Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . TOPOORAPHICAL PLAN OFTMICITV b MTTl£ riELD OF BATON ROUGE •/-(/ i«,.- - -? %--;. /X-V nmnod ?!??? ?? I; ?-_.; s. - TOPOGKAPUICAL MAP OF ClTY AXD BATTLEFIELD OF BATON RoUGE, MiSS. The men Ietreated at first a short distance from their cam[)s wherethey Avere posted, but the enemy Avere finally repulsed by a steadyand well-diiccted lire. Union troops were not encouraged by thenon-appearance of the Arkansas, for they knew nothing about gunboats cou
Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . TOPOORAPHICAL PLAN OFTMICITV b MTTl£ riELD OF BATON ROUGE •/-(/ i«,.- - -? %--;. /X-V nmnod ?!??? ?? I; ?-_.; s. - TOPOGKAPUICAL MAP OF ClTY AXD BATTLEFIELD OF BATON RoUGE, MiSS. The men Ietreated at first a short distance from their cam[)s wherethey Avere posted, but the enemy Avere finally repulsed by a steadyand well-diiccted lire. Union troops were not encouraged by thenon-appearance of the Arkansas, for they knew nothing about gunboats could not aid them — unless an attempt were to bemade to turn tlieir flanks — because they would have had to fire over BUTLERS BOOK. 483 our troops at very long range upon the enemy, which would havebeen disastrous. Suffice it to say that the enemy, after three hoursand a half of fighting, the fog having lifted, were repulsed in fullrun, leaving their dead and wounded in piles in our hands. ColonelCahill, of the Ninth Connecticut, was left in command. He cau-tiously sent out scouts to a very considerable distance, and foundthe houses on the route filled with the dead and wounded. A flao-of truce came f
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