CAIRO, March 21.
The effect of the cannonade on Monday, from our gunboats and mortars at Island No. 10, was terrific. The rebels could be seen carrying off their dead and our pickets heard their groans. At midnight several of their heavy guns were dismounted.
There is no enemy at Hickman, as reported.
Moderate fire was kept up by our fleet at Island No. 10 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The gunboat Mound City has dismounted a 126-pounder gun on the enemy’s upper battery.
A Scout went down in a skiff on Wednesday night at 9 o’clock within 200 yards of their works. Only two guns were left mounted. He counted fifteen men in a battery building new works just below.
The rebel gunboats tried to force their way up again yesterday morning, but had to draw back.
Gen. Pope has 22 guns mounted at Point Pleasant, below New Madrid, and has erected a new battery 4 miles below.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, March 22, 1862, p. 1
2 comments:
I just found your blog. Interesting clippings from old newspapers! Coincidentally, I'm currently reading "The Lyon Campaign in Missouri : Being a History of the First Iowa Infantry". It's an excellent source for this 90-day regiment that fought at Wilson's Creek, and filled with lots of fun anecdotes.
Thanks for reading the blog! I've just added Civil War Horror to my blog roll as well!
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