Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-14


a seizure OF some of the important ports on
the coast commanded the early and earnest at
Jeutiou Of this department I- WAS found thar
naval stations aud uar5Jrs Of refuge during the
tempe .uous seasons would Ja indispensable it
Lgs..-Iss were rl be continued. aud she stations
thus secured could also be mai- the points OF OF
-euslve military operations.
After some delays au expedition TO Ial.eras
Inlet. 0u the coast O.. North Carolina where pi-
ratica depgedaaols had become extremely an
uoying, was undertaken. Flag officer s,liug-
ham commanded ia person tle naval forces Oh
this occasion aud jiaj jJr-GeueraI Butler had com
maud OF the small military detachment of about
eight hundred men which cJ-5perated with the
navy. The expedition was em.ueusy successful
IN tine attack upon and capture of Fogts Hatteras
and Clark Tue euIi-e garrison, under the com
mand o. aHmUal Barron recently and for nearly
fifty years au officer O.. the navy, surrendered
after sustaining graa. loss, while not life was
sacrificed, nor an individual OF the Union forces
wounded Ih military force was iuadeQuafeto to
follow up the brilliant victory by securing a po-
siLiou upon the main land aud there propit.asing
and protecting the l0ya. feeling which had begun
'5 develop itself lu North Carolina
1. WAS intended that the success at Ha-teras
should have been followed In September by a
more formidable expedition. and lla seizure OF
move Important position further South. Owing
90 the various causes, independent O.. .Le navy
department o. tie condition of the navy, this
movement was unayJidab.y postponed uual the
2Jth OF October when Gee, OF .u-tT-ei-h. sail,
including transports a larger squadron than ever
brf0ge assembled under our flag. left Hampton
roads. Captain Samuel J. DUPONT, lheu re-
Gently appointed flag officer, an officer Of great
skill and experience, and possessing the entire
confidence o.. .ae department, was selected 10
command this expedition
After euc0uute.iug tue seyerest storm that has
visited the coast during the present season, which
partially dispersed the squadron causing the
wreck of several Of the transports, and cOmpell-
ing even some Of the smaller vessels Of The
navy TO put hack; the fleet 6y the mercitul iu-
tgrp0sitiOn OF Providence was preserved, and
appeared before PC-. Royal one Of the best,
though neglected harbOrs on our southern coast !
on the 9th day Of November. So soon as the I
channel could De bU0yea Out. aud other pTtGmi- !
nary measures accomplished, assaults were made /
on the we.i-ba.G and thoroughly armed forts, /
Beaur-gafi and Walker C1usummate naval /
strategic skill and the most admirable guuLery /
were exhibited in the attack, which was Of I
such tremendous effect that General Uraytou /
and the rebel army Surrendered their strong |
holds fed the c0ass with precipitation. leaving !
their property, armament aud papers, while oHT 4
naval forces took, aud still hold. quiet posses /
sion Of one Of the finest Jar5or5 On the Atlantic /
seab0ard
A demonstration siucc ordered by Flag Officer /
DUPONT on Tybeo Island, at the mouth Of the 1
Savannah river resulted ia .La capture Of that /
island aud the strong martell0 tower and battery
that virtually commands Fort Pulaski. Our ma
sal forces have D3s8 ssi0n Of that island. a part
Of the South Atlantic squadron is ar anchor IN
the hslbof, and tAe flag OF the Union is again
IuturIsd in Georgia. The dispatch Of Flag-Oai-
,er DUPONT, communicating TO the Navy De-
2artmeut an account of this Transaction. ana the
additional fact that the rebel themselves have. /
u anticipation Of our action, placed Instructions
u the river at Fort Pulaski, is appended to the
report.
without specifying, in detail the numerous
ueIilUlious achievements which hay3 during the
ear done -0- 10 tae naval service, I append
dispatches OF the commanders communicating
he brave and heroic conduct which has been dis
,IaTed by our naval officers sailors, and E2-
ines whose intrepidity, courage ana loyalty
we're never more marked than ~ this rebellion.