CINCINNATI, April 15. – The commercial has information from a reliable man who left the battle ground on Thursday evening; he estimates our loss in killed 1,200 to 1,500, wounded 3,00 [to] 4,000, missing 2,500. The rebels lost more killed than we did. About 1,000 wounded rebel prisoners were taken and about 1,000 unwounded up to the time he left. 2,200 rebels had been buried.
Our troops retook on Monday all the batteries lost on Sunday, and captured twelve pieces from the enemy.
The rebels were so confident of their ability to hold our camps which they took on Sunday, that with a single exception they did not destroy them. On Tuesday Beauregard sent a flag of truce requesting permission to burry his dead, and saying owing to the heavy reinforcements you received on Sunday night and Monday and fatigue of my men, I deemed it prudent to retire and not renew the battle. Permission was not granted. The bearer of the flag admitted that Beauregard received a slight wound in the left arm.
– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862
Our troops retook on Monday all the batteries lost on Sunday, and captured twelve pieces from the enemy.
The rebels were so confident of their ability to hold our camps which they took on Sunday, that with a single exception they did not destroy them. On Tuesday Beauregard sent a flag of truce requesting permission to burry his dead, and saying owing to the heavy reinforcements you received on Sunday night and Monday and fatigue of my men, I deemed it prudent to retire and not renew the battle. Permission was not granted. The bearer of the flag admitted that Beauregard received a slight wound in the left arm.
– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862
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