CHICAGO, March 13. – Special dispatches to the Post from
Cairo 12th, say matters are little changed.
A lieutenant of the 60th Ohio arrived to-day from New
Madrid. His intelligence is not
permitted to be telegraphed. No change
in matters at Fort Henry and beyond.
The Times’ special says the steamer Southwestern arrived
to-day with troops.
Gen. Cullom left this morning for St. Louis. Gen. Strong has taken command of this post.
(Tribune’s Special.)
Capt. Blodgett, of Boston has been assigned the command of
the [Conestoga], retiring Capt. Pritchard.
The bodies of the 27 killed at Fort Donelson were brought
down to-day, and will be sent to their friends to-morrow morning. Part of them belong to Col. Logan’s
regiment. Col. Logan is improving.
It is reported that Gen. Paine was wounded in a skirmish
near Sikestown, Mo., yesterday p. m., not seriously.
Several sick of the 7th Iowa came down from Fort Donelson
this morning. Their regiment has
suffered severely in several engagements.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 15, 1862, p. 3
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