Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-28
THE cApruRE OF NEW MAnR1n.


The following account of the capture Of New
Madrid is the first detailed report Of the vic.
tory which we have seen. We take it from
letter in the Cincinnati Commercial.
"New MADntn, Mo, March "a.
Ten days ago We arrived here and opened mp Ii lie
entertainment Tor the chivAlry, strongly eurenchcd
New Madrid. We had nothing but few batteries of
light artillery, while they played with from FIVE
six gnnboats, and eight Founders upon the walls Of
two forts. Gen Pope saw his position, and sent
back to Cairo for four siege guns-2l FOUNDERS lie
kept In the meantime constantly harassing the enemy
without exposing his men, awaiting the arrival Of
the guns lie likewise during the darkness u one
night had rice pits dug and battery of P,rrott guns
planted upon the river bank at Point Pleasant seven
miles below New Madrid Gen. Tlummcr was placed in
command. The first introduction 70 the ehivalfy was
ed, al couple Of fine transports well laden with usu
/ ries and comforts for New Madrid aud No 10. They
suddenly wheeled about and len ur Dixie Such in-
sut mui be- wiped ~ the bank ni me roniodc Ate u'ct
and forthwith gunh1at was Dispatched 10 shell PLUMB
mct out ofhis holes. But the ginboat little
near, ana tlrhWh pltrholes ana pudt mouse received
hundreds Of muskct bail from the shnrphooters and IL
speedily moved TO the opposite Ht az hc u'cf On easy
Smelling distance and Tor seven days nom one 20 three
guuboats have done their best 90 dsodsc The gallant
Plummer, and without success.
/ On Wednesday, March ~, oar fout guns arrived -
We drove Boz their piskets az suuIo Vu aud thousand
spades were noselessly making trenches and preparing
hasty projections Tor the guns They we're in position
before day light. and the fg lifted from the marshes
and the river four shells gently thrown into
uppcr fort much 10 the asonishnent and INDIGNATION of
tho gentlemen from Dixie. In few moments nine gun
boats ia position some Of them throwing sixyour
pound shells, aud eighteen 32-pouudcrs upon the two
forts doing their best send ALL the hnys say,
TO the happy land N Canaan The Tenth and Sixteenth
Illinois were placed In the trenches A. shaTp.hoottrs and
the lhuty-unth, Twenty seventh, SNy-thtrd and For
ythd Ohio regiments we're placed on he Hanks aud DO
the TO support the battery. The fifst Regular U.
s. Infantry, under captain Mo"trY, manned ihc guns
Fortunately, they had been well drilled as aruesis and
behaved admirably. Col. Bssclls engineer regiment
were most ,aluebe aids WhaC have no dcsitg 20 poi
any fegmcnts' must -ay me lhiiy hin.h ana
seventh Ohio regiments deserve great credit Tot their
Co mess 'nd livery On " gunesoay e'thine t"1 o.n
pauics II the IWenty-seveuth and Two NJ the lhuV-
seventh, all under Lieutenant Colonel henne were or
ntt'u 10 'tNe IN te lichtts OF '' enemy WuoNl u.nR
gun possible so that the engineers could lay out the
ehhWoiks ana prepare lor lhc guns hcy came upon
hc rebel pckets' aud dto'e ihcm POO Whnout hmsHgun
me rebel pleNels' as thsy rce'tga, n,Sa 'oel n'nn
toe)' uul ulo up' "'unu lnan' 'lH WE
took position and remained upon me held gnn' ms
morning. MAXI % h3uts' me ua,."o' Vl 'n''t y p,
d ,o,N u, th;r 's,s o,I mis- ,,o1ipg The,
au4 e'.'l'.u y. .i Wy 49,, S ks G, ,n h,,icry
were JuHt IN range oi he guns '''h '"' wv % u'l
so they ne" al 'he guns Wy 9gip,' W. "u i,
hn'' tne snot aug sltn 'le" '.e 49, wv i MN
hal ING Two tsgmenN wof, pie't.eu q' io" . .,
oI hluuBh Issues i wiz. ''cN M y, "u } ~ n;
scooped ont the arr so 'hH as fnN an amount Oh oo
humanity as posslhie should 9e exposed ~ IS p'oI'y
Sae 70 Say ui i t S,t ~ , i,, Hr
single man shells frequently buried 50 near that ex-
plodlns would cover win ott twenty men Nehs l"pe
ana S,,1gy ',ng ooS , ~ s ,,,rsic b, s t
were ksd or wounded 9 ne 1na she. from ,Ge I a5
k1ock,d piccc o,t Of +, six inches nu, ut6tin IL IN
f,tbrr o,icc an ihe s,,nr aim. knipo t,,. ,nsu and
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i,sa gf and II tb. bt,ny ceased for =, M,
,rt ,,ory o.1,y yn,id iun, i.p aud VEN sY AZ no Inc
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lg,iiJeroI his mo thunder fIi a. hrsb the pupy coi.
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