The Greatest Victory of the War—La Battaille des Mouchoirs.
[By Capt. James Dinkins, in New Orleans Picayune; Southern Historical Papers, Volume 31.]
[Fought Friday, February 20, 1863, at the head of Gravier Street.]
Of all the battles modern or old,
By poet sung or historian told;
Of all the routs that ever was seen
From the days of Saladin to Marshall Turenne,
Or all the victories later yet won,
From Waterloo’s field to that of Bull Run;