, numbered more than 11,000, nor that the Confederate force was lessthan 13,000 : Taylor says he had 12,000 and at-tacked twenty odd thousand, and that the thirdarmy of the enemy in point of numbers on the the-ater of w
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . MAJOR-GENERAL J. A. 3IOWER. FRC M A r HOTOGRAPH. ^ Mouton having been killed in the first onset onthe 8th. \ After the battle, each side claimed to havefought superior numbers. I cannot make out thatthe Union troops, including Goodings cavalry,-which was not engaged, numbered more than 11,000, nor that the Confederate force was lessthan 13,000 : Taylor says he had 12,000 and at-tacked twenty odd thousand, and that the thirdarmy of the enemy in point of numbers on the the-ater of war was routed and driven from the fieldwith a loss of at least 10,000 men.—R. B. I. 356 THE RED RIVER ALEXANDRIA, ON THE KED RIVER. FROM A WAR-TIME PHOTUliHAlU brigade, withdrawn from the right and rear and joined by some of Fessen-dens men, who had rallied to his support, while others rallied upon Lynch,who attacked and broke Parsonss right; A. J. Smith then advanced hiswhole line in a fine charge led by Mower and completed the overthrow ofParsons before Tappan could come to his aid. Tappan, finding himselfexposed to a front and flank fire by the giving way of Parsons, fell backto re-form. Dwight, who was strongly posted in the woods, stood firmagainst the combined attacks of Walker in his front and Bee on his ordered up Polignac to their assistance, but the whole Confederateline was now falling back in confusion and the battle was lost.^V Walkerand Churchill with most of the cavalry retreated six miles to the nearestwater, while Polignac with one brigade of cavalry remained about two milesfrom the field to cover the retreat. After the close of the action, KirbySmith joi
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