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the woods and drove the enemy from his trenches, capturing from seventy to eighty prisoners. Sunday morning, the fourth of January, it was not deemed advisable to commence offensive movements, and news soon reached us that the enemy had fled fromd 3.--Had the brigade under arms all day, with two regiments on picket and skirmishing with the enemy's pickets. Sunday, January 4.--I moved the brigade to Wilkinson's cross-roads, and bivouacked there for the night, with the Fourth cavalry. M my command remained, watching the movements of the enemy as far as possible, and making reports thereon, until the fourth of January, when my command was moved to Wilkinson's cross-roads. On the fifth my command proceeded under command of General ssuming command, reports to me that the regiment was not actively engaged from that time till three o'clock A. M. Sunday, January fourth, when they were relieved and marched to this place, where I joined the regiment early Sunday morning, though not
euts. J. E. Bryant, and F. H. Wilson, and Sergeant Sid. C. Morgan. Inclosed are lists of casualties in the several regiments. I have the honor to be, respectfully, Your obedient servant, Charles E. Hovey, Brigadier-General. F. M. Crandal, A. A.G. To Captain J. W. Paddock, A. A. General First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. Report of rear-admiral Porter. United States Mississippi Squadron, Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863. sir: I have the honor to inform you that on the fourth of January, General McClernand concluded to move up the river upon the Post of Arkansas, and requested my cooperation. I detailed three in iron-clads — the Louisville, Baron de Kalb, and Cincinnati — with all the light-draft gunboats, all of which had to be towed up the river. On the ninth we ascended the Arkansas River as high as Arkansas Post, when the army landed within about four miles of the Fort. The enemy had thrown up heavy earthworks and extensive rifle-pits all along the levee. Wh