The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-05
TFTora the CioveiaHd Plain Deater,]
Full Particulars Of the Late Fight
Between Sigei and Mcdowell.


Notwithstanding the New York Times
Washington correspondent says the ru-
NOR that General Mcdowell has been
shot by General Sigel, or anybody else,
is simply absurd, and hardly worth de-
NAL" the Plain Dealers special cores
pondent-who is at present acting in the
capacity of aid-de-camp to one Of our ar g
my teamsters-says it is true in every
respect; and he gives us full details of
the affair, in his last letter to this paper,
from which we quote:
During the last indecisire action
with the enemy, General Sigel, while
leading his favorite jackass down to the
Rappahannock for the purpose of water
ing him, and also to wash his (Sigers)
feet (which had become frightfully dirty
from riding through the dust all day
bare-footed( happened to spy General
Mcdowell seated under a clump of alder
bushes playing seven up with his niger
servant. Indignant and astonished at
seeing Mcdowell thus engaged, after he
had intrusted to him the important task
of driving the enemy to the wall, captur-
ing Richmond, and breaking the back
bone of the rebellion, Sigel requested
General Pope to hold his jackass, while
he advanced to within speaking distance
of the careless Mcdowell; when the fol-
lowing conversation ensued:
SIGEL--" Irwin, what in the name of
mercy are you bout--under.them bushes
playing cards with that miserable mig
ger, after l had ordered you to destroy
the Southern Confederacy?"
McDOwELL-"N None of your eussed
business, you insignificant Dutch sap
head, you-go and take care of your jack
ass and mind your own affairs. There's
men and postage stamps enough in the
country to carry on the war for fifteen
centuries So it won't make any partic.
:, ular difference if we do get licked. I'm
bound to see this game out r
It was evident that Gen. Sigel could
hold in but short time longer. Quietly
drawing brace of thirty two-pounder
} Parrot guns from his vest pocket, and
cooking them, he addressed one more
, remark to McDowell:
SIUEL-" Mr.. Mcdowell, that you are
an over-grown lummuX, is evident to eY-
cry dispassionate observer of our social
and political condition, and therefore l
shall not dwell on that point But one
t1tuS - CERTAIN. II lOu uOh SCb up
: "put to, and take Richmond before
: night, I'll send couple of balls through
| You, or my name aren't Sigel T.
The latter becoming convinced that
Mcdowell was not intending to obey him,
r Immediately fired both guns at the often
. der in quick succession. The first shell
lodged in Med. S mouth, where it explo-
ded-knocking out two teeth and caus-
Y ing slight hemorhage at the nose. The
S second killed his niger servant, with
whom he had been playing seven up.
The Teutonic officer observing that
u thirty-two pound shells had no serious
/ effect upon his antagonist, prepared to
close with him. Accordingly he laid
d aside his uniform-with the exception OF
= one suspender-(McD. having previously
If stripped to his stockings) and the two
r Generals clinched in The struggle
y was desperate one, and was of such a
IF peculiarly interesting character, that
d eventually, both armies rested on then
the fight General jackson was observed
n frequently to slap the back of Gen. Pope
e in a playful manner, whenever either
, party would get good punch; and Long
Z. street was seen to hand Banks plug Of
r pigtail tobacco-from which to cut a
{. chaw," both men conversing the while
t. in sociable chat. Before the fight was
O. over jeff. Davis-who had been sum-
e moned by telegraph--arrived upon the
t, ground with his wife, baby and nurse
|. girl for the purpose of seeing the fun
jeff laughed SO hard at the sight, that
Mcclellan was under the necessity of es-
If corting him to his Mcclellan 81 head
quarters, and there administering to the
! rebel President a dose of r. G. Whisky,
. in order to bring him to-
u The combatants were finally separated
Il by Halleck, who arrived from Washington
just as the fight was at its height. Hal
administered to Sigel and Mcdowell a
kick, and babe them behave themselves
e in the future; after which the enemy re-
!, tired, and quiet was restored.
Il