CHICAGO, April 8, P. M. – Island No. 10 surrendered last
night to Com. Foote. No Particulars yet.
CAIRO, April 8. – The Steamer Alps has just arrived from
below with the cheering announcement that Island No. 10 is ours. It was surrendered at midnight last night to
Com. Foote, and Col. Buford’s forces now occupy it. The rebels’ guns, transports, stores and
provisions on and around the Island are in our possession. – The number of
prisoners and guns taken is not yet ascertained.
Nothing from the Tennessee river, but news of a battle at
Corinth is now anxiously looked for.
– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862, p. 4
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