According to a receipt for ordnance and equipment on Apr 22, 1862, Capt Davidson and a reasonable portion of his battery were at Fort Pillow. 1st Lieut James J Thompson and 2nd Lieut Ernest C Legendre surrendered with the garrison of Madrid Bend, Apr 8, 1862. McCown's report confirms that five guns of the Pointe Coupee Artillery did not go to Fort Pillow with Capt Stewart's battery.

The floating battery "New Orleans" was manned by one company of the 1st Alabama Regt and the "Pelican Guards" of Louisiana. These were under command of Lieut S W Averett, CSN. The floating battery was moored just behind Island Ten in the main ship channel. Refer to the map posted earlier.

The Federal claim would have us believe that a Confederate battery flag was found untended on the parapet of a nearly submerged battery in the middle of the night during a rainstorm. It was taken without a struggle of any kind, and the officer in command of the five-boat mission failed to notice its seizure. At the same time, shouldn't we expect the flag to be with its battery of five guns stationed elsewhere on Madrid Bend? Artillerymen from Capt Rucker's company and detachments of the 1st Alabama Regiment were sufficient for the three Columbiads of Battery 1. Why send men from a battery of field artillery to serve these pieces or act as sentinels?

The claim of capture raises a number of questions which cannot be easily answered.