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ro, Mi i ippi River, had been fortified by General Polk, Confederate, and was commanded by General Mackall with about 8,000 troops of Beau regard’s army. It was bombarded three weeks by Commodore Foote, commanding seven Federal gunboats, and surrendered April1o,1862. The evacuation was forced by Pope with a large land force. He, under cover of a vigorous fire from two gunboats, which had run past the island by night, brought his men acroas the river in transports. The defenders of the batteries fled, and were pursued into the swamps. Nearly 6,300 prisoners were taken, together with an immense quantity of ammunition and supplies. The island disappeared several years ago through erosion of the river current.