...ederates, under Marmaduke, who had gathered there with mischievous intent. He found them, three thousand strong, near Columbia, the capital of Chicot County, posted across a bayou that empties into Lake Chicot . He attacked and drove them away, with a loss of about one hundred men. They retreated westward, and were no more seen in that region. Smith's loss was about ninety men. Admiral Porter,...