...men indifferently armed and supplied, soon reduced to 6,000 men, hurled back an army of 40,000 men, splendidly appointed, and confident of sweeping aside, with ease, any obstacle thrown in its way to Shreveport , and thence, to Texas. Thus, our State was spared a formidable invasion and its inevitable consequences-ruin and devastation. Then, quiet and dull times prevailed. The cavalry corps, except o...