LOUISIAN DIVISION.
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ANNIVERSARY OF Tii BATTLE
OF BATON ROUGE.
On the fifth day of A ugust, 1862,
the Battle of Paton Rouge was fought
a'nd while not classel among the
greater ;attbl? of the (i il iWar was
nevertheless cesperate, a::d Iesulted
in heavy losses on both sides. The
Confederate force was comprised of I
Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana and I
Mississippi troops and of the local
companies were the Delta Rifles, Nar
tional Guards, Bynum's Battalion and
some cavalry scouts.
Gen. Williams commanding the Fed
eral forces was killed and Generals l
Allen of Louisiana and Clark of Mis- t
sissippi and Helm of Kentucky wound- f
ed. The last named officer was a r
brother-in-law of Mrs. Abraham Lin
coln and Major Todd, some say a
brother and others a nephew of that P
lady, was killed. The Confederate f
force numbered 2,200 men with eleven
pieces of artillery. The enemy was
said to number 5,500 men with 18 p
pieces of artillery. e
The Federals were driven to the l
river bank where they found refuge
under the guns of ships of war, the
latter being stationed so as to sweep b
every street from North to Govern- P
ment with shell and grape shot. si
The following, written some thirty Ii
years ago by an eye witness, will give hi
an idea of fright and flight of civil
ians, men women and children when) h
the roar of guns, near the eastern lim
its, announced the opening of the
fray:
"As the ringing yell of afe Confed
erates came nearer and nearer and
the citizens began to leave town, or
take refuge in their bomb proofs.
"There was but one avenue left
open to those who were leaving the
place. The contending forces occupied
the full extent of the eastern sao
burbs, the United States garrison the
north, and the fleet in the river, the
west; and so through Catfishtown,
streams of men, women and children,
laden with what little of their house- E
hold treasures they had seized in c
their alarm, poured out of town and c
fled along the Highland and river i
roads. Manay crossed the river at v
Brusle Landing, and met with every c
attention from the kind-hearted peo- V
ple of that "burg." The remainder s
found shelter in the houses of the Il
Highland and coast planters. Those
who remained in town, and had not C
prepared any place of refuge, gather- P
ed their families into their houses and n
listened in alarm to the wild roar of tl
battle as it surged nearer and nearer. c
"Many bomb proofs had been made E
by private parties who had long ap- L
prehended this attack. They were
simply square pits sunk in the ground, y
lined with plank and covered with "
heavy timbers and earth.
"It is related of one citizen, who a
had built for himself and family a e(
T
- very comfortable bomb proof, that
when he essayed to take possession,
he was refused admittance by his
neighbors, who filled the spacious pit
- to his exclusion.
m- "Soon the streets were filled with
the Federals and negroes who were mak
ing for the shelter of the gunboats,
ed- and the dropping of musket balls in
end the streets betokened how close the
or line of conflict had approached to the
river. The Federal left wing had giv
, en way and was in full flight. The
he right wing stood their ground more
ed stubbornly and retreated in better or
der."
he ----o---
he HENRY WATKINS ALLEN.
!n, Few men were more beloved by the
le- people of East and West Baton Rouge
in or by soldiers who followed his lead
ad ership than was Henry Watkins Al- a
er len, soldier, statesman and patriot, to
at whose memory stands the monument
ry on the grounds of the State Capitol,
o- grounds embellished under his loving a
er supervision while a member of the
he legislature.
se Few men of this or any other b
ot country achieved fame in so short a
r- period of time as did Allen, who a
id mustered in as a private soldier in
lf the Delta Rifles became in rapid suc
r. cession Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel,
le Brigadier General and Governor of
_ Lawisiana all within four years. G
e The writer remembers as if but is
d, yesterday when Allen signed the fi
h muster roll of the Deltas when it was h
thought by many he would decline do- it
0 ing so as one of the soldiers express- h
a ed it, "because he was a politician." tl
.They were, however, mistaken in the
w man, fr standing at the head of a
f list of members alphabetically ar
ranged his was the first private whose
name was called and as it was, he
stepped forward from the ranks to a
table on which the roll was spread, ti
E signed in a bold hand Henry Watkins H
Allen and the boys cheered as he did wi
'so. of
I remember, too, quite distinctly,
seeing Colonel Allen in the Hornet's
Nest at Shiloh with blood dripping M
from a wound in the right cheek, the W
ball entering near one corner of his
mouth to emerge near his right ear
and yet undismayed, though suffering Fc
intensely saying, "Stand steady men,
i his is as good a place to die as any "S
Ion the field." Brave Allen! He never
thought for a second any of his regi
ment and particularly his former "F
comrades of the Delta Rifles would
flinch from death while serving the "N
South.
Sometime after the battle of Shiloh
this regiment was detached from the
Army of Tennessee and ordered to
Vicksburg leaving arms and accoutre
ments behind to be re-equipped on
at arrival at the hill city. Marching un
in, armed to the railroad depot at Cor
uis inth they remained sometime loading
)it baggage and just as about to entrain
the fight at Farmington started but
th they guns of the Washington Artil
k- lery had scarcely opened upon the en
:s, emy before Allen was double quicking
in his men to where they had stacked
he arms and seizing them he hurried to
le ward the battlefield for which he was
v- reprimanded by General Bragg for
ue disobedience of orders. The roar of
re the guns aroused in him a spirit of
r. fight he could not control.
It was at the battle of Baton Rouge
Allen received wounds that ended his
military career but not his life of
usefulness to Louisiana as he was
elected Governor by the voters of that
p1ortion of the state not in possession I
e of the Federals. With his capital at
- Shreveport the ardent patriot begana
at once to assist the people to be
come more self-sustaining and inde
pendent of outside sources. He en
I couraged farmers to produce food in
g abundance and opened communication
e with Mexico whereby articles of ne
cessity were obtained which could not
r be produced in this state. He im- t
a ported spinning wheels, cotton card
0 and looms through the operation of a
n which the people could be clothed, in
fact he proved himself as wise in
peace as he had been valient in war. t
On the downfall of the Confederacy .
Governor Allen sought refuge in Mex
ico where he died after a short time
e from wounds received in battle and
his remains now rest within the cap
itol enclosure shaded by the trees he
had had planted and within sight of
the spot where he fell with both legs
shattered by a shell.
No wonder Daughters of the Con
federacy pay frequent visits to the
spot where his remains are resting;
awaiting the Judgmen Day. The
flowers seen on the monument from
time to time bear testimony that
Henry Watkins Allen has not and'
will not be forgotten by descendants
of those "who followed where he led."
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MANY SEEK GIFTS
OF SCHOLARSHIPS
Most of Requests to U. D. C. Are for
Institutions in New
Orleans.
Application for scholarships offer
ed by Louisiana Division, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, and by
New Orleans and Stonewall Jackson
chapters were being received yester
day at Memorial Hall by Mrs. Flor
ence C. Tompkins, chairman of the
state educational committee, and
others in charge. All afternoon boys
and girls, alone or with their parents,
were coming in to fill the blanks
which must be passed on by the com
mittee.
Most of the applicants want to go to
schools in the city, two boys apply
ing for the Gulfport Military Acad
emy scholarship and one for that at
Marion Institute, army and navy
school of Alabama, being the only
exceptions. Several girls enrolled for r
business college scholarships, the
money to be paid back when they en- I
ter commercial life. There were sev- c
eral applicants each for the Ursuline
and Sacred Heart convents and St. J
Aloysius school for boys.
"We chose the Fourteenth of July s
to receive applications purposely, as
wa believed boys and girls who saw
the list of thirty-three open scholar
ships in Wednesday's Times-Picayune
and are in earnest about wanting an
education, would not let the festivi
ties interfere," said Mrs. Tompkia.
"Scholarships offered this year are
of unusual value, and there are mor
than ever before-a total of forty.
seven-although some of them are
filled. Of the thirty-eight states in
which the United Daughters of the
Confederacy offer scholarships Louis.
iana is third, having come up from
seventeenth in seven years. Georgia
leads with $18,145 worth, then come
Virginia with $16,417, Louisiana with
$7,298, and Alabama with $7,267."
Another committee meeting to pass
on applications will be held in about
ten days. Applicants who are de.
scendants of a Confederate veteran
(no others will be considered), may
write Mrs. Tompkins before July 20 at
2831 Prytania street, giving name and
address, age, health endorsements,
school preparation for scholarship, ft.
nancial condition, Confederate record
of ancestor with company and regi
ment, and local U. D. C. chapter en.
dorsements.
Mrs. Hickey Friedrichs and Mrs.
J. P. Wilkinson helped receive the
appointments. New Orleans Chapter
scholarships are given through Mrs.
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