...g rested for two days at Natchitoches, marched on the Shreveport road, General Lee with his cavalry leading the column. At night the head of the column rested at Bayou du Paul, seventeen miles from Natchitoches , and the cavalry rested at Crump's Hill, twenty-one miles from Natchitoches. During the day, the cavalry skirmished with the enemy, who fell back slowly before our advance firing continually. A...