Posted on 03/03/2023 4:48:15 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
DISPATCH FROM ADMIRAL PORTER.
UNITED STATES MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON, Feb. 27, Via MEMPHIS, March 1.
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy:
SIR: I regret to inform you that the Indianola has also fallen into the hands of the enemy.
The rams Webb and Queen of the West attacked her, 25 miles from here, and rammed her until she surrendered, all of which can be traced to a non-compliance with my instructions.
I do not know the particulars.
DAVID D. POCTER, Commander.
SPECIAL DISPATCH FROM MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Monday, March 2.
Arrivals from below to-day confirm the report of the sinking of the Indianola and the capture of her crew, by three rebel boats, among which was the Queen of the West.
The fight occurred about thirty miles below Vicksburgh, on Tuesday, the 21th ult. The fight was obstinate, lasting several hours, and the Indianola only surrendered when in a sinking condition.
She was run ashore, and the officers and crew are now in Vicksburgh.
OUR CAIRO CORRESPONDENCE.
CAIRO, Ill., Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1863.
We yesterday received intelligence of a very gratifying little victory in the Department of Gen. SULLIVAN, at Princeton, Tennessee. A Captain of cavalry, from a Wisconsin regiment, crossed the river into Tennessee, and surprised and captured a party of rebels superior to their own force -- horse, foot and dragoons -- and returned successfully, only two officers being wounded in the expedition. The captured party was over 60 strong.
The six rebel officers who were captured by Capt. ELLET, of the Queen of the West, and sent here, were a day or two since, sent to Cleveland.
Arrivals from Vicksburgh report no important movements there as yet. Work on the canal progresses. The cut at Lake Providence now extends for a distance of three miles.
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