ST. LOUIS, April 10. – a special report from Island No. 10,
says 200 hogsheads of sugar, several hundred barrels of molasses, 80 cannon,
400 wagons, 126 horses, 600 mules, 5,000 stand of small arms, 30 pieces of
light artillery, and a great quantity of blankets, clothing, &c., have
fallen into our hands. The total number
of prisoners captured is 5,000 – one Maj. Gen., McCall and Brig. Gens. Gaull,
Waller and Scham. The prisoners are
being embarked for Illinois as rapidly as possible.
About 56,000 solid shot and immense quantities of
ammunition also taken.
– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862, p. 3
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