The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-14

others, then tnrned round ana steamed
, : My oai. giving . broadsIds 70 Fort
n. s.1 - sns rspasssd. Thus ths
battle was continued, the enemy's YES.
Sis sailing In m eliptical curve, pouring
one orOsdttde Into Bay Point, and then
.weeping around to deliver this other against
4 hnton Head. This furious Are from some
| four hundred xuns, many 81 them Of the
Inch Dahlkran pattern, and some even Of
| ls-inch bore, Cf0r sabos OF that diameter
was found In Fort EeanreGArd,) was main.
| tanned necessarily, and the roar OF the can
nonAde seemed most continuous. Mean while
cur Earrisons were making gallant defence
they Kept mp . vigorous and well directed
| fire against their assailants and notwith-
standing that their best gun was dismou ntsd
| At the beginning OF the action, they succeeded
| In setting nre to several Of the ships. When
ever this happened, however, the enemy
! would haul on and soon extinguish the
/ flames The effect Of our guns was, in many
| instances, plainly visible from the forts Al
| though the sides Of the Minnesota are of mas.
stve strength, several Of her ports were
| Knocked into one. Nor was she the only YES
| sci upon which this evidences of the power
| OF our fire could be seen. Many OF the other
steamers were like wise badly hulied.
After some time spent in sailing round and
delivering their broadsides In rota tiop. in
| the manner we have described, the euemy's
| steamers adopted another and more success.
ful plan OF attack. One of them took po-
siton inside the harbor, % a. to enfilade the
batteries of Fort Walker, while several open
} ed simultaneous eufIading Are from the
| outside Besiues this terrific cross fire, two of
the largest steamers maintained the fire In
front OF the fort. Thus three furious con-
verging streams OF shot and shell were rain
ed amongst the brave little garrison for
hours The vessels came up within q half
mile OF the shore, but nearly all our guns
had, by this time, become dismounted and
we were no longer able to reply with serious
effect.
Point were silenced. The fire of Fort
walker, as far as the guns that remained
were concerned, was not Il whit slackened,
| until one O'Clock. By that time the dread
full condition OF the fort became too apparent
| to BE- longer disregarded. The guns lay in
every direction, dismantled and useless; the
| defences were terribly shattered, the dead
and dying were TO be seen on every side, and
stu the iron hail poured pitiessly in.
PORT WALKER ABANDONED.
In this strait, it was determined to aban.
don the Tort. Il long waste, about mile in4
extent, and commanded by the enemy's guns,
| interviewed between the garrison ami The
woods. Across this they were ordered to run
Tor their lives, each man IL himself; the OBJ.
Ject being To scatter them as much as possi-
ole SO as not to AFFORD q target for the riHed
guns OF the feet. TIE preparations for run
hlnS tms peritouS gauntlet were soon made.
knapsacks We're abandoned, bat the men re-
tanned their muskeis. Each OF the wounded
was placed in 4 blanket and carried off by
four men. The safety OF the living precluded
the idea Of removing the dead. And thus
the gallant little band quite the scene OF
their glory, and scampered Off, each one as
best he could, towards the woods. The re-
treat WAS covered by II small detachment who
remained for an hour after their comrades
had left. Among those who renamed We're
Capt. Harms, WI n 81 men Lieut.. MelchGrs,
with TOUR men, AM Lieut.. bischoif, with
four meu. These worked the guns un tia about
two O'Clock, when they also Quilted the post.
The abandonment OF Fort Beauregard was
equally necessity. The garrison were ex-
| hausteL, and in momen tary danger of being
cut OH. When Col. Dunovant ordered q re-
treat, tears of modification and iudig nation
filled the eyes of Captain Elliott at the sad
necessity. The retreat was admirably con-
Quoted, and rendered entirely successful by
the prudent energy of Capt. Hanckei, one Of
General Ripleys Aids, " no had got together
some twelve flats at Station Geek, by which
the troops passed safely over to ST. Helena
Island. From there they passed to Beaufort
Island, and reached the tram at Pocataligo
without the loss or injury OF q man. In TINS
Fort none We're killed, and but five were
wounded, ana TWO or these Were wounded by
negligence in loading a cannon, by which mol
shot was driven ON IN. powder, without the
wet Wad preceding 1t.
EVACUATION OF BAY POINT. Il
The rest of the story is briefly told. Late
Thursday night The garrison OF Fort Walker
mad collected at the landing, IN the hope OF
being able to reach Button by water
Luckily, several small Confederate steamers
were within hail. But here a iudlcrous mis-. .
e. ke occurred. The rerrelting troops ina.
glued the little steamers to De Yankee gun.
GOATS; while the crews OF the steamers were
Convinced that the troops We're u body OF ols-
embarked Yankees. Acting upon this dou bic
drlusiOE, u deal OF mutual reconnoitering was
nude, and 1t was only after a vast variety o.;
strategic approaches that they reached the
conclusion that it was " all right uuick
trip to Button followed. Thence the troops
marched to Hardeeville II miles distant The
road along which they dragged their exhau. u
ed frames was filled with a heterogeneous
throng Of fugiuves of all conditions, carris
ages, carts, and conyeyances of every descrip-
ton that could, by any possibility, be pressed
ia to service. The spectacle was q sad one.
Thus ended the defence of Port Royal. The
modification of the disaster is lessened by
the consciousness that our troops deserved
success.
What injury we did to the enemy, we do
not know. Our firing was. of course, less ef-
ficient than theirs. Our troops were volun-
teers-theirs were picked artiilerists. Yet, it
is very remarkable how few were killed OF
wounded, amongst our troops. This battle
in this respect, was very much like the battle
Of Fort Sumter. How SO many cannon could
have been dismantied and rendered useless
and yet so few Of those who worked them in.
jured, seems very marvellous. Our taoops
did their duty faithfully and bravely, and
fought until to fight longer would have been
sheer folly. Though encOUntering immense
odds, no signs Of cowardice marked their
conduct. Officers and soldiers exernp iified the
ancient character Of the State, and deserve
our profound gratitude and admiration.
NAMES OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
The following carefully prepared list of the
casualties OF the German artillery we take
from the Charleston Mercury:
CoNrANY A.-KiHed-Prlvate A. Hulbere
head shot of.
Hounded-Capt. u. Werner, in the mouth
Ave teeth struck out by piece OF shell
Lient. j. Mehrens, slightly burned in the
face; Serg't j. H. Pieper, slightly wounded
in Goad nd Nv hol Sarp, mi
bern, lost two teeth from piece Of shell
private ID. Semke, severely burned in face
not seriously; private J. Semke. eighty
wounded private F. Fiehn, wounded in the
elbow by shell.
CoxPINY B--Kiued A-Lieutenant B. Never
hoff, injured by the fall of a gun carriage
lived only a quarter Of an hour. Private +.
Itgen, instantly, by bali ; private e. H.
Seedhorf, instantly, by she'll; private w.
BringeWorth, arm shot Off died, in the re-
treat, four miles from the fort private Claus
miles from the fort; private H. Harken. NOR
tally wounded-carried to the Savannah hos
pital.
Wounded.-Private L. Windhorst, wounded
in the back of head by shell--last seen among
DeSaussures's regiment, at the landing pri-
vate John Klee, three fingers shot of; private
W. Ripe, wounded in the face by the
explosion of shell; private C. Seebeck, slight
Besides the above, there were great num-
Der Of others who received slight wounds and
SCI atches Of various kinds, Of which no note
WAS taken.
When we consider the frightful character
of the fire under which the ar tillerists work
ed their guns, the only wonder is that the
casualties were not more numerous. We con-
graduate. those who have returned to us.
Henceforth, they will be ranked amongst
those who have been tried and not found
wanting.
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