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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
o remain unguarded, awaiting the arrival of Franklin. But Taylor, having good reason to be alarmed, and fearing that the Federals might cut off the road to Shreveport, at once began to retreat on this road, and on the 22d established himself at Beaseley, a village situated at the junction of the roads which led, on the one hand, to Fort Jesup by the hills, and on the other to Natchitoches by the valley of Red River, and crossed Cane River at the ford called Monet's Ferry. Franklin did not refence, Bee had committed a fresh blunder. Instead of retreating step by step before the enemy on the road which he was sure to follow, and of seeking some new position to defend, he left the way clear to him by falling back to the south-west on Beaseley, where Taylor was not slow in rejoining him. It was too late after that to disturb the retreat of the Federals: their rearguard on the 24th passed Cane River after a trifling engagement with Polignac's infantry. The latter did not pursue them a