| Show lo 10 OF F BATON ROUGE the attack on baton ronge rouge made by the be confederates under tinder B ekin elin ridge on or about the jtb was considerable if cf a fight no doubt dolbt te the loss on both sides was heavy according tio fro 6 of iaea mea engaged the corned coined aerates admit a loss of aloi about abie ehret w e hundred undred killed aad wounded several officers including general clark dark col alien allen and capt todd mrs Lincol ns brother gen williams commander of the federal forces was killed and his body taken to new orleans where it was interred with imposing ceremonies there are so many rumors in circulation concerning 1 the conflict and thi the number numb er of the slain it la Is not possible to determine with much accuracy how flow many were killed one statement ent makes the confederate loss e eight g h t bundred hundred the official account sets down the federal loss at two hundred and and fifty it is admitted ah that at the enemy gained some advantages early in the day and the federal troops had bad to fall back the confederates 0 occupying ci dyg the camps of three or four regiments for a 1 time during which they destroyed a vastl vast amount of property over a million of dollars worth according to the confederate estimate i the attacking party were at length repulsed but the federal federa I 1 ranks had bad been so much r reduced e by sickness and the casualties or of the battle that no pursuit was instituted and the wearied dold bold soldiers lers who escaped unhurt contented themselves with burying the dead and caring for the wounded |
