, 1862-02-21
FROAa CAIRO.
=. Estimates OF e88 loss at DQpefsop,
GallaRtry Of the 11lh Illinois
PRi3eQEfx ARRlvIAa AND DEPART
lug FOR CHICAGO,

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuue1
CAIRO, February 20, 1s62.
Only sixteen remain Of Company G, 18th L.
inois regiment, who arc not killed, wounded
OF taken prisoners.
Gov. iates and staff left for Fort Do1elson
Inst evening.
The wounded officers Of the Eleventh Illi-
| nois are :-Le1t. Col. Ransom, Lieut. Church
i'll, Co: "A; Lieut- Wilcox, Co. B Lieut. Dean,
Co. B; Capt. andrews, Co. D; Lieut.. Dun
| can, Co. Il: and Lieut.. Blackstone, Co. I. The
Killed are Capt. Shaw, Co. B; Lleut- Boyce,
| Co. G. The missing are:-Lieut. Kenyon, Co.
| x, and Lieut. We're, Co. E. Not over 100 ef-
| fectiye mcn are left Of the 11th regiment.
| The wounded are partly at Mound City and
| the rest at Fort Donelson. It is thought this
| regiment l1th) Will return to their old quar-
| tiers at Birds Point.
| One thousand secesh prisoners left for Camp
Douglas last evening, via the Illinois Central
Railroad More will follow to-day. Those
sent yesterday we're Mississippians and Tex
ans. Two boat loads have just arrived, and
will be forwarded Immediately.
| The Cd Michigan Artillery arrived last eyen-
ing By steamer City Of Alton.
JAS Friedman, Of Company D, 8th Wiscon-
| sin, was to-day bnrfed at Birds Point
A rebel officer states that the exaggcrations
Of Maj Post Of the 8th Illinois, who was taken
| prisoner before the surrender OF Fort Done1-
son, materially added in preventing any fur
ther resistance on their part.
The body Of Lieut.. Col. White Of the 31st
Ill, has just arrived.
Three thousand rebel prisoners at Fort Don
elson have asked to be allowed their arms and
be enrolled in The army Of the Union.
special order was issued to-day fotbidt1in 2
the Issue Of passes to Fort Donelson and other
points On the Ohio river above Cairo.
The report is current and uncontradicted
that C1arksyille is eTacuated.
It is further reported that Governor Harris
has convened the Legislature Of the State Of
Tennessee to repeal all laws passed by the
Confederate Legislature inconsistent with the
Federal Constitution.
White flags arc flying in Nashville, and Gen,
Grant has becn invited to occupy Clarksyi1le
If this is true Tennessee can be counted out Of
the Southern confederacy.
The casualties among the officers Of the 18th
Illinois are: KiNed-Capt. j., s. Crazy, Co. A;
Lieut. John Manscur, Co. c. Wounded-Col.
Law]er; Capt. D. q, Brush, Co. E Capt Il.
s. Wilcox, Co. B; Capt. J. ". Dillon, Co. c;
Capt P. Law1cr, Co. D {supposcd to be taken
rrisoner;) Lieut.. Tole, Co. D, Lieut.. Kelly,
Co. E; Lieut.. Thompson, Co. T; Capt Cruiz
Co. 6; Licuts. Lawrence and Connor, Co. E
Tie whole number killed in the regiment i:
so; wounded, 150.
ie H7,+f of To1r A.,.
wc hear nothing decisive.
Brig. Gen. John Pope arrived from st. Louis
tonight.
CAIRO, Feb. 20.-The number OF ficld-piece:
taken is much larger than heretofore tele
| graphed. We have at least 20 guns. Among
them arc bronze and iron riaed pieces Of Eng
Esh manufacture
Taylor's Battery captured a beautiful rif1et
I piece, an imitation OF the Parrott, made il
r England, and two bronze rified pieces.
+ The prisoners will amount to full filtce1
thousand, all contrary assertions notwith
standing.
t The small arms captured amount to twe,{z
= thousand.
t So far as can ascertain, our loss is:
t 49th Illinois-kflled and wounded, 10.
!. Taylor's, ,Battery-One killed and four woun
18th nliuois-Klllcd, Il; wounded, $780,
18th Illinois Killed, Is; about GO wounded
= 18th Illinois 4; wounded, 90.
18th Iowa-Kiled, 8; wounded, q.
# 5Sth @hio-W Wounded g.
: 14th Iowa-Killcd, 6; wounded, 80.
T I'd Iowa-killed, IS; wounded, 160.
: 9th nlinois-Ki1ed, IS; wounded, 160-
q 4lst illinois Killed, Z; wounded, 1:0.
= 20th Illiuois-Killcd, q; wounded, lis.
20th Illinos-Kised, 10; wounded, II.
r Sth Il1inois-Killed, So; wounded 1856.
l. 31st 1llinols-Kled, 90; wounded, 200.
II 18th ulinois-kil1ed, 35; wounded, LOO.
= It is utterly impossible. as yet, to make on
I anything like full list OF the names Of tt
y killed and wounded. I will send them to so
t as soon as they ca7 be made out by the officer:
Is The number Of the rebels killed is at tn
:, least calculation 500, and their wounded NOR
than double that number.