Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-03
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the enemy. the Illinois cavalry suffering Sc
vereiy.
The Home Guards then left the outer work
and retreated within the line of the inner in-
trenchments. about the college building, re-
fusing to fight longer, and here again raised
the white flag, this time from the center of
the Notifications, when the fire of the enemy
slackened and ceased. Under this state of
affairs. Col. Mulligan, calling bis officers into
council, determined TO capitulate, and Capt.
McDermott went out to the enemy's lines,
with handkerchief tied to a ramrod, and
parley took place. Maj. Moore, of the brig
ade, was sent to Gen Prices headquarters, at
New Lexington, to know the terms of capitu
lation. These were made unconditional. the
officers to be retained as prisoners of war,
the men TO be allowed to depart with their
personal property, surrendering their arms
and accoutrements.
Reluctantly this was aceeeded to, and the
surrender took place. At O'Clock P. NJ. on
Saturday, the Federal forces having laid
down their arms, were marched out of the
intrenchments to the tune of .Dixie," played
by the rebel bands. They left behind them
their arms and accoutrements, reserving only
their clothing. The boys of the brigade,
many of them, wept to leave behind their
eoiors, each company in the brigade having
its own standard presented to 1t by their
friends At the surrender. the muster rolls of
the companies were taken TO General Prices
headquarters, the list of officers made out,
| and these ordered to report themselves as
prisoners of war.
The scenes at the capitulation were extra
| ordinary. Col. Mulligan shed tears. The
men threw themselves upon the ground,
raved and stormed in well nigh frenzy, de-
mauding to be led out again and finnish the
| tbing.n In Col. Marshalfs cavalry regiment,
| the feeling equally great. Much havoc
had already been done among their horses
during the siege, and but little more than
| half of them remained. Numbers OF the
| privates actually shot their horses dead on
the spot, unwilling that their companions in
the campaign should now ssl into the enc
my's hands.
The privates, numbering some 1900
strong, were first made 10 take the cath not
to serve against the Confederate States, when
they were put across the river. and in charge
of Gen. Rains, marched On Saturday night
to Richmond, sixteen miles, whence on Sun
day they marched to Hamilton, a station on
the Hamilton and ST. Joseph railroad, where
they were declared free to go where they
pleased.
While on this march they experienced gen.
erous and humane treatment, both from Gen.
Rains and from the residents along the route.
Such is the statement of several of our men.
Gen. Rains ordered an entire flock of sheep to
Dt given u lUGIIl. duQ buSIS Hds III Iiillc lOSt
in appOrtionment or appropriation. The in
| babitants also literally gave them provisions.
Wagons were provided for those unable to
walk, eth, from wounds or fatigue, and the
whole party thus came through with eXtraOr-
binary expedition.
Word was sent to Gen. Prentiss at Quincy,
and means of transportation provided by
which the men were brought down to Quincy,
where they arrived on Monday. There were
with the force only eight women, Col. Multi
gan aud several of his officers having left their
wives at Jefferson City.
The prisoners will be taken to Springfield
and held for exchange, rank for rank. Claib.
jackson came into Lexington on Saturday, il
is reported, bringing his travelling Legisla-
ture with him.
We have thus hastily thrown together the
main features of the protracted defense OF
Lexington. without detail, and almost with
out touching upon the question of loss. That
of the enemy is variously estimated at from
one to two thousand killed and wounded. and
ON the side of the Federals from three to five
hundred. OF our men. one hundred and forty
were left in the hospital at Lexington. a full
list of the killed and wounded must be
awaited.
Col. Mulligan was wounded on the last day
of the fight by ball through the calf of the
leg, and q flesh wound on the right arm from
grape shot. We have already referred to
the injury of Capt. Gleeson, received in the
defense of the hospital.
In the same encounter, among the killed
was John Sayilie of this city. private in COM
pany G, Irish brigade; also, Corporal Andrew
Hill, of the Jackson Guards, and Cornelius
O'Leary. Sergeant Mooney was shot through
the shoulder. Private Morris was Instantly
killed by a round shot, half his head being
carried away.
Col. Marshall is wounded, ball having
struck him in The chest, in1icting a serious
wound. James Conway, the hospital steward
of the Irish brigade. is killed.
Our last nights dispatches, in the telegraph
column, give continued list of the killed and
wounded as far as made up last evening.
Among the iamented dead is Col. White, of
St. Louis, of the Missouri Sih, a gallant Off
Ger who did his duty nobly and was mortally
wounded in the last days fight.