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: 753
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section of the Chicago Mercantile Battery, Capt. Charles G. Cooley,
consisting of two 3-inch wrought-iron rifles, 31 horses, and 34 men, was
debarked at Fletcher's Landing during the night of January 9 and joined
your command the following morning.
At 8 o'clock we started on our march, and after a march of about 3
miles arrived at the plantation of Col. James Smith and took a position
to command the Arkansas River and prevent re-enforcements from
coming down to the enemy's position at Arkansas Post, which was
about 1J miles below us.
About 11 o'clock we were discovered by the enemy, who threw some
five or six shells at us from the heavy pivot gun at the angle of the fort
facing our position, doing us no damage, as we seemed to be beyond
his range.
About 3 o'clock some sharpshooters fired a number of shots from the
opposite bank of the river. They were replied to by our infantry, and
we suffered no more annoyance from that direction.
After dark we moved up the river a short distance, planted our guns,
and bivouacked for the night, supported by the Forty-ninth Regiment
Indiana Volunteers.
Sunday, January 11, we remained in our position until 11 o'clock,
when we limbered up and moved back from the river and concealed
ourselves in the woods, where we remained until 3.30 o'clock, when we
were ordered to the point opposite the fort, the guns bearing in that
direction having been dismounted by the gunboats.
We took position on the left of Captain Foster's First Wisconsin
Battery (two guns) and commenced firing Hotchkiss shell, 3-second
fuse, at one and a half degrees' elevation, the target being log build-
ings in rear of the fort and the enemy's rifle-pits. We had only fired
4 rounds from each piece, and were just getting warmed up for work,
when a white flag was shown and the firing ceased, except from one of
the gunboats and from a gun on the extreme left of our position, upon
the opposite or right bank of the river. Only two or three shots, how-
ever, were fired after the flag was shown.
The men under my command displayed a coolness unexpected by
me, it being the first time they were in action; and, considering that we
have never fired but 10 rounds to each piece at target, the range was
excellent.
I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
FRANK C. WILSON,
First Lieutenant, Commanding.
Colonel LINDSEY,
Comdg. Second Brig., Second Div., Army of the Miss.
No. 25.
Report of Col. John F. De Couroy, Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, commanding
Third Brigade.
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE,
Glacis, Arkansas Post, Ark., January 12, 1863.
SIR: In obedience to General Orders, No. 2, of this date, I have to
report that my brigade was kept in reserve to protect the boats from
any attack which might be made on our right rear, and remained in
48 R R-VOL XVII753
CHAP. XXIX.]
ARKANSAS POST
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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/m1/764/?q=%221862%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.