American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-06-06
From The Daily Mi-sisSippian.l
THE NAVAL BATTLE AT MEMPHIS.
OUR GUNHOATs OyERPoWEKED.
MEMPHIS III THE HA#OS OF The ENEMY
The Federal Flag Oh the Postofce.

ne eAeThI 4 ids OH the fo>toiHcSs
Particulars of the Ba+tIe BIZ On Eye-uuaess.
We are in!rbted to w II Reedrr.
1T Assist NJ Engineer of fl q hip Rebel
for The following statement ol tacI> which
came under hi~ ob>ervari,n during the
short bat San!ninary conflict in front Of
N mi hi, on Friday morning la>t;
Between five and six O'Clock Friday
morning. The If 7HomDsou commanded
ny CIpt Burke. made the attack on the
Yankee gunboatS at the point above
Memphis HE Col. LDoeU. Capt. Della
hey followed then the Sumter Capt
Waliare Lamb then he BeaureQ0r1,
Capt. Hart: The RebeL Capt. Fowler.
being the flagship. played among our
ships eivin! the commands of Commo>
done Montgomery. The gunboat ten
Prtce. according to orders. remained IN
the bend below The Gsa Broqq with
the above boats, comprised all the Con
tede'are fleet.
The Beatoo. 81. L>uis. Loujsejile,
Cojro Qeooooftle Hira .Kon"rch. L""cos
tr y "a tuiirr. .iir& StoA ,,Dt W. more
rams names not known. and >ix ;ugboatS
with number Of Transports Of troops
composed Tie Yankee feet
We opened fir- on The enemy. and after
* changing some twenty shots the ram
yaeen II tie Vest attempted 10 run into
the THDmp~oR. bat missing. struck the
LpreH amid<hip~ which sunk nul at sight
in about en- minutes the Sunter struck
he Q,eeu IT tbe Vest before she could
~x.rlcAie herself from the LDceU entirely
destroying her. when >he went Ia The
bank The Frleral ram .Hoaorch then
made a pass AT The fl =. ship Re5eL which
The ReieL rIudrd and passed On s,Ilking
he Iuonapson. The Retet was then at
lacked bv he shot o. the Benton cunt
ple,ely ld,ling her HIRE the engage
m~nt h-came general aud thr Rebet was
maxim! for The Arkansas shore. owing ro
the injury received Ia her engines. WHEN
The ram N0h0rch struck her and she
went 'u The bottom in >hoaI water.
The battle ia~'el ah. at thirty minu'es,
when The Earl Pan Dorm and the Gen
DrnQg started down the stream. il being
esI lent 90 their brave commanders that
II was useless 10 contend with such over
whetming odds.
The gunb At Gen Prize. during the
engagement came ~ and made II dash
Al the. stern of the ram KJDarch. and al
the same time he Beoaregn,d made 4
lick at he .Nonarrh. both >ttikn. her H
glanrin. lick which threw the bow Of the
Beouregard INTO The wheel Of lh- Prize ::
thus she WAS disabled by her friend. the
Benuregord, and went To The bank.
The fatality on the Beauregord mus,
have been very great, thinks oar inform
ant. As The entmy's shot passed com
plrtely through her bulk head into her
length of the boat.
There was no troops in Menu his at
the time Of the eng cement
Oar informant lett on The last train
ahou 9 O'Clock A NJ. on which Gen.
Rugglt~ took his departure Tor Grenada
When this train passed the brid se near
the Guy. it was burnt by his order.
Cant Gordon was sent oui by Com
mandtr M1ntg wuh The first boat
To pick mp The wounded and those who
were atien pting To escape hs swimming
from the sinking boats. and our inform
mant with The second boat when he was
shelled and graped. tearing away The
stern of his boat, which did not. howev-
err, render il unmanagab.e.
Mr. R-eder has no doubt Of the safety
of the Commodore, as he saw him take
water when the Monarch struck the Rebel.
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