St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-03-20
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BURNSIDE D., ! p1E 1c AN
ARMY Of 10, 900 REBELS,
Taates 8: Light Batteries, rs Siege
[,l'' Guns 5000 Stands Of Arms, a
q hl'' Ha 2G,js &c., &c. :~iG od' I",l
Participants or THE BATTLE
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FURTHER, PARTICULARS or tue BATTLE
.'''''' '' -" OF PEA RIDGE: '"' %''' .
I, )al;n j'n" -! !RoILA, M o. Diarch. Ii. &c
ii The remains Of Col Hendricks of the,
10Th Indiana regiment, killed at the bat,
tie Of Pea Ridge, Ark, arrived here yes,
terday,, accom- panied by his brother and
three Other gentlemen who left the battle
ground on Monday following tho, battle
They represent the battle as . terrible one:
The rebels fought desperately, using stones
in their cannon when their shot gave out,
The force Of the rebels isstated at 50 900,
Including 4, 20 HIndians, under Albert:
Pike. So FIR as could be asecrtained, our!
loss is 600 killed and 800 to 1000 wound
ed. The rebel surgeons who came 10 dress
the iw,oouiif dso IF their fallen, acknowledge
loss 'of'Il,;00! killed jand frdn,u2 500 to
5000 wounded:: I'VE, took 5000 prison.
era aud la pieces Of artillery, 10 !} Of VI which
were. captured BY, Gen, Sigeps command,
and, three by Coi. Patterson's Brigade.
r. 8 of our cannon belonging to David
sons battery we're taken b. the rebels, but
were recaptured Eby our troops. The reb.
els were completely whipped. One diyis-
ion under Price: fleeing in one direction.
and another under.o Van Dorm, taking an
other. Major Herbert Of one of the Lo|n r.,
isiana regiments, who was taken prisoner,
SAYS Gen. Frost. *ot Camp jackson noto-'
riet,.. was Killed. apii13its br" o1&" ,s!'
org 19jrr1 ,uoi,sMlLw4unes,s March II H.
Later accounts give our loss at Pea
Ridge, as 600 killed and wounded. The
battle was fought desp etatvly on The part
Of 'ihe rebels; their loss is! 1,l00 killed,
and $500 to- 5000" wounded. Weistook,
1000 prisoners. 'o1'I III 92nIt i not
" 81, anEAIFi v'El croaY ~ NEW MADRID. ~,
.%l ~ ''', Ir ST. LOUIS, March is :"
;; Brig, Gen.; Pope. in in a, dispatch: u Gen:
Halleck, says that our success at New
Madrid haas Been even greater than was.
reported rs pieces Of heavy artillery, 4
consisting Of "a rifed 32-pounders, 2 bat
teries, Of field artillery, immense :quanti-
ties of fixed ammunition, several thousand
small arms, hundreds IF boxes of musket'
cartridges, three hundred mules and hor..
sSSl pSuAo +Vl 1aiuAy W. lawn iASqy ANY
an immense quantity of other property Of
not less value than, 81, 100000, has fallen
into our hands. u .a, to yn, Il; i,yyo, :]o1
! Ihair men, only escaped, Iinae. I,la Ii
TX. The enemy's whole force is ,dem@o2zlalizeda
and dispersed in the swamps .on the .oppo-
site side Of the river. .uy~i i
They abandoned their works SO hurriv
edly'us to leave'all the ;bhggage of their
ahd the kpapsacks!' Of their men:
hTheir. dead was unburied; their sup:
pere on''the tables, and candles burning ID
their tents IA sfarious;9 thunder storm
which ragged III night enabled the enemy
tooget across the river without being dis
covered. -ra,>"YNt. Antn>A 2}s@N >.
Our heavy battery was erected, during
thoe, night ST the. 18th, Within 500 yards
81 ,th,e enemy works and ,opened It dsys
light Oh the l3th,, .jaAt thittyy:fotdi1rr hours
after the gums were delivered Is d 1t Cairo,
During the whole Of yesterday our lines
were drawn closer around Their, works, d dn-
der furious fre 81 aaixtys pieces ',5,f .rtil1