The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-04-17
CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION
OF ISLAND NO. 10.
THE RIGHT kinda BLOOD.
LESS VICTORY"

leland No. 10. April 8.
The long suspense 10 over at last. After
. siege Of four weeks. and an almost in
definite expenditure Of gunpowder and
pasieuce. We are in possession Of Island
No. 10. and all its defenders. it's armament.
and it's stores. The succession of events
which have brought about this termination
have transpired with such rxpidity that it
is almost a matter of difficulty to arrange
them in order. and bring out of the de-
tails we'll arranged and Ineligible whole.
We have been startled BY series of oc-
currsnces, each more important than TIE
other. and each but barely told before
another was upon US to excite new emo.
sions and an,icipations.
Tho commencement of this great move
ment was the successful project Of run.
ming the blockade with gunbcats. The
more remote cause was the not less brill:.
ant and much more laborious task Of taking
transpnrts across the land to the aid Of
Gen. Pope. This Was completed on Sun
day. an at the same time ,ha, The two gun.
boats, Corondelet and Pitssburgh. took
thei: places 20 fight the enemy's batteries.
the four boats came out Of the woods and
commenced the work of Transporting Gen.
Pops's army across the river. The result
Of the engagement is known. The rebel
batteries were silenced by the gunboa,s
and our batteries combined. and Gen. Pope
Immediately commenced sending his troops
across. This was the signal for retreat
Of the entire rebel army. When our
troops arrived on the opposite side Of the
river they found that the rebels were in
full retreat. and far down the river towards
Tiptonvile. Gen. Pope ordered an i'm
mediate pursuit, and in short timo large
detachment was on tie line of the route.
They came up with the rebels near Upton
vile, and drove them into the woods. The
formation Of the country was such there
that there was no escape Tor them. On
one side was the river, and on the other
side An overfowed swamp which joined
the river few miles below. They had
built corduroy road at point below Tip
tonvilie. by which :hey hoped TO escape
across the swamp. but Gen. Pope's forces
rOf nf 10
guarded by our gunbeats, so that no trans.
ports could come 10 their relief. and they
were obliged to surrender or fight until
they were exterminated. They preferred
TO surrender, and, at 3 o'clock next morn
ing. having been hunted and harassed all
night. they sent in a message Of un-
conditional surrender. At csyliyh. they
wer. marched into Tiptonvile and disarm-
ed. A large detachment was then detail
ed to search the woods for ssragg!ers, and
many more were brough. in during the
morning. They were 5000 in number,
including officers. among whom there
wers four generals. viz: Gen. Mackall.
Gen. CAN'T. Gen. Walker. and General
Schaumm.
Thus easily and hsrmlessly was this
amy Of soldiers captured and imprisoned.
Not life wss lost. not wound Was in
flicted. but with SO small sacrifice as the
labor Of a forced march of a few hours The
whole body Was trapped and Gagged. They
showed no disposition to fight, bu, came
in and threw down their arms sullenly and
despondingly. They nigh: have made a
desperate resistance in the woods. but they
were so closely followed .ha, they had no
means of forming into bodies Of any con-
siderable number. and they were conss
qu-nIly powerless.
The "SrorLs. The spoils captured
by our army at this surrender may be
summed up as follows:
Major General;
; Brigadisr Generals:
10 Colonels:
Some Majors and Lieutenant Colonels;
Sc Captains:
81 Lieutensnis;
81 Second Lieutsnanss,
Non commissioned officers for eight
regiments;
5000 privates;
$4,000 stand Of arms:
I25 pieces of artillery;
$4,000 worth Of provisions;
10 steamboats,:
1000 horses and mules;
1000 wagons;
Ammunition unestimated.
The regiments Of the rebel army Gap
tured are as follows:
For,ieth Tennessee. Forty sixth Tennes-
see. Fifty fifth Tennessee. Eleventh Ark
ansas, Third Arkansas. Twelfth Arkansas.
First Alabama, and the Pelican Guards Of
New Orleans.