THE CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST: An Engagement on the Tennessee River; The Position of the Rebels at Island No. 10 (3/4/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 3/4/1862

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WASHINGTON, Monday, March 3.

The following dispatch was received this evening: CAIRO, March 3, 1862.

To Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy:

Lieut.-Commanding SHIRK has this moment arrived from the Tennessee River, and brings full dispatches from Lieut.-Commanding GWINN, of the Tyler, a synopsis of which is, that the two gunboats proceeded up to Pittsburgh, near the Mississippi line, where a battery was opened upon them, consisting of six guns, one of them being rifled, which were soon silenced by the gunboats. Ninety mounted men landed, under cover of the gunboats, and charged upon the enemy, driving them at some distance, until they were strongly reinforced, when our party withdrew to the boats; when three regiments opened upon the gunboats, but were repulsed with great slaughter -- the casualties on our side amounting to five killed and missing and five wounded. Lieut.-Commandings GWINN and SHIRK, with their commands, have behaved with great gallantry and judgment.

An election for town officers has just taken place in Harden County, Tenn., which resulted in two hundred votes for the Union, and thirteen for secession.

A.H. FOOTE, Flag-Officer.

WASHINGTON, Monday, March 3.

The Secretary of the Navy to-day received a letter dated Cairo, Feb. 27, from Flag-Officer FOOTE, who says:

"I have the honor to forward a communication just received from Lieut.-Commanding BRYANT, the substance of which I have just telegraphed.

The Captain of the steamer who brings the dispatch says that six miles below Nashville there was a battery on high bluff, which had mounted fifteen guns, but several of them were thrown into the river before the [???] arrived. He also reports that a strong Union feeling was manifested in and near Nashville, and that Gov. HARRIS, after vainly attempting to rally the citizens and others, left on Sunday

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The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

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The Campaign in the West: An Engagement on the Tennessee River – 2-3
Up the Cumberland: Trip of the Conestoga to Clarkesville – 3-4
News from Washington: Hon. Andy Johnson Provisional Governor of Tennessee – 4
The Social Evil – 4
The Ericsson Battery-Another Successful Trial Trip – 4-5
Following Up Successes-Rapid and Brilliant Movements in the Southwest – 5
A New Magdalen Asylum – 5
Editorial: The Suppression of War News – 5-6
Editorial: A Vigorous Protest from Mr. Adams – 6
Editorial: The Nashville at Wilmington – 6
Editorial: What Shall the Southerners Plant? – 6-7

[BroJoeK]

"News from Washington: Hon. Andy Johnson Provisional Governor of Tennessee – 4"

Ah... Andy Johnson from Tennessee -- where will I hear that name again?

;-)