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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
enant Yoist with his two pieces, rapidly limbered up, runs them up the best he can on the bluff, a little lower down Lieutenant Lyne, in command of the other section, is more successful. His first discharge cripples the Warner, which, left exposed -five men, dead or wounded, are lying about between decks. At the same time the Covington and the Signal have encountered Lyne's artillery, but, as the Warner bars their way, they are obliged to turn up the stream and to abandon the Warner, which, b left bank, in the hope that the bend of the river and the high bluffs which border it on the right will protect them from Lyne's fire. But at this moment Yoist arrives with his section, and, running it boldly up within less than four hundred yards emy's vessels, riddles them with shots. The Federals are bewildered and make a feeble reply; their pieces cease to work. Lyne joins his fire to Yoist's; Major's soldiers, posted on the bluff, keep up such a lively fusillade that the Federals imagin