. History of the American Civil War . is there-fore below the island. Strong works had been established at Ne^v position at It was also defended by six gun-boats, theNew Madrid. canuou of whlch commanded the adjacentcountry; for the river at the time was very high. Halleck dispatched General Pope from St. Louis tomake an attack on New Madrid. The troops ^vere land-ed on the Missouri bank from transports on February24th, and found great difficulty in approaching the to^vnMarch of General ou accouut of the swampy statc of the coun--pope to that place. ^^.^^ rpj^^ ^^^_^ deckrcd that th
. History of the American Civil War . is there-fore below the island. Strong works had been established at Ne^v position at It was also defended by six gun-boats, theNew Madrid. canuou of whlch commanded the adjacentcountry; for the river at the time was very high. Halleck dispatched General Pope from St. Louis tomake an attack on New Madrid. The troops ^vere land-ed on the Missouri bank from transports on February24th, and found great difficulty in approaching the to^vnMarch of General ou accouut of the swampy statc of the coun--pope to that place. ^^.^^ rpj^^ ^^^_^ deckrcd that they wadcd in mud, slept in mud, ate in mud, and were as completelysurrounded by mud as St. Helena is by the ocean. Theyreached their destination, however, on the 3d of the place stronger than he expected, Pope wasobliged to send to Cairo for siege guns. To prevent theConfederates being re-enforced from below, he establisheda sunken battery at Point Pleasant. The siege guns were Chap. XLIX.] EVACUATION OF NEW MADRID. 275. THE MISSISSIPPI FROM CAIRO TO MEMPHIS. placed in position before the town immediately on tlieirarrival. Three of the Confederate gun-boats were speed-ily disabled, and it was soon apparent that the place mustThe Confederates ^^ cvacuatcd. The garrisou fled at mid-evacuateit. ^^^^^ ^^ j^-^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ Icaviug their supper untouched and candles burning in their tents. They aban*doned thirty-three cannon, several thousand stand of small-arms, hundreds of boxes of musket cartridges, and tentsfor an army of 10,000 men. 276 ■ CANAL OF ISLAND No. 10. [Sect. X. On the 15tli of March, Commodore Foote, who hadbrought down from Cairo seven armored gun-boats, onenot armored, and ten mortar-boats capable of throwing13-inch shell, appeared before Island No. 10, and at onceBombardment of commeuced Its slege. Thougli the bombard-isiaud No. 10. nient was vigorously maintained and con-tinued for nearly three weeks, it proved to be very inef-fective. Beauregard rep
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