The New York herald., 1862-03-21
THE UNION ACCOUNTS.

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THE UNION ACCOUNTS.
The Operations or the Gsunboas Fleet ~
Island No. 10.
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commercially
MISSISSIPPI RivsR, March 10. 1872.
We left Cairo at eight O'CLOCK The morning Of the
l4tb, the foiicwin vessels comprising the feet -
THE FLEET.
Flagship Benton, lieutenant Phelps, acting rag
captain.
Gunboat Cincinnati, Commander r. N. stembeL
Cunboat carondcst, Commander Walk
Gunboat Mound City Commander Keiy.
Gunboat l0ujsvile t;omnal,er Iove.
GulrDoat Pitisburg, Lieutenant Thompson
Gunboat St. Louis, Lieutenant Paulding
Gunboat Copestogs Lieutenant fodget-ths only boat
in the feet not iron clad.
Each boat designated numerically) bsars mortar
weighing seventeen Thousand hundred and eighty
four pounds dischargpg round shell, weighing two
hundred and fifteen pounds, without its sontsntshe
mortar being charged with twenty hree pounds pow
der. They will carry from two to three miles. The
mortar boats in tow Of the steamers Hsnmitt vii
son, Pike, Wisconsin No. 2, and Lake Erie No e. The
drumming crew. Of the boats CONSIST Of cap.
tain and tive oarsmenGatbOst men. The mcrtars pro-
per worked IN action foows-Ohe captain 10 each
brace OF morlars end lieutenant second
sfd twelve nsa 70 each bost. The following the
oyr1cERs or rHs MORTAR FLEET.
Captain H. q. Maynader, commanding aeSt.
| Captain 4. B. Pike, assistant do.
| The crew psopelliug, running, or who're duty IL ID to
place the boas IN position for action ~ ordered by Capt
10. 5. cspesin T.zws Hoffman, Of Aurora, la.
No. T. Captain Chss. NJ. Jackson OF Rising enp IA.
No ii. Captain Austin R. smith, of.s;ncDnsti Ohio
| No. 10. Captain John Spar, Vsvay, Ia.
| No. ~. Captain u. Bolandsr ,Ia~rencebrfg. ia.
| No. -. Captain Ambrose Fscemer, Rising Sun, la.
| No. ~. Captain James DOugherty, lswrencsburg, Ia
Nc. o. Captain James Mccieister, IawrsncsSurs, Ia
No. 30. Captain Boston Weaver, Cincinnati.
No rs. Captain wru. Huff, Ia~renc burg.
The Hamn,itt and Wilson, ashsd together, towea feur
mortar boats; Pike aud WISCONSIN No. Q, four more Two
additional having been lott at Columbus, KY few days
since were takeb in tow from that point by the lake
Eric No. q IhS Alps followed with fuel tow, barge
Then Followed lhe ordnance steamers Great Western
Captain W. Hamilton, and Judge Torrsnce. Captain
Frauk Rchafsrsn this department being charge or
Captain sanford, United States Navy.
The transports Rob Roy and Silver Wave thsn came
along with the twenty seventh Illinois infantry Colonel,
Bf0rd and Fifteenth Wisconsin infantry, Colonel H. e.
Isg the latter regiment being composed exclusively of
Norwegians, and We may add that we have met q
more efficient and staworh body Of men in ,he camp or
field. battery o the Second Illinois artillery likewise
| accompanied the expedition
With the gmboats on the right, followed by the
Gsct, ordnance boats aud transports with troops the
United states gunbcst Consstoga brought up the rear
protecting the transports while sight ten little
propecrs, nsod for conveying orders and dispatches
from The flagship 70 the feet we're busy, dartng about
Our fleet arrived Columbus. Ky. at one p NJ where
we re,ns ned until three =. NJ. AZ low down toun,-
bus Jones Iandlng aud Hickman, We noticed poDioon
barges, which had been permitted to drift down from
Paducab rast Cairo. In fact, nave IL from reliable
authority that number OF he,e bages, pa!,ihssed by
Uncle Gam for $500 esch caught drifting, had prov ed
scryceable 10 te rebels during the evacuation OF
Columbts.
THn TROOPS ENTER HICKMAN.
Between I've and SIX O'Clock r NJ. the fleet rounded TO
and landed at Hickman KY The reception not very
cordial noSstsr .sDSsa number % Ss Union ladies & s
waved their handkerchief while The men cheered the
tho old flag. The to~n had been partially deserted
Just the infantry were marching up the bun, at the
upper end OF the town. heard shrili whiste-toot,
toot, tootl which proved 70 he the locomotive inst in
from Union CITY exclusively for rebel military pur-
poses. As soon the engineer discovered his misake
that Hickman occupied by federa's he reversed his
engine and with the last "toot dartsd back the way
he CAME with lightning speed few ,,ske shots were
fred after him. but he coon Out of range back 10
his hole in Union City for sught we know.
4, THE CITIZENS.
We cOnvS,sed with number 0fcitizeps both loyal md
rebel. One old gentleman, Nv. Freelsy, miller, intro.
duted to by Cep,an McMillan, Of the Silver wave
tremulous and tsarr,i emotion. "Ahi' hesays, "you
don know, can imagine, how aud what we've suffered
Coz roS .Ss Vs s knsw h,S
late newspaper, aud told him OF the evacuation Of Ma
nassss, defeat of Price &c He replied, pointing 10 the
We asked him for late Memphis other Southern ps
per- lie said, I'VE have none, seldom them, ms
only only few struck on owing TO the scarcity Of
paper We were introduced TO several ladies', whose
husbands and fathers were in the North and from whom
the rebellop We communicated ~ one LADY and her
daughter from New York. the intelligence that her hus.
band Mr. spencer, was 10 Cairo the master arraorer IN
the government machine shop.
| AWAY FOR ISLAND NO. 10.
On saturday, the 10th instant at six a. NJ The expedi-
ton lett Hickman for Island No. lo the weather
being cold and raining with high wind Here your
respondent left the Hsinmitt, and boarded The United
States sinbos Cincinnati, Commander r. N stembe in
ant cipat ion Of witnessing engagement with the enc.
nv Just below ths foot Of Island No twelve miles
below Hickman) the rebel gunbcat Grampus, observing
our neet approaching rounded down from the Kentucky
shore in hurry, being some two miles ahead of tho
flagship Benton--the latter sending couple Of rife
a2pounders after hsr, both shots falling short In the
n can time the Crampus scudded Of down the river At
her best speed her whistle shriekng and scream
ing ncessany 10 order 20 warn the rebs batteries DO
low approach Al eight A. NJ We we're sgnalized to
follow the movements OF the flagship, when all the gun.
boats dropped down stern foremost 10 point within one
mile of the head Of No 10. Being formed in line
ihe river all headed up streamthe Nag ship several
hundred yards in and the farthet down. The
| fleet dropped down slowly 10 within half q mile OF the
Missouri Point above the island, which, by air ne
two and half miles distant, while by the river cwinp
TO the head is four iailcs from the head Of the island
| WE opEN FIRE.
While In this position the asgshp openei hre on The
Kentucky shore, two and a half miles above No
10, discovering an unknown rebel battery, gave y
th seventy pound red shells, which fell short OF The
battery hall mile. They responded promptly, thei
shots not reaching to within mile Of US. Attwelv
M weather raw and chilly, still floating around in thu
siream the flagship again tried her guns bu, was at to-
great pssnce TO reach the enemy Unr decks were al
cleared for action. A. twor ~ the Dan Pollard ar
evacuation OF New Madrid Mo-, by the rebels, eavin
all the arms ammunition, ,&c, ia the hands Of the Unite
states army.
THE MORTAR BOATS SILENCE BATTERY.
Al forty minutes after two r NJ couple of mortar boat
were got into position the Missouri shore half mil
above the Point, when they commenced throwing
or o,e the point Island No. 10. Owing TO the inter
vening woods the effect produced was not learned. e
throwing four shell IN that direction they turne
their attention 20 the rebel batteries previously shcledb
the Benton. The Brst two shell falling short, were imnc
diaely replied TO from the batteries when az
shot having got the proper elevation, some eight or min
| OF our shells appeared 20 land aud explode drectl
amidst and over the eDemys works. There was not
spele gun afterv nred indicating that their batter