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The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 20 (search)
ly three hundred times from their batteries. Our officers deem his estimate correct. As the flag came down, the St. Louis boarders sprang into their boats and were almost instantly on shore. An officer inquired for the flag officer of the fleet. The gig of the flagship came up and conveyed Brigadier. General Tilghman to the deck of the Cincinnati. Being introduced to the old hero, he remarked that he was "gratified to surrender, if surrender he must, to so brave an officer as Flag-Officer Foots." Flag Officer Foote replied; "You do right in surrendering, sir; I should not have done it if you had sunk all my boats. Your surrender, sir, must be unconditional; I can accept no other.". Such is the history of this most brilliant naval victory. The old flag has been planted on the walls of a rebel fort in Western Tennessee by the gallant blue jackets. Officers and men all worked with a bravery and will that have earned them the thanks of the Union. Too much of the credit of th