Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-11-21

columns made upon the enemy, which, as An incident of the battle, should not go unrecorded. When the two columns came face to face, Col. W alkers regiment was imm diatclv opposed to the 7Gh Iowa. and David Vollner, of Capt. $ okes' c"mpany, belonging to Col. Walkers $ regiment, drawing the attention of a comrado 10 the s.arS and stripes that iloate,l the emy, ayowed his intcntion of capturing the col orS ar de In the attempt. The charge was made, the center of Walkers regiment, Capt. Stokes position, lacing the center oi the Iowa regiment As the two cnlumhs came within a few yards Of each other, young Eollmer ard a young man by the name of Lynch hoth made rush for the colos, but Volimer's bayouet fl rst pierced the breast of the color. beacr, ard grasplny the tlig he waved it over his head in triumph. At this mnment he and Lynch were both shot dead, aLd as Nollmcr fell, emnla'iIg the ardor of these chivalrnus young men, Capt. J W ehy Armstrong stepped torward le capture the cooFs when he also fell grasping the fAg stati. These colors are now at Gen. Pillows office.
 The loss of the enemy is estimated at 26o ac- tualty counted and buried on inc field l0O car ried on the boat bearing the flag of truce, and l5U killed on the floats as they wore embarlng, making a total of killed on their side "f 545. Esquire Robinson, ot Shelby county, of c'mpi- ny A, 2d regiment, was captured, and was on the ho,t at the time our troops were pouring galling fire into them, ana he estimates the number of killed on the boats at over 200. He was returned to Columbus to day.
 There can be no houDJ that the troops brought against us on the 7th were the very best in the Lincoln service, as their plisouers here acknoW- ledge.
 The loss of Russell's brigade is as follows 2d regiment Is killed, 64 wounded, :3}33 missing; 18th regiment, 2S killed, 70 wounded, 4S miss ing; 18th regiment, 10 killed. 10 wounded and mlssing making total ot 56 killed, l47 wound ed and S5 missing.
 A steamer, bearing flag of truce, came to Columbus to-day, bearing Mrs. Dougherty, and other ladies, who came down to their hus bands, who are prisoners in onr hands.
 We have 100 prisoners in our possession un njured, and about the salne number wounded are iu our hospitals. The enemy are reported to have l02 of our men at Cairo, large num- Der taken from our hospital on the other side. Two gentlemen, residents of Austin, Texas, passed through Columbus today who were talk en prisoners Tn New York on landing from q vessel from South America. After being held for some time, they were released, and after making their way through Canada came down through St. Louis, and were at Cairo on the 9th, the day of the battle. They report that trans ports were continually plying 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 citizens. They further re port that there are two gun boats flushed at St. Louis, aud SIX on the stocks. They bring a Chicago Tribune, which has the candor to say the battle of the 9th was terrible on both sides. In the midst of the battle our batteries were 1 turned upon the gun boats whenever they showed themselues around the bend above. It was plain hat several of our balls from Maj. Stewart ; battery struck the boat, but the amount of the damage was not known at the time. These gentlemen now bring the report, which is con frmed, that the gun-boat Lexington has since sunk from the effects ot her injuries
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