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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 108 (search)
iring at him. This is but a single instance among many that might be mentioned. To the colored troops this has been but a reenactment of the Fort Pillow massacre. Reports reach us from all quarters, of the brutal murder of our colored soldiers and their officers, who had the misfortune to fall into the hands of the enemy. That our government does not institute retaliatory measures for such barbarous treatment of its soldiers, is becoming the wonderment of all, and of vital interest to the officers in our colored regiments. These troops, in the late expedition, were under the command of Colonel Edward Bouton, of the Fifty-ninth United States infantry, and received many compliments from white regiments for their bravery and unflinching obstinacy in repelling the enemy while on the retreat from Guntown. As a general thing the colored soldiers retained their arms and accoutrements, and many a white soldier has said since our return that he owed his escape to the colored troops.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 116 (search)
commanded by Brigadier-General Grierson, and one brigade of colored troops, Colonel Bouton, commanding; aggregate strength about thirteen thousand. The whole commande moving out on the Tupelo road our rear, south of the town, was attacked. Colonel Bouton's colored brigade, consisting of the Fiftieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-eight of Tupelo. The distance from Pontotoc to Harrisburg is eighteen miles, Colonel Bouton, colored brigade, and Seventh Kansas cavalry, succeeded in protecting the rarch, but sustained only slight losses. Two miles out on the Tupelo road Colonel Bouton ambushed with two companies of the Sixty-first, which held their fire untilft, south of the Pontotoc road, forming a semicircle around south and east. Colonel Bouton's negro brigade was on the extreme left of the Third division. The First b of the Third division. The aggregate above is official. Negro brigade, Colonel Bouton commanding; killed, fifteen; wounded, fifty-seven; missing, thirteen. Tota
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 127 (search)
F. H. Chapman, commanding. Third brigade: Colonel Edward Bouton, Fifty-ninth United States infantry (coloredd have it, with the brigades of Colonels Wilken and Bouton, moved up as rapidly as possible. I accompanied thng, were held in reserve near the cross-roads. Colonel Bouton's brigade of colored troops had charge of the tar. A short distance further to the rear I met Colonel Bouton, with the Fifty-ninth United States infantry (cand ordered it into line on his left, directing Colonel Bouton to hold the enemy in check as long as possible, the whole under command of Colonel Wilken, and Colonel Bouton was informed by Lieutenant Barber, of my staff,moving to the rear as fast as possible. When Colonel Bouton fell back the enemy followed him up in heavy foHoge; the Third (colored) brigade, commanded by Colonel Bouton, being in the rear of the First. About eleven e commanding), and the Third (colored) brigade, Colonel Bouton commanding, were on our right, and that Colonel