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of our .men. We were under good headway and floated past* the batteries, when the Tuscumbia took us in tow and landed us about two miles above the Warrenton batteries, , within our own picket lines, and in sight of Vicksburg During the engagement, Capt. Conway stood nobly at his post upon the hurricane deck, smoking his cigar, and giving his orders as coolly as if the iron tempest that howled around him'1 was nothing more than a summer shower. The pilots also stood up to their work, like men, both of them remaining in .the pilot house until we;Ianded below Vicksburg; and the engineers stood like iron men to their- posts, running the boat a mile andI / • i O. - j _a half alter the steam . ppe was shot I away. In short, all hands acted like brave men; there was.no flinching on the i part of any one. .Our casualties are,! Mr. Lamb, badly scalded; D. Scott and IP. Burke, slightly do.; the iest escaped | without a scratch.j As soon as the Warrenton batteries are I silenced, and- we get our steam pipe fixed, i we shall go on down to Carthage.Very respectfully yours.BILLY BLANKER,-■ ■__Clerk Steamer Forest Queen.IFIYcWstoPuRiCoBoCaCi.PaChanlt;inmeexlt;{stoJ
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Aurora Commercial
Aurora, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 30, 1863
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