The Daily Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia CS 21 July. 1862
LATER FROM THE NORTH.
THE ESCAPE OF GEN. CURTIS’S ARMY.
Memphis, July 14.—General Curtis's entire command arrived at Helena on the 11th. His army left Batesville on June 24th, and reached Jacksonport on the 26th.
On July 24 they started across the country. On the 4th, when the Thirteenth Illinois Regiment was coming down White river with a load of cotton, they were fired on by a band of guerrillas, seven miles below Grand Glaise. The fire was returned and the rebels fled.
A contraband who was taken on board the next day says he saw nineteen dead rebels near the scene of action.
On the 7th, General Curtis's advance, consisting of the First Indiana Cavalry, Eleventh Wisconsin and Thirty-third Illinois, were attacked by two regiments of Texas cavalry and a large force of infantry.
Our troops had four mounted howitzers, which were brought to bear on the rebels with terrific effect, causing their cavalry to break in disorder, ride over the infantry, and threw them into confusion.
The affair terminated in the utter rout of the rebels. They were pursued by our force, and a large number of prisoners were captured, who were afterwards paroled.
After the battle our troops buried 110 rebels on the field. Our less was 8 killed--among them Captain Sloan, of the Eleventh Wisconsin and 32 wounded. Major Glendenon, of the First Indiana cavalry, was seriously wounded.
The rebels had no artillery, which accounts for their heavy loss, as compared with ours.
Notwithstanding the long forced marches and short rations, General Curtis's army is in good condition. When it arrived at Helena, Arkansas, but three days supplies were left.