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The Daily Dispatch: may 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], $5 reward. (search)
noble officer who now lies at the point of death from wounds received while fighting for his country. I arrived on board the Louisiana on the morning of the 23d of April. Throughout the day Captain McIntosh manifested the greatest energy in spurring the workmen on, remaining on deck the whole time, and passing a sleepless night, in his haste and zeal to prepare the boat for the coming combat. During the action on the morning of the 14th he stood calmly on deck giving his orders amid a shower of grape and storm of shells, till struck by three grapeshot--one in each arm and in his leg. He still kept the deck, though lying down, and exclaimed, smiling, 'Such is the fate of war,' and he did not complain. All that was in his power was done for the safety of New Orleans, and all of his officers and men were unanimous in their praises of his valor. "With much respect, your ob't serv't, "Jos B. Wilkinson, Jr., "Captain Louisiana Vols. To Captain Poindexter, C. S. N."