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some twelve prisoners have been captured, and the pursuit still kept up after more.
Of the gang were two men from Edgar County, on one of whom was an oath of allegiance, taken by him at Paris, recently.
He boasted that he was the man who shot Dr. York; that he came for that purpose.
We herewith present the following list of killed and wounded:
Killed.--Major York, Surgeon Fifty-fourth Illinois; Alfred Swim, company C, Fifty-fourth; Nelson Wells, copperhead; John Cooper, copperhead.
Wounded.--Colonel Mitchell, Fifty-fourth Illinois, slightly; James Goodrich, company C, Fifty-fourth, severely; Oliver Sallee, Fifty-fourth, severely; John Neer, company G, Fifty-fourth, slightly; William Decker, company G, Fifty-fourth, slightly; George Ross, company C, Fifty-fourth, slightly; Thomas Jeffries, Brooks's regiment, severely; William G. Hart, soldier, severely; John Jenkins, citizen, severely; William Gilman, citizen, severely; John Trimble, slightly; Sanford Royes, slightly.
Several of the copperheads were severely wounded, but were taken off in wagons.
Tuesday Morning, 11.30 A. M.
Messrs. Jenkins, Hart, and Goodrich are dead, having died at five, half-past 10, and half-past 11 o'clock, respectively, this morning, making a total of seven killed.
Colonel Brooks's squad, going up through the O'Hair settlement, recaptured Levi Freisner, and also the guard of butternuts placed over him, six or eight in all.