. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . sel, spike her ten-inch colunibiad,and set her on fire, was the work of but a fewmoments. All was done as had been planned byCaptain Bailey of the Colorado, and with a Federalloss of only three killed and ten wounded. Early on the 0th of October a force of about1,400 Confederates, under Generalsoirronin, isai. Ander
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . sel, spike her ten-inch colunibiad,and set her on fire, was the work of but a fewmoments. All was done as had been planned byCaptain Bailey of the Colorado, and with a Federalloss of only three killed and ten wounded. Early on the 0th of October a force of about1,400 Confederates, under Generalsoirronin, isai. Anderson and Buggies, landed onSanta Rosa Island, about fonr miles from theencampment of Wilsons Zouaves, and advancedupon the latter, in three columns, before daylight. The Zouaves, then numbering about ^00, endeav-ored to made a stand, but only for a moment, undwere forced to retreat to ihe cover of the Lincolnand Totten batteries, which had been erected beyondFort Pickens, leaving their camp in the bands ofthe enemy. Reinforced, however, by detachmentsunder Majors Arnold and Vogdes, Captains Heildtand Robinson, and Lieutenants DOrville, Shipleyand Zeeley, they returned and attacked the Con-federates, compelling them, after a lively fire, to i3(: THE SOLDIER IN OUR C/J/E THE SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL WAR. fall back beyond the burning camp totheir boats. These were fired upon onleaving the island, one of them beingso riddled with shot that it mink withall on board This night skirmish,which has by some been called thebattle oE Santa Rosa Island, resultedin a total loss to the Confederates ofabout 150, the Federals losing 64 inkilled, wounded and prisoners. Thelatter included Major Vogdcs, who wassucceeded in command by CaptainHcildt of the Third Infantry. After this engagement, both sideskept reinforcing and strengtheningtheir position, until by the middle of ^the following November the garrison ^ 1Wr liml iu<T(.M*<( to 1., still under Colonel Brown,
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