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nd dived at the flash, thus escaping their bullets. The officer was shot through the head, gave one loud cry, and sank to the bottom. A young man who, a moment before, appealed to the captain to help him, on seeing his friend shot, sank exhausted. Charles Head, of Company D, Fifteenth Massachusetts, says that when he was swimming across, he saw at least one hundred persons also making the same effort to escape from the tender mercies of the Confederates. Among them he observed Col. Bevins. There were many crying for "help," but he thinks not more than two-thirds reached the Island in safety. He himself gave out when several rods from the shore, and sank to the bottom, but contrived to walk ashore. I arrived at the ferry, and crossed over shortly after 2 o'clock, P. M. Only three scows were in use, carrying say fifty men each, and occupying at least thirty minutes in getting each load over. I met wounded men returning in their comrades' arms, and bleeding from feet,
nd dived at the flash, thus escaping their bullets. The officer was shot through the head, gave one loud cry, and sank to the bottom. A young man who, a moment before, appealed to the captain to help him, on seeing his friend shot, sank exhausted. Charles Head, of Company D, Fifteenth Massachusetts, says that when he was swimming across, he saw at least one hundred persons also making the same effort to escape from the tender mercies of the Confederates. Among them he observed Col. Bevins. There were many crying for "help," but he thinks not more than two-thirds reached the Island in safety. He himself gave out when several rods from the shore, and sank to the bottom, but contrived to walk ashore. I arrived at the ferry, and crossed over shortly after 2 o'clock, P. M. Only three scows were in use, carrying say fifty men each, and occupying at least thirty minutes in getting each load over. I met wounded men returning in their comrades' arms, and bleeding from feet,