The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-21


wsFds Little Reekr lea.ings large HUM
tssTpick and veunddPae ~ Smith, /
Hoping The next movement Of the Ar
my Of the Frontier will prove as great a
success, ] remain Yours. &c, q
ATI II 80
More aAsas the Capture - Arkan-
fA Sos Roseeg s ~ E%
Cairo, Jan, H.
Three hundred additional rebel prise
ners arrived this morning from Camp
Chase, and were to- be sent down the
river with those ON the steamers Hanni-
bal and Duke, for exchange, but orders
came this evening directing them ID be
SAINT to Benton. barracks. ahJ
II You received, last night. all the facts
then known regarding Gen. Netherlands
successful attack upon Arkansas Poet.
since have Obtained, the following pr
ticulars: On Saturday last the main por-
ton of what was Sherman's Virksburg
expedition, conveyed BY the Louisville,
Mound City, Cincinnati and three Of dc
Mosquito fleet, entered the Arkansas
River through the eut-ofy about fifteen
miles below Arkansas Post, which 10 for
ty miles above the mouth OF the Arkan-
sas, placed in . sort ofs horseshoe bend
in the river, we'll oalculated for defense.
A landing was made on Saturday. mile
below the fort, under cover Of tho gun
boats, but out Of sight Of those At the fort.
The gunboats then proceeded up the
river, took positions, and ut shout 3 D..
NJ. commenced firing heavy CUTS upon
the defenses The land forces arrived on
Saturday afternoon, and the bayou was
found interfering. A division sent ont
for the purpose. discovered way to gst
over Il; but met ride pits. These hS6sr
were faDked with some difficulties, con-
Stunning the remainder of Saturday. Six
ty rebel prisoners were taken. In this
our loss was small. The fort WAS thsp in
full view for the next morning. While
this was going on on land, the, gupboats
were having a small engagement on the
river fort, the rebels replying with their
heavy metal. e,
The FIRST shell fred by the enemy struck
q lieutenant Of the 18th Illinois and shat.
tered his leg.
On Sunday morning, We found the 81
envy. from the loss Of the rife pits, had
spent the night intrenching. Our for
ces advanced upon them, at 8 O'Clock,
over abattis, rife pits, &c. A they Id
vaposd in divisions, they also relieved
each other. 4 ..xaa then fousd thal .
thousand rebels had reinforced the fort
from ST.. Charles. They we're held in
check BY these and old forces. The gaa-
boats and river batteries veTs in the
meantime fighting an earnest duel, and
for three and half hours this duel con-
tidued. On each side every nerve was
strained for victory. The forts case
mens we're made VI three feet Of solid
timber, covered with railway iron, sup
posed to have heee impsoetrabls; but
the iron hail from our heavy guns on the
gunboats were too much for them, The
battered rails tumbled down spliuters
from the timbes few with fatal effect
among the Condolences. The second
shot entered easement. and killed seven
rebels; by another, = caissvn exploded,
killing six more and nine horses.
With this going on in front, there was
an advance Of two sections of Federal
troops in the rear. There Wa but one
course left for the defenders Of Arkansas
to pursue. They must succumb, and
they did SO.
{. The loss on our side, killed, wounded
and missing, was about from 800 to 500.
The rebels lost 200 killed, wounded
and missing, and 5000 taken prisoner.
Among the latter is Gen. Churchill, COM
handing the post.
!, The surrender was made at 4 p. m. on
Sunday, not Monday. as you had it last
evening. Twelve hundred Of the rebels
are reported to be on the sick list.
During Sunday the gunboats while ir-
ing upon the rebel works in front, inllict-
ed some injury upon onr men advancing
from the hank. The extent Of the dsns.
age ID not learned.
The prisoners are on their way M tke
river and may be soon expected. The
rsbek had excellent Notifications, and
some very heavy gums. They fought
with determination.
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