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the want of strategic ability on the part of our leaders. Among other things indicative of the perfect organization of the Federal army was a telegraph line which they had erected between Pittsburg and Farmington. This we destroyed in toto, with the exception of the instruments, which are now in our possession. Our loss was alight, only some ten or twelve killed and forty or fifty wounded. Among the latter are Major Ingram (mortally) and Captain Leftwitch, both of the staff of General Van- Dorn. That of the enemy is doubtless much greater, but both their wounded and dead were, as far as possible, carried away with them. Being concealed in the woods, we had no means of accertaining the effect of our balls beyond the reports of the dozen or twenty prisoners, who describe the havoc as being very considerable. The Federal force engaged was composed of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana troops. One of the latter informed me that the Federal force was about on