The gun-boats
and steamers are still below the bend, where they have been since Monday. They
come up every day and throw shells at our batteries, but seldom elicit a
response. Yesterday our guns were engaged about an hour in shelling the Yanks
on the opposite side of the river, and their aim was so accurate that one shot
cut one of the enemy in two. Several other shots were very accurate. The
enemy's fleet is busy all the time, and it is thought that they are landing a
force on the west bank, but for what purpose, I am unable to say, as the whole
country is overflowed, and unless the water falls it will be impossible for
them to plant batteries, or any thing else, on that side. Yesterday four boats
came down from Red river laden with corn, bacon, etc., which relieves us of the
fears we were beginning to entertain on account of the scarcity of provisions.
It is said we have enough to last through a long siege. No news of the two
vessels which passed our batteries on Sunday night. They have passed above the
mouth of Red river.
SOURCE: Edwin
L. Drake, Editor, The Annals of the Army
of Tennessee and Early Western History, Vol. 1, p. 127
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