e time.
At ten minutes to 4 the Congress struck.
Parker hauled down the ensign, run up his own battle flag in its place; there the heroic Taylor, who fought the Fanny at Roanoke Island and Elizabeth City, got his wound — there the gallant young Hutter fell, all shot by the dastards who fired from the ship and shore when the white flag was flying at the main and mizzen of the Congress!
Here, too, and in the same way, Flag-Officer Buchanan, and Flag-Lieut. R Minor were wounded.
Now, the Jarstand, and passed through one of her boilers, disabling it. She was compelled to haul off temporarily for repairs.
There were four men killed and three wounded on board of her. Other damage not material.
On board the gunboat Raleigh, Midshipman Hutter was killed.
Prises.
Several small prises were said to have been taken by our gunboats from the Yankees, one of which, the schooner Reindeer, was brought up to the Navy-Yard on Saturday night. Two others were said to have been carri
ving been knocked from her upper and lower works.
If she should be carried North for repairs, the work of months will be required to put her in a seaworthy condition.
The villainy and treachery of the officers and men on board the Congress, in firing upon our gunboats while approaching after she had raised the whits flag, is denounced in strong terms.
By this perfidiens conduct valuable lives were lost, and among them that of Lieut. J. L. Taylce, of Virginia, who died yesterday; Midshipman Hutter, who was killed in the action.
Captain Buchanan, and Lieut. Minor, were also shot under the white flag.
I am glad to state that they are both improving.
It is probable that not more than two hundred and fifty to three hundred Yankees of the Cumber and were killed and drowned — The statement that there were four hundred, is doubtless an over-estimate.
Those on board the Virginia state that when she fired at the iron battery Erricson her tower revolved with great rapidity, an
Telegrams.
--Telegraphic dispatches, which were not delivered for want of proper address, may be found at the Richmond Office, 150 Main st:
Atkinson, T J
Broadax, W E
Brown J B.
Farinholt, Capt B L
Garnett, Maj J L
Gibbs Dr W H
Hutter, Capt F C
Jones, Samuel F
Lyon, Dan'l jr.
Malla, Mrs O
Persen, Lt E O
Roads, Capt
Rosenfield, E K
Tucker, Judge J W
Vass, Jas
Wilson, Geo
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cape utter annihilation.
Reasons for this conclusion would be given which would be convincing to the most credulous, but they are suppressed on prudential grounds for the present.
We had estimated the loss of the enemy at 300 or 400; but Maj. Hutter, an old gentleman at whose house Hunter had his headquarters, states that Hunter said in his presence that his loss amounted to 800 during Saturday.
Our loss was five killed and forty wounded.
There are various surmises in relation to thill, Crook, and their amiable crew; the most plausible of which is the defeat of Sheridan — his place in the picture having been so completely spoiled by Hampton and Fitz Lee at Louisa C. H. Hunter is reported to have said when at the house of Maj. Hutter that Sheridan was expected to unite with him at this place, which gives plausibility to the above surmise.
Hunter's Chief Commissary told a lady of entire reliability, to whose house he went in search of something to eat, that they only h
not be dignified by the name of a battle.
Their line of battle extended some distance beyond Barksdale's house, which is on the Forest road, and their right to the foot of Candler's Mountain, which is one mile southeast of the Salem turnpike, forming nearly a straight line, being an average of about two and a hall miles from the suburbs of the city.--The heaviest demonstration was made on the Salem pike, where some fifty or sixty of their dead still lie unburied.
They made a hospital of Major Hutter's barn, where they left about one hundred very badly wounded, with two Surgeons and nurses to attend them.
On Sunday evening thirty five or forty prisoners were brought in, and small squads have been continually arriving since.
The bulk of their wounded, reported to be near 600, they took off, only leaving those whose condition would not admit of their being removed.
It is now definitely ascertained that they made preparations, and commenced their retrograde movement at noon Saturday,
