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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 89 (search)
ement was organized against the enemy posted at Henderson's Hill,twenty-five miles in advance. The expedition consisted of three brigades of General A. J. Smith's command and a brigade of cavalry of the Nineteenth corps, under command of Colonel Lucas, of the Sixteenth Indiana volunteers; the whole under command of Brigadier-General Mower, of the Sixteenth corps. The enemy was surprised, losing two hundred and fifty prisoners, two hundred horses, and four guns with their caissons. Colonel H. B. Sargent, of my staff, was severely wounded in this action, and disabled from service during the campaign. This affair reflected the highest credit upon the officers and men engaged. Anticipating by a few days the passage of the gunboats, the army marched from Alexandria for Natchitoches, eighty miles distant by land, reaching that point on the second and third of April. The enemy continued his retreat, skirmishing sharply with the advanced guard, but offering no serious resistance to ou