The casualties of my command were fourteen killed and forty-six wounded.
The enemy's loss, according to the most reliable information that I can obtain, was three hundred killed and from one thousand to twelve hundred wounded. His killed and wounded may be safely set down at fifteen hundred.
General Forrest admitted, in conversation with some of his friends in this city, that in no engagement during the war had he been so badly cut up and crippled as at this place.
Our loss in government stores was inconsiderable. The quartermaster's depot, a temporary wooden building, was burned, and in consequence thereof a small lot of quartermaster's property was lost. Our commissary stores, and most of our government horses, mules, wagons, &c., were saved.
In justice to the officers and soldiers under my command, allow me to say they acted well their part, proving themselves worthy of the great cause in which they are engaged, and all deserving of the highest praise.
The three companies of the 122d Illinois were the only portion of my command that had ever been under fire before.
And here permit me to remark that I have been one of those men who never had much confidence in colored troops fighting, but those doubts are now all removed, for they fought as bravely as any troops in the fort.
The gunboats Peosta, Captain Smith, and Paw Paw, Captain O'Neal, were present and rendered valuable aid in shelling the city and operating on the flank of the enemy as they surrounded the fort.
A list of the names of the killed and wounded I will furnish hereafter.
Respectfully submitted.