New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-14

ment from shooting his HONOR through excess
of courtesy, he being a . distinguished visitor"
Capt. Brooks, of one of the Northern regiments,
who came down under a flag Of truce to bury the
dead found a brother upon the field, shot by a
Minnie ball through the head, who had been at
tached to Col Tappan's Arkansas keslment as
surgeon, ,and formerly of Memphis. The recogni
tion is said to be of the most affecting scenes
the field the surviving brother, sitting down be-
side his mothers son, wept like child = - -,
1t is a remarkable thing. that out OF the sixteen
horses lying dead on the field after the battle was
over, nine were white. All the white horses on
the field, with the exception Of Gen. Pillows and
Col. Logwoods, were killed. Every man on zen.
Pillows staff lost his horse, and number Of them
had two horses shot unaer"tbem. Geo. Pillow,
son of Gen. Pillow, had his horse shot no less than
seven times, and was afterWard himself injured by
the falling of the staging while getting 6-ponnd
gun off Of one Of the boats. Mr. Fl. P. Woodlock,
Gen. Pillows orderly, had his two horses shot
under him. and taking the musket from the hands
OF the man who pulled him from under his horse,
and who was morta3y wounded while in the act
he took his place ia the ranks and fought through
the engagement. '- .s-''@ '- - '@7 7'tf.. .
Generals McCEernand, Grant and Fouke were
in command Of the enemy, and it is thought all
escaped unipjured. r- -5 - q. ..
The loss of the enemy is estimated at 29s
actually counted and buried on the field, 100
carried on the boat during the flag of truce, and
l50 killed on the boats as they were embarking,
making total Of killed on their side of 548. Es-
quire Robinson, of Shelby county Of company A,
boat at the time our troops were pouring CALLING
fire into them, and he estimates the number of
Killed on the boats at over 200. He was returned
to Columbus to-day. .' 10 ~ 'e'
There can be no doubt that the troops brought
against US on the 7th were the very best in the
Lincoln service, as their prisoners here acknowl-
edge; gE: sauo ,oo uu-o.o,. :. ..o..,.,, ,,,
injured, and about the same number wounded are
in our hospitals. The enemy are reported to have
i02 OF our men at Cairo, large number taken
from our hospital on the other side.
Two gentlemen, residents of Austin, Texas,
| passed through Columbus to-day, who were taken
| prisoners in New York on landing from a vessel
| from South America. After being held for some
| time, they were released, and after making their
| way through Canada came down to St. Louis, and
| were at Cairo on the 6th---the day of the battle.
They report that transports were continually ply
ing between this point and Cairo on that day, full
of dead and wounded, who were received and
| borne away from the boats at Cairo by the Git
zens. They further report that there are two
| gunboats finished at ST. Louis, and six on the
| stocks. ~"
They bring Chicago Tribune, which has the
candor to say the battle of the 9th was terrible oil
| both sides. In the midst OF the battle our bat
| teries were turned upon the gunboats wheneye
| they showed themselves around the bend above
1t was plain that several of our balls from Majo
| Stewards battery struck the boat but the amoun
| of the damage was not known at the time. These
| gentlemen now bring the report which is con
| tirmed, that the gunboat Lexington has since SUM
| from the effects Of her injuries. .0-I
| We. captured from the enemy seven wagons
| Gen. McClernand's mess chests large lot o
oVercoats and haversacks and large amount o
| ammunition.
A small boy, about fourteen years of age, WHIT
belonged to Watsons Battery, sprang to his fee
| exclaming, Give me a musket and III follow
Gen. Polk I Immediately commanded the maj
| who had refused to move to give the boy his gun
| and demanded the boys name. "My name,' h
exclaimed (octago) sis Charley Dutchman, an
I'm from Louisiana" "Weil, Charley" replied
I'm report you to Gen. Polk, and you can repor
| these men," In an instant they dashed up tn
bank led by Charley, and mingled in the fgh
" Characteristic of Louisiana boys exclame
Gen. Polk, when reported him,