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The Daily Dispatch: June 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
nder the command of Commodore Montgomery and his associate steamboat captains: Gen. Van-Dorn, Gen. Price, Gen. Bragg, Jeff. Thompson, Gen. Lovell, Gen. Beauregard, Sumter, and Little Rebel. The flag ship of the Commodore was the Van-Dorn, but as were about to contend--twenty boats to six, and eighty-four guns to fourteen, our rams, with the exception of the Jeff. Thompson which had four, having only two guns each. Public opinion may question the propriety of attempting resistance in view oe signal-- "prepare for action"--and the little fleet moved up abreast of the city. Fire was first opened by the Jeff. Thompson, and several shots discharged without eliciting a response. Soon, however, the cannonade commenced from the Federal gunas in a sinking condition, and had been run ashore; the Bragg and Sumter were maintaining an unequal contest; the Jeff. Thompson had been blown up by the officers, and the Van-Dorn, with her valuable cargo, was flying down the river towards Vicksbur