... just before dawn on the twenty-third, and at the same instant heard, with no little pleasure, the cannonade at Brashear. I rested my command two hours, feeding the horses and men, and arrived at Bayou Boeuf at 4:20 P. M., having driven in the pickets of the enemy for six miles. I at once took possession of the east bank, the enemy being intrenched on the opposite bank. Made a reconnoissance of his pos...