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The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Drunk and Disorderly. (search)
sing that one harbor by the sinking of vessels, we have not acted contrary to precedent. Capture of the schooner Wilder. In the affair of the schooner Wilder, captured on the Gulf Coast, the loss of life on the part of the Yankees was considerable. After the schooner was beached, and the Yankees were unloading her, they were attacked by the Confederates, forty-seven in number, under Captain Cottrill. The Confederates took an advantageous position with fifteen rounds each for their Sharpe's carbines. They waited until two of the launch showed themselves beyond cover of the Wilder's hull, when Lieut Stone's party poured in a deadly fire. In one boat every man was shot down but three, and they, as soon as they recovered from their surprise, fell into the bottom of the boat. The boat immediately lurched to one side and capsized. A second launch pushed to the rescue of its unfortunate comrade, when Captain Cottrill's detachment gave them a volley. Gen. Buell threatening.