. Young folk's history of the war for the union . by superior num-bers, they gave way and be-gan to fall back. A writerwho was on the field tellsvery graphically what thentook place: Suddenly there was arush, a shout, the crashingof trees, the breaking downof rails, the rush and scamper of men. It was as sudden as thougha thunderbolt had fallen among us and set the pines on caused it, or when it commenced, no one knew. . Wefound ourselves swallowed up, as it were, in a hissing, seething,bubbling whirlpool of men. . The line of battle had givenway. General Banks took off his hat and i
. Young folk's history of the war for the union . by superior num-bers, they gave way and be-gan to fall back. A writerwho was on the field tellsvery graphically what thentook place: Suddenly there was arush, a shout, the crashingof trees, the breaking downof rails, the rush and scamper of men. It was as sudden as thougha thunderbolt had fallen among us and set the pines on caused it, or when it commenced, no one knew. . Wefound ourselves swallowed up, as it were, in a hissing, seething,bubbling whirlpool of men. . The line of battle had givenway. General Banks took off his hat and implored the men toremain; his staff-officers did the same, but it was of no the General drew his sabre and endeavored to rally hismen, but they would not listen. Behind him the rebels wereshouting and advancing. Their musket-balls filled the air withthat strange file-rasping sound that war has made familiar toour fighting men. The teams were abandoned by the drivers,the traces cut, and the animals ridden off by the frightened. Nathaniel P. Banks. PLEASANT IIILL. 433 men. Bareheaded riders rode with iigouy iu their f;iees, andfor at least ten minutes it seemed as if we were going to destruc-tion together. After a flight of three miles, the Nineteenth Corps wasfound drawn up in line. The fugitives fled behind it, and theConfederates attacked the new line; but it held its ground untilnight, when the enemy ceased his efforts. Bankss loss in thisbattle, which is sometimes called the battle of Mansfield andsometimes of Sabine Cross Roads, Avas more than three thou-sand men, nineteen guns, many wagons and horses, and an im-mense amount of stores. During the night the army fell backto Pleasant Hill, where General Smith had arrived with theSixteenth and Seventeenth Corps. The Confederate cavalryfollowed, picking up hundreds of stragglers on the way. Fromthe battle-field to within a few miles of Mansfield the road wasstrewn with deserted wagons, ambulances, and caissons
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