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The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Rappahannock lines. (search)
. Brooks to tell the enemy to desist, or he would hang every prisoners in his hands, and take no more prisoners, and paroled Brooks, and told him if he did not return he would hang the prisoners. The burning, the ceased and Capt. Brooks returned, well illustrating the efficiency or the retaliatory policy. The battle at Baton Rouge--the loss of the The battle at Baton Rouge commenced with a disastrous mistake among our troops. Two friendly regiments fired into each other, killing Captain Todd, (a brother of Mrs. Lincoln,) and wounding Brig-Gen. Holin. After order was restored, our troops were formed in line of battle. A bitter says: During the frequent pauses of the fight, when the roll of musketry and the sharp crack of artillery was bushed all cars were strained to catch some note of intelligence from the ram Arkansas. Long since she should have been engaging the enemy's gunboats, had already poured a dreadful rain of shot and shell into our midst. But there was n