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The Daily Dispatch: February 24, 1862., [Electronic resource], Latest Northern News. (search)
a stern resistance and gallant attack was visible. On the extreme right, where the desperate sortic was made by the garrison, similar scenes were visible. Several of our men, when out of ammunition, rushed forward, and, although exposed to the full fire of the rebel artillery, gallantly drove their foes back with the bayonet, and captured their guns. Dressor's and Schwartz's batteries were captured during the action, but the Eighteenth Illinois, with clubbed muskets, recovered. Dressor's battery, while the Thirty-fifth recovered that of Captain Schwartz. Confederate loss. It is impossible to state the precise extent of the captures, everything being in such confusion within the fortress. The 51st and 57th Virginia regiments, and several Arkansas, Alabama, and Texas regiments were among the forces which left with Pillow and Floyd in the night. The rebel surgeons place their loss in killed and wounded at between three and four hundred killed and double the nu