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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
ce. They are not aware of the losses they have inflicted upon the enemy, and have reason to believe that if daylight finds them in that position all resistance will be useless. But at eight o'clock in the evening a cannon-shot fired in the distance revives their hopes; a few shots sounding a little nearer dispel all doubt, and soon the large hull of the gunboat Lexington shows itself upon the silver-crested waters of the Cumberland. This vessel, warned in time of the danger which menaced Harding, has left, with a few others, a fleet of transports loaded with troops which she was convoying, and hurls her enormous projectiles upon the hills occupied by the Confederates. If the latter had intended to renew the attack on the following day, the arrival of these new enemies would suffice to dissuade them from the attempt. They have sustained severe losses, amounting to two hundred and sixty men, which cannot be sufficiently compensated by the capture of a gun taken from the enemy. Th