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The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
But the defection and disheartenment of the Home Guards intensified daily, and on Friday, the 21st, while Col.Mulligan was giving his attention to some matters in another portion of the camp, the white flag was raised at his own instance by Major Becker, of the Home Guards, from the portion of the entrenchment assigned to him. Capt. Simpson, of the Earl Rifles, called Col. Mulligan's attention to Major Becker's action instantly, and the Jackson Guard, Capt. McDermott, of Detroit, were seMajor Becker's action instantly, and the Jackson Guard, Capt. McDermott, of Detroit, were sent to take down the flag, which was done. The heaviest part of the fight of the day followed in a charge upon the nearest battery of the enemy, the Illinois cavalry suffering severely. Hope Abandoned — the surrender — Affecting scenes. The Home Guards then left the outer work and retreated within the line of the inner entrenchments, about the college building, refusing to fight longer, and here again raised the white flag, this time from the centre of the fortifications, when the fire