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In the meantime Capf. Brack Kearns of Scott township [Harrison co.?] with his brave company of “gwiniUa ratchets1 whoreside in the vicinity of I ho Island, and*(’apt. Jim Mansfield of Leavenworth withan equally as brave band of Crawford boys, and assisted by citizens numbering several hundred from both counties, “invested” the Island on the Indiana sirlewhil^ the channel of the river held them secure on the other side. In this forlorn condition,Mansfield and Kearns opened upon themwith one gun—a six pounder—and musketry which was in good range, and but for the trees on the Island and the shelter of the farther bank of the Island there would have been but a few of these desperate rogues left alive. As it was, they soon hoisted the “white flag” and announced
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Corydon Weekly Democrat
Corydon, Indiana, US
Tue, Jun 23, 1863
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Sullivan C.
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