Sharp Skirmish at Edisto Island

NEW YORK, April 28. – A letter from Edisto Island, S. C., 18th, reports a brilliant affair on St. John’s Island, resulting in a total route of 200 rebel cavalry by about 60 of our men. The party consisted of Captain Rhind, D. Britnall, Master’s Mate Nelson, a howitzer from the U. S. Gunboat Crusader and 30 men from the 47th New York, 5th Pennsylvania and 3d New Hampshire regiments under Capt. Dow, of the later Regiment. The rebels lost about 50 killed and wounded. No one on our side was killed.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 3, 1862, p. 4