The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-06-14
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sne ness oeAs s6rooSn IRON sAs@PnN sFt'vsH
this morning siels,
Our tosees &c npoase,0n OF Aempnn.
Oef noe.llA was q ~ slIox AL oAoex
Isu.soay stesseo c eoossissns 81 2! ,cs eonooSu
Benton, nae mp Csfenco,et - Loo,s, Loeass
tsr. Qeeeu q the west Fulton, Aineo, samson
ead hornet xiso'ne no opctfucnen AZ FORT
Randolph every Gueooes anchored swo Mules
aeoss ne0faA ne rams senalning mort
distance above. reconnoassance discovered
~ ene9Zs aees lying near AemPass, consisting
Of the tohewtag vessels: Gen. Ven Dora, neg
chip, Gen. frice, zen. Bragg, Ten. Lowell Sen
Thompson, Gen. Beauregard, SUMTER and Little
Rebel ~ rapA sseG Hcommeea 81 Capt. HI.
.s7ss ssss u. sisss and avn ..se
ont Of 6eat, but in aooet Aalf N hour they
vsse Discovered coming up fornsd IN line Of
Our gunbosts in the meantime had weighed
md moved slowly down towards the rebel feet,
vhsnA shotaffon the Little Rebels long range
ri1ed gan fell within short distaAes 81 the gun
boat Cairo, which vas IN advance. The Cairo
replied with sbrosdside, and sooa the engage
nsut general 1t long range
The rams In the meantime had advanced, when
The rebel HunboeS ARoanreQard, being some die.
, tanoe IN advaAce,S wasdgnled out BY tho Non.
arch and Qusen Of the West, each striving to
b hnt 70 strike the rebel craft. The Monarch
Lssoeseded In striking the Beauregard amidships
almeat cutting her intwo, csusiDg her t06ll and
sink Immediately 10 the channel OF the river OPP
poslte the ci!y. -, go, .,a,4A yS,,,s 80
AZ that juncture, the ram Little Rebel made
dash for the Monarch, which was by this time
anidss NE rebel Aeek i Bot BY = isl{llf6I move
meps By tbs pilot Of the latter she dropped
OF Of The way, and the blow intended for her,
m Nod ed making u nscssvary for her TO
run ashore, where she sent shot which enter
ed The side Of the rebel gunboat Gen. Lowell,
I and rsudssa ter snuanaseabIe, and inmedi,
ately Afterwards che was run down BY the Queen
Of ~ west et Gag tS#RRE&. ~
~ broa6dds ffou the Benton took enect 10
the JEFF Thompson. She Was ran ashore and
soon after vas IN flames burning 70 the waters
edge. ~. ,,-s7 tl.ys5F i ~
Four Of the rebel gunboats having been die,
abled, the remainder Of sheir feet retreatcd
down the river, pnrssed'by our gunboats, nring
- they adyancedS fesalting IN she capture OF
the Samter, Bragg and Little Rebel, which nad
be-. sbsndoned BY the most OF their crews, the
latter running ashore. captain montgomery
and most OF his oadcers and men succeeded 10
making their escape IN the woods on the Arkan'
sas shore. -
The Federal ram Lancaster was struck BY the
Beauregard early in the engagement, slightly
disabling the former. 5ft =
Col. Eihott, 10 command OF the rams, was
struck in the breast by splinter stunning him
temporarily, but he soon recovered and con-
tinued on deck throughout the action. This was
the only casualty on our side.
Our rams we're manned by sharpshooters,
mostly from Illinois, who did good execution,
picking of the enemy's gunners at every oppor-
, tunity. o!l .ae.l7e. 400 2 =,
The rebels loss in killed. wounded and pris.
+, oners is heavy, but has not been fully ascer.
tanned. .eqs eakc8 b =
Our tugs we're busily engaged picking up
the crews Of their disabled boats. 4ssI sV
After the, return OF the gunboats, which had
gone down in pursuit Of the rebels, Commodore
Davis sent boat from the flag chip Benton
with the following note to the Mayor of the city:
%. s. FAC STEAMER BENTON,
Or NEHfHls, June 9Th, 1885,
Sir have respectfully to request that YOU
will surrender the city VI Memphis to the au.
thorities of the United States, which have the
honor to represent aose. re- s-
lam, Mr.. Mayor, respectfully,
your obedient servant,
G. H. DAVIS.
I'd. Flag Officer Commanding.
To his Honor the Mayor of the city Of Mem.
phis. a''
In about an hour ting boat put out from the
levee, bearing the following message s5as
NAYoR's OFFICE MrxrHis)
I'd. ss.s H. .zsa. June 9Th, 1859.
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