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The Daily Dispatch: January 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], Southern news. (search)
An Unpublished Fact --A gentleman in this city, who was at New Madrid last August, tells the following: It will be remembered that one of the Confederate gun- boats came up to Columbus and captured the little steamer Equality. At that time General Pillow was in command as New Madrid under General Polk. The latter had just paid a visit to New Madrid when the capture of the Equality occurred. As the Confederate gun-boat retreated down the Mississippi with her prize, she was followed by the Unts Lexington and A. C. Taylor. A sharp cannonading took place within a few miles of New Madrid. General Polk, hearing the cannonading in his fear imagined that the United States forces were coming after him, and, hastily issuing an order to General Pillow to fail back upon Randolph, himself retreating on board the steamer William M. Morrison., and left for Memphis. At that time the Morrison and Ohio Belle were all the steamers at New Madrid, and the cowardice of the act was in taking the