On the right of the regiment, dauntlessly leading the advance, fell Lieut. Col. John B. Thompson, mortally wounded, pierced with seven balls. His loss no one can feel so sensibly as myself. Like Havelock, he united the graces of religion to the valor of the soldier.
Excerpt of report of Col. James F. Fagan, dated at Headquarters First Arkansas Regiment, Near Corinth, Mississippi, April 9, 1862.