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The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], The recent battle in Louisiana--Particulars from a New Orleans Paper. (search)
The recent battle in Louisiana--Particulars from a New Orleans Paper. A person who was present at the fight near Dabadieville, on Bayon Latouche, La., on the 27th ult., furnishes the N. O. Picayune with the following account of the affair: It appears that on Monday the Confederates marched twenty-two miles to Napoleonville to meet the United States forces, and then, to select a suitable position, they fell back nine miles to the spot where the engagement took place. The Confederates, we learn, numbered about 330, and were commanded by Col. McPhecters. The United States forces, on arriving at Napoleonville, it appears, heard that the Confederates had fallen back, and immediately pressed forward in pursuit, feeling for them with shell, occasionally, as they advanced. Towards four o'clock in the afternoon the United States forces came in sight of the Confederates who were drawn up in position. The fight at once commenced, the United States forces opening with