Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-09-18

sianulng, In the. Clear moonlight, upon tho
well defended ramparts of iIatteraS. LIE
was calmly experimenting the work about
the guns, having one ixe so as better 70
pear on the enemy with which he himself
intended to light. No one who saw him
could doubt but that he would do good
service. The next IEaerning. August 5etb
day over memorable 10 those Win =;
messed or participated in this snbime hnt
terrible coatesh rose calm aud beautiful.
All the morning was busily engaged IN
gong TO and fro, on duty to Capt. Barron
VINO was very anx Gus for me 10 ashore AMI
neiP about the guns, as they had NOT MANY
in the fort who knew much about s.upnarv.
put as we had not the officers 10 snara
capt Muse would not consent for M. =,
90. Will here laehtion fact to sbov,
NO" close the Yankees were to the fort =
"hlie ashore standing on the rampar,s IN
company with Capt. Barron, I,ieut Sbarn
ana Lieut.. Barron, al of us being in NM
,orn, were OF course good mark. and the
an&ees thonght so too, for whiz went =
pan 10 close proximity to the Captains
neau' whte several struck in the paranet
immediately under rs. It will here be mo
per TO state that midshipman j. NJ. Stat
~ loiu nad oeen sent ashore, where during
1gnt, he fnlly Performed his duty and rem,
ueled valuable service, conducting himself
win cooiness SURPRISING bis wears.
At a. m, the frigate Wabash stao,,.
cd up, and as she passed Fort Clark tha
stars and stripes were waved .brea So
20 hef from the parapct of the Fort. which
sne sn acknowledged by dipping her colors
one then rounded to, dropped anchor, and
opened hre upon the Fort. She was i'm.
Tmediately joined by the Susquebanah
Cumberland, and Minnesota. in an ;ncas
SAINT IRE OF she'll which dropped tbiek and
last around aud in the Fort. The Fort 70
Pfe.i at intervals, and the .Susquehana was
evidently damaged, as she Withdrew frou,
tne range Of the Fort, and only fred two
more shots during the engagement =
ner place being supplied by the Roanoke
Io.. !. oiarK now atso opened on shore, one
Q, those consisting of rife cannon. SEEM
ea 10 pay particular attention to us. and a.
tney gradually got our range, they came
near nitting ns several times, so that we
changed our position, and the onns Vere
then turned on the Fort. All ewes were
now turned TO that gallant little Fort 6oht.
,ng against such desperate odds. One con-
.lnual stream OF she'll fell upon it. but still
II does not flrei What can be the roe.-
are are bringing tls woandsd i u n sss ssszasFl
What terrible scenel Never shall for
get it. They approach. Surely that
blackened face, the body almost covered
with blood cannot be the noble and chiv-
alrous Lieut.. Murdaugh. Alas il is
He had fallen, manfullv battling against
them by the side of his gun, with words
Of encouragement upon his lips. After
firing three or four effective shots, which
crippled the Susquehana, and finding they
were out of range of our guns, he remark-
ed to his men, We'll, boys, we will give it
to them again" But he had hardly ut
tered these words ere an eleven inch shell
exploding close by, sent two or three frag-
ments of shell through his left arm, com
pletely shattering it to pieces, causing
great pain, exhaustion, and loss of blood.
He was supplied with lint by Dir. Tred-
we'll, one of our officers, who had thought
fully provided some Tor his own use, should
he be wounded, and who, during the
whole action, behaved, as did all the OF
fccrs, with the utmost GOODNESS and tlrm-
ness. He was taken on board the Win
slow, and placed under the care of Snr-
geon Greenhow of the G. S. Navy, an in
telIigent and successful Surgeon, where he
was properly cared for.
The bombardment of Fort Hstteras by
the flower of the Federal Navy, was q
scene which will ever be present to the
minds Of those who witnessed it. On that
day many fireside was made desolate
many mother and wife made TO weep over
the sad fate of those who were nearest
| and dearest to them, and whose bloody
| and mangled corpses, perhaps, now lay
stark and stiff upon the blood-stained beach
of Hatteras! But such scenes as these
are the necessary attendants of wart hu
what is that appearing on the Fort!
svT.v---y c----l.z- .hnsa who were ths
morning so buoyant end SO tnII OF 10
and hope at the prospects Of beating tn
Yankees, cannot now be sueing for peace
Yet it is So Such a continual stream
she'll was more than the gallant little Fo
could stand; the Bomb Proof had give
f away, and every shell now Played sad b.
!, VOC among them; so laying aside the
il pride they yielded to necessity, and
/, prevent any more sacrifice of life, had T
e signed themselves to months imprisoI
e ment, perhaps, in the loathsome dens
, the Toombs! 1t was truly humiliati'
le sight, and one long to be remembered
" both parties. Every man within that
OF lie Fort that day rendered himself
v hero. 1t was, without doubt. one of
ds greatest fights of the age. 10 US II '
it indeed sad to see men ike Barron
,s, Sharp of the Navy, and Martin, gol
be SON, Gillian, Sparrow and Sharp OF
be Armv. obliged to lay down their arms
Sc set of Northern kireliDgs.
/: The fight lasted for day and b
be out of which time there were IA hou,.
he ;ocessant firing, during which tirss u
ny threw some or 5000 shot and SMELL
nd ter finding the Fort had surrendereo'
rs, that we could be of no possible use,
les left for Ocracoke, to take on board
for sad and weeping wives of the oflcers,
nrisoners, and shall proceed to Wasni
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