The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 460
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4(0 WEST TENN. AND NORTHERN MISS, I[CAP. XXX.
OCTOBER 17, 1862.--Skirmish at Island No. 10, Tenn.
REPORTS.
No. 1.-Brig. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, U. S. Army.
No. 2.-Maj. Quincy McNeil, Second Illinois Cavalry.
No. 1.
Report of Brig. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, U. . Army.
OOLUMBUS, October 18, 1862.
SIR: Colonel Faulkner, [Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry], and 300 rebel
cavalry attacked Island 10 yesterday at daylight.
Our forces whipped the enemy, taking Colonel Faulkner, Capt. R. M.
Meriwether, Capt. H. B. Blakemore, Adjt. L. H. Johnson, and 12
enlisted men prisoners. The enemy's loss in killed and wounded is
severe; our loss 3 killed.
Major McNeil with re-enforcements from New Madrid has crossed
Reelfoot Lake, below the Obion, and thinks he will cut off their re-
treat.
G. M. DODGE,
Brigadier- General.
Maj. JOHN A. RAWLINS,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
No. 2.
Report of Maj. Quincy McNeil, Second Illinois Cavalry.
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES,
Island No. 10, October 7, 1862.
SIR : This camp was attacked at 4 o'clock this morning. At daylight
I sent Captain Moore, Company L, Second Illinois Cavalry, in pursuit.
He overtook a body of cavalry about 20 miles from here, gave battle,
taking Colonel Faulkner, Captain Meriwether, Captain Blakemore,
Lieutenant Johnson, and 11 privates, from whom he found the enemy
to consist of 300 men. After fighting an hour Captain Moore finding
himself outnumbered (he having but 40 men) fell back to camp, the
rebels declining to follow.
The loss on our side is 3 men supposed to be killed; that of thie rebels
is unknown so far as the battle, but 7 were wounded and many supposed
to be killed. From the prisoners we learn that they came from Missis-
sippi, traveling three days and nights to take this post, and then move
on Hickman, take that place, and leave immediately for the south.
To an overruling Providence do we owe our safety. With citizens
for guides and traveling from the Obion between moonrise and 4 o'clock
in the morning they evaded all the scouting parties and approached to
within a hundred yards of the camp. They were about forming into
line of battle when the sentinel fired upon the advancing column; the
rear of the rebel band fired into the front, when the front (thinking they
were attacked from the rear) defended themselves from that quarter.
The fight between the rebel front and rear lasted about three minutes,
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1886; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154626/m1/471/?q=%221862%22&rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.