Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-11-22
Q. ). FRfGATE " ARASH.
PoRT Royal, S. c., Nov. 9, 1861. ,

In the time mentioned we captured both
Forts Walker and Beaurcsard and by tire,
o clock our battaliJns OF " blue jackets ,
were ON shore, and entered Fort Walker, and
planted thereon the American flag W,
sent out pickets. and held possession will
sailors alone, until long after dark, when tn,
volunteers got on shore. Captain Roger
turned over the fort to General Sherman
who relieved our sentrics, and the sailors re.
turned to the ship,
THE VICTORY.
1t is the haudsomest thing that has oc
CURED in our Naval History. Both fort,
are very formidable, aud the rebels anticipa
ted an easy fight and eur utter demolition
That our loss is 50 slight is simply Proyi
Dental. We lost but one man killci and
/ four wounded The fleet lost hu, ten killed
/ (three officers AMI seven men) and about
twenty-five wounded.
HOW THE WABASH CAUGHT IT.
Our ship is very much cut up in splrs.
rigging and hull Our nanmast is shot
/ through, but stands ; We can probably keep
it up by " fishes " and weddings" but
can never carry sail ON it again. We re-
celyed two shots in our counter during the
early part of the action. which caused a
+ leak which nearly flooded our magazine
/ One of our guns was disnountcl. and three
men were wounded at it and one killed.
Our sails were shot away in many places
and spanker boom cut in two pieces both
mainstays were shot away; one port knock
! into cooked hat starboard sheet and fore
channels split cut and ripped M in and
mizzcn ditto stays shrouds aud gear aluft
cut in innumcrahlc places spar-drck bored
by ricochct shot never heard such mus
i'll my life as the rushing and whistling Of
the shot and shell over and about us-and
don t care particularly to hear the music too
! often.
THE ENEMY DEAD AND WOUNDED.
The enemy's loss is great Before we
took possession they buried twenty. We
buried several when we took possession, hoy-
rlbly mutlIated, where they fell. Our men
were continually finding more bodies in out
of-the-way places We found the dead body
of the captain of artillery in the shcll-room
and buried him by himself. The rest We
buried in eur trench in the ditch Of Fort
Walkcr-performing an impromptu funeral
service over them.
Their wounded were scattered everywhere
-lccF iH'SVtdbAc creatures with iIl-utIui
wounds. lheir hospital was some distance
oaek ana contained many wounded. lney
carrier on great hunters. Tue oafSeon-
e'tnerai was ioand TINS afternoon IN the
eeitar OF mouse near 'he laft' 'tad the
same shell which killed him buried him in
full uniform in the sand.
EFFECTS OF OR FIRING on TORT WALKER.
The ruin and havoc. in F.rt Walker par-
tieularIy, was beyond all description. Five
of their guns were dismounte'l, carriages
torn to atoms and tumbled about in inextri-
cable confusion. The works were ripped
anu torn. y eloud oi slnd and dlrt en-
shrouael the iorts under the terrific fre oi
TINS ship anu inc oaSluehahhah, ihese
vessels ana their nShtinS at the snort DIS
lance oil hVe nuhdred yards-uslnE hfe sec
ohd fuses: me sAna blinded the rebels by
the bursting oil a shower OF sA9t and shells.
ihcir guns could not be worked under the
hre aud became ehoked VITA sand.
FIVE tunes our ship. followed closely by
the oasaathaneah' ranged up. at no time at
greater distance than seven hundred and
, MY yafds Tue ioutsa ''the' on Tue second
tui'' o'' '''g aoa'e swell d. u'2t','eG ., u
All ds.erin,i.,n. W. mad, mn onr Minds
that they nnfi leave The oq,lcr, and men
Of the army IN the transmits b,l,w saw thu,
the fi,ing FIR r,pid,ty and nreejsi,n cxsasd,. a
anvthin@ thew ever dreamed If we wer,
twcnty minutcs IN face of the b,tt,ry at thar
dist nee and fred about tw.ntv.si; LrnaJ.
ei9c.
,rs,,...e. ,o-
"" sA.'i. '-s' ave
The enemy replied gallaEuy' oH' nor
dreaming We would dare to come 50 c'''se'
thar guns had too great Iteration and our