, 1862-07-03
List Of The Killed and Wounded on
the Mound City.

List Of The Killed and Wounded on
the Mound City.
Operations On the White River for
a Week Past.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribuue,1
e S. GuEBoAT C,xc1SrAr1,
FORT a~. CHARLES, WHITE RIVER.
SUNDAY, June 2ad, ta62.
It will doubtless be recolIected that on the
arrival Of the Conestoga at the fleet off Mem
pbis, with the news Of the capture Of Fort st.
Charles and the horrible accident to the Mound
City, that the Cincinnati, Capt. a. Il. Winslow,
was Immediately dispatched by Flag Officer
Davis, to the assistance Of the White River
feet. Through the kindness Of her officers, I
accompanied the *sold var horse,n in the c.
pacity ct guest. The Cincinnati got through
coaling aud provisioning about two o'clock
Friday morning, and stood down the rlger.
But takjng warning from the Mound City ca
hn1ity, Capt. Winsio# stopped his boat at the
Old navy yard, seven miles below the city, and
for six hours his whole crew vas busll7 en-
gagged auling lumber Of all sizes, lengths and
dimensions. The yard aud its contents has
been conflecated by the .. s. government, and
the lumber which was sawed and cut for COT
federate craft Is now fast becoming engrafted
into the ribs and sides Of federal gunboats,
A bulkhead Of solid timber, four feet thick,
VAS raised ii front Of the Csnc;nnati's boiler,
and one thickness OF solid timber, two fest
through, On each side, This rendered an acci-
aent sl1nilar to that Of the Mound CITY. in
possible, for TO pluneing shot, after passing
through the shell OF the boat, would possess
force enough to pierce this bulkhcad. II all
the EunboaIs would adopt the precautionary
measures that Capt. Wluslow has taken, We
should have no more explosion Of boilers.
The Essex anu Mound City have been rather
! too costly experiences to be passed fr heed
| 1essly. Our journey down the Mississippi vas
| marked BY nothing worthy Of notice, and sig
! O'Clock Friday morning found us twisting and
turning around the many bends and points Of
| White River. White River was never intend
| I'd fer the use Of I!pcoln's iron-c1ads, and our
progress up 1he river deserves ANYTHING hut
| the naine. Our getting of Of the right bank
| only enabled us to gel on 10 the left, and to
| traytl in one direction for over five minutes
| at. l time, excited much comment. 3 division
! of men with k1uall arus we're kept constantly
on tie lookout and ready to ineet guecrlills At
! t4elr own game, while unt or two Of the big
| dogs Of var On each side were kept caar!ed
| with grape, which is admirably adapted to
! buEhN lack1ng. But We were destined to es-
| Ftrience no trouble in that quarter, and at
| light O'Clock Saturday night We sig1aiz=d the
I.st Of tile heet la}iag ut anchor of Fort st.
Charles.
Col Fry, who was In command, is an old
navy officer, and was assigned by the confede-
| rate government to the the ttA1aurepas.n He
is well acquainted with all the regular naval
officers iu the fleet, WAo. to their credit be it
said, do not express much joy at the sight Of
ordered his men to fire OF the scalded, drown
| ing sailors Of the Mound City, but on the
ether hand we have tile dying statements OF
several Of his men. who unite in asserting that
Fry did give the order, aud, moreover, sighted
one OF the guns himself. If this be true,
anything worse, he merits it. In addition to
| the e Afaurepash there were sunk across tho
river the large White River packet, Euza G.,
and the steamer Dr. Burlington. The blockade
would have been cfIectual, had not the Bnf-
tlngton, in sinking, swung around with the
current, thus leaving space some sixty feet
| in idth, thr0ug b which our b01Is could PASS
| in safety, and through WHICH they did pass In
theirattempt to reachGcn Curtis withsupplies.
TAe expedition had just returned upon our
arri'al: They had gone up some eighty miles
above St. Charles, but getting alarmed a. the
rapid fail of the river, they turned their heads
down stream agaln, and well was there need,
for the Is ST. Louis " touched bottom twice on
the way down, where there was t@o feet to
Fpsrc few days previous. They reached q
point only fifteen miles distant from DuvaN s
BluI, where formidable batteries have been
erected, commanding the river either way.
Scouts report fifteen guns mounted, four OF
which arc cight-iacl columbitis. It is mat
ter If great regret that tlis expedition did not
start upon its mission Immediately upon the
arrival Of the federal nect at Memphis, for
plenty Of water could have been f0nnd all the
way to Bat* srille, len. Curtis headquarters, and
tue. 'sWhitc Cloud" might hare DISCHARGED
her cargo and been BACK to Menplis. Tbs
last accounts that were heard Of Curtis army,
be had only ten days ratlous left, and was
then living on half rations. a pretty despc-
| rate state Of anairs, and one which fully war
! Tauted the hazardous attempt OF the jTon-clads
! TO penetrate q river so dangerous in its nayi-
! ga1ion as White River.
! The country around about st. Charles is in
| Tested By numerous guerrilla parties who rob
and murder undisturbcd. The headquarters
! bayou emptyjug into White River, about
ei4ht mil $ helo8 this place. Though fifteen
mics distaut by river, it is only three over
| land, and the country is Of nature which at
lords every facility for bnshwhacking. llearn
that N expedition is on foot to operate upon
| some OF the miserable wretches Will be caught
| that they may be made IN example Of. Sun
| dag morning, jnst after divine service had
been held On the different boats, a 1urdcrous
| volley. was poured out Of the woods, on the
! rignt-hand bank. One man WAS killed on the
| Mound City, and one CT the LeHington's
men, at the time rowing in the boats gig, Was
! struck in the face and died soon after. About
i1fty shots were fired simultaneously along
the bank, aid how 60 many escaped is mirac:
proagb+ AH quickly as the big guns eo9ld bs
grape we're sent crashing into the woods, with
What effect, Of course, is not known. Several
u me Objects met with narrow escapes. John
=. Hail, gunner of the Circi1nati, as well as
t"o or Three officers of the Lexington, were
W swear to I pretty close acquaintance5hiE
! it'll one On more secesh bnllets In the al
tcTncon Col. Fitch landed three companies ot
troops on the Hght-hand bank Of the river
Who secured the Tooas in every direction, hui
ef1ecfed nothing; and late in the evening they
returned at5ain to their quarters. Up to twelve
| O'CLOCK tonight (Sunday, June 22d) all i:
quiet- An expedition starts tomorrow morning
for Indian Bay. I send yon full and correci
list OF Tie casualties on the Mound City. A.
many OF them arc from Chicago, it will III
doubt he thankfully received BY your readers
DEAD OFFICERS.
,,ohn r. Gum, paymss1cr.
| VIM H. 1Iarte, I'd 1nastcr
| John H. Efnzic IT,. 81 master
Jamcs a. scoyine. ath master. '
.l1iu Coz chiefenginecr.
Jbhu e. Mcufcc III asslerant engineer
9,eo w llollingworth. I'd assistant engineer
Aafff H. Brown, signal officer.
CHEW.
Lohn Knight, Hiran Hamilton,
Robert Ashcroft G. W Morgan.
| Robert Iendrie. W IL Persona
hGt1es MARVEL. Vim Carroll
EGrard Hea!est, Nathan Gar.
Vim. ], Read GE Smsii.
nin Philips. Allen Arnold,
| John e. Acllntock, James Lcesby,
john Mcdonald, Matthias TayIor.
| James GcAuang, Adam Tome.
| Fred Elliott, Thomas Nyukoou.
James McCanra, Z. D. Holcomb
| George ". Moore, E.n. Merritt,
john Burke. D. y. Davis,
I Thomas Francis Albert hlcCintock,
Jehn Doughty, Joseph Costley,
| Ws}tef Me{4ain, a. G. Griffin.
Gilbert Snyder, N g. Towle,
I James Massie, Martin Y. Leekins,
Lewis kerne, Charles ". Armstrong,
I A. 6. Greer. Nm. A. Won,
| Daniel $. Hines, John Genter.
Theodore Peterson, Samuel J. Needham,
William Walker, John Mexican,
James Byrnes, John Smith,
John Harris James Brown.
:, | James Csro1an, Thomas Handyside,
| Fred Nench1nk. John UeFinc.
y . John Hamilton, Edwards NJ ood,
;: Emanuel Stocekcr. Fisher &chbon,
+ ! Phil,p Goerncr, Charles Smith,
g Mathew Ryan, John Eel!ey,
Wm. Stanebury, John 5. DAYTON,
: Hcnry Hayward, John ". Briggs,
. | Chs1les CsoEley, John Castle.
Allen Wocd. James Wallace.