A. M. Ground whitened with snow; still threatening bad
weather.
3. P. M. Captain Haven, Company G, and Lieutenant Bacon,
Company K, have just returned. They bring fifteen prisoners and about fifteen
horses, with a number of saddles and bridles. They were captured over New River
in Monroe County.
At 8 P. M. F. M. Ingram (the silent telegrapher) came in
saying we had gained a victory at Corinth; Major-General Lew Wallace killed;
[Albert] Sidney Johnston, ditto; Beauregard lost an arm. Later told me that
Island Number 10 was taken with six thousand prisoners. Glorious, if true!
Night, clear and cold.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 227
No comments:
Post a Comment