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was madness; and soon all had sought cover from that deadly fire. Still, the assault was not abandoned; but, swerving to the left, Ewing's men, in the advance, crossed the ditch on the left face of the bastion, and, climbing up its exterior slope, planted their colors near the top, and burrowed in the earth for shelter from the flanking fire of the enemy; while Giles Smith's brigade, turning down a ravine, found cover, formed line, and threatened the parapet still farther to the left; Kilby Smith deploying his men on the off slope of a spur of hill, and keeping up, with Ewing's, a fire on any head that appeared above the parapet. Our artillery and infantry being still at work, our stormers easily held their ground; and, at length, Giles Smith's and Ransom's brigades attempted to carry the parapet by assault; but were repelled with loss. Meantime, Steele's division, which had advanced half a mile farther to the right, was fighting desperately to little profit; yet, on the recei
ortion of the 16th corps, under the command of Gen. Kilby Smith, to move up the river, if it was found practic bodies. Porter reports their loss here at 500. Kilby Smith's land force of course cooperated with the gunboa his retreat to Alexandria and below — the return of Smith's force to the other side of the Mississippi being ith-westward into Texas. Of course, the attack on Kilby Smith, covering our rear, failed also; the Rebel charge renewed. Mower's (16th) corps was in line on Kilby Smith's right, but had no chance to fight. Our loss here at the front was 200: Kilby Smith's, at the rear, was only 50. The enemy's must have been greater. Kilby SmKilby Smith testifies: We took many prisoners, all of whom reported a heavy loss on their part of killed and wounded. Here — as the return of Gen. Smith's force to its proper department had long since been demanded, and w Two weeks earlier, this, with permission to retain Smith's corps, would have been must welcome. But, before