. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . lown up by a tor-pedo, and sunk in shallow water: none of the crew perished. ELK CREEK, ARK. July 16, 1868. Unionists, under Genaral Blunt, 2,400. Killed, 10 ; wounded, 30; prisoners, , under General Cooper, 5,000. Killed, 60; wounded, 24; prison-ers, 100. July 16th a sharply contested fight occurred between the forcesund
. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . lown up by a tor-pedo, and sunk in shallow water: none of the crew perished. ELK CREEK, ARK. July 16, 1868. Unionists, under Genaral Blunt, 2,400. Killed, 10 ; wounded, 30; prisoners, , under General Cooper, 5,000. Killed, 60; wounded, 24; prison-ers, 100. July 16th a sharply contested fight occurred between the forcesunder General Blunt and General Coopers rebel troops, whichresulted in the complete rout of the latter. Ascertaining that the enemy had fallen back from Fort Gibson,General Blunt, with 2,400 men and twelve guns, started in a march of fifty miles, accomplished in twenty-four hours,he found the rebels, 5,000 strong, in position on Elk Creek, andimmediately opened an attack. His artillery dismounted tworebel guns, which were afterward captured. The enemy madestrong resistance and evinced much heroism, but were finally putto flight by a desperate charge of the Union cavalry. They lost100 prisoners, and eighty-four killed and wounded. \k\• \. Jackson, , MISS. July 16, 1868. Unionists, under General Sherman, numbers not reported. Killed, wownded, and misning {during the entire expedition), 1,, under General Johnston, numbers not stated. Killed, wounded, and prisoners, 400. As soon as Vicksburg capitulated, General Sherman was sent inpursuit of Johnstons forces, who had retired to Jackson, Miss. Onthe 15th of July, portions of the Union forces, under GeneralParke, made an attack on Jackson, and met a legion of new recruitsfrom South Carolina, who after an engagement of half an hour,retreated with a loss of 300 men. The Unionists occupied theirposition till the next morning; when they made a second advance,and discovered to their astonishme
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