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: 752
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752 WEST TENN. AND NORTHERN MISS. [CHAP. XXIX.
termaster Paddock, and the latter sent under guard to the steamer Em-
press.
About midnight Captain Foster reported to me with two 20-pounder
rifled guns. For an account [of the part] taken by these guns in the
capturing of Post Arkansas I refer you to the following extract from
Captain Foster's narrative report, inclosed with this:
Arriving at Colonel Lindsey's camp at 12 m., 2 miles above the fort, and obscured
from view by a bend in the river, we bivouacked for the remainder of the night, and
in the morning placed our guns in position in a work which had been thrown up dur-
ing the night for this section of my battery. We here remained until 2 p. m. of the
11th, when to our surprise and joy we saw one of the gunboats passing the fort.
Three gunboats soon followed, the last being the flag-ship of the fleet. ColoneliLind-
sey then gave me permission to move down the river opposite the fort, and ordered
me to open fire upon the enemy at any point where we could be most effective. This
we found to be a position enfilading the enemy's rifle-pits. I think every single shell
burst, and just at the right point. As a proof more positive of the destruction we had
caused I visited the ground immediately after the surrender and found 10 dead bodies
and numerous pieces of 20-pounder Parrott shell. While we were firing we saw the
rebel flag fall at this point. We had fired about twenty minutes into this place when
with indescribable pleasure, we saw the white flag waving at the point where we had
been firing.
I must also refer to the report of Lieut. F. C. Wilson, commanding
two guns from the Chicago Mercantile Battery, for want of room.
On the morning of the 11th I so masked my position as to screen
ourselves from the enemy's view, keeping out a strong picket on the
Little Rock road and on the river above, and remained in this position
until our gunboats had gone above, which relieved me of the necessity
of guarding the river any longer against any re-enforcements of the
enemy which might come in that direction. I drew in my pickets and
moved my whole command down the river in the direction of the fort.
I placed the Third Kentucky Regiment on board one of the gunboats
which had landed just above the fort, and moved the other two regi-
ments of my command to the point opposite the fort, where they biv-
ouacked for the night.
Although the troops of my command were not so placed as to be
able to take any very active part in the reduction of this post, yet all
did the duty assigned to them with cheerfulness and alacrity; and for
their patience in wading through swamps, and performing without
murmuring almost constant fatigue and picket duty for two days and
night, they deserve great praise.
I watched with a great deal of care the result of the fire from the
four guns on the point (two 20-pounder rifled and two 3-inch, also
rifled), and can only say that they could not have been better handled
nor by better men. Every shell fell just where it was intended.
To Capts. Kirkbride and Foster and Lieut. Wilson I am much indebted
for the assistance they gave me with their very excellent commands.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
D. W. LINDSEY,
Colonel, Commanding Second Brigade.
Capt. W. A. GORDON, A88t. Adit. Gen.., Second Division.
No. 24.
Report of Lieut. Frank C. Wilson, Ohicago Mercantile Battery.
ARKATNSAS POST, ARK., January 13, 1863.
SIR: In compliance with Orders, No. -, from General iG. W. Mor-
gan, commanding division of the Army of the Mississippi, the right
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