The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-15
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BY fle Of truce from Norfolk tics afternoon have
been pat in possession of copy Of the Daily Express q
Ps4esburg, Va Of Tie 12h mat EAom uAa sheet take
Tire following rebel account Of the capture Po Roy
all
SAVANNAH, Nov. SIP. NJ
The following particulars OF the battle Of Port ROYAL
have.becn received here up 10 three O'Clock 2. NJ
0lt. Turner Of the Bsry infantry, and other ofhocrs
who in the egagemept have arrived in the steamer
Samson, which brought number Of tho wounded up TO
tho city.
The ac,aon took place Thaue.ay between portion of
the caenys feet consisting ~ fifteen vessels inside he
entrance and Fort Walker, besides large namba ont
side the Island. Thorc a "a hundred m-n in Fort
Walker which the total force ,as-s with the
my, There being bat about cys,eea hundred mon all told
the isssud. The steamship Minnesota (Wabash)
the sst 10 enter tho port whsAl engaged Fort Walker
dscllrging alrt and she'll from trc positions, front and
rear besides d-cinryi.& terrible hail OF shot ami shell
into the woods and thicketB, es siso into cotton field
outside Of the fort, whore our re wore stationed cx
pctipg the enemy ~ land froo thar transports After
the second round from the broa aide Cf tho eo Che prn
cipal gun the battery disnonted. Tie engage
men lasted five hofs sld al Of our gun. on Fort Walker
excepting two being dismonnscd, tho fHt was no ooeor
triablc
Previous to the concentration Of tho feet however,
an arrangement made for the blowing up OF Ma
magazine in the enemy, on taking possession
should attcuIa TO open H.
our men outside Of the fort wore exposed TO a heavy
IRE during The whole action, without any mesas Of de-
fence protection.
Tie whols number Of Killed. wounded and msslag did
not exceed one hundred men.
The uames of the missing and wounded rs far as we
have been able 10 collect them, are as follows.-'
KERRY INFANTRY.
Sergeant 7. Patterson, wounded in the hand.
private Hess, wounded in the foot, slightly.
GBoaGErowr FoRREsrERs.
Hvo miseng.
THOMAS COUNTY VOLUNTEERS.
j. W. Eontaine, missing.
SEVENTEENTH PATRIOTS
Private A. Thompson, missing.
SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS
Captain liaaehis, Company A.
Two missing
DE sAUsSEtR REGIMENT.
Fifteen missing from company
We learn, in addition that Dr. BUST cl Charles on,
vss killed by the explosion of shell In Fort Walker,
while dressing the wounds Of soldier. Lieutenant T.
H. Smack, Of the South Carolina Volunteers struck
in the leg, below the knee, rendering amputsion
sAry.
The etsl number killed in the fort was about fifteen.
In Captain Roids company Of regulars there were
sixteen killed., wounded and missing Of forty eight.
Private Kelly, while working one Of the guns in the
fort, had his head shot OFF
Captain Reid's company Immediately on landing
pushed through the enemy. fire into the fort and worked
the guns Of their battery u admirable manner for
four hours, and were highly oomplimented by the com
mandng general They drew their brass pieces on
retiring twelve miles, and then abandoned them.
Captain Wagner's company Of artillery was also
gagged IN working the batteries and behaved with the
utmost cooncs and gallantry and did eoctla service.
Captain Wagner slightly wounded Ia The face, and
the blood was trckng rom the wound as lie was work
ing the battery.
one Of General Draytou's aids was sho, from his horse
and piece OF shell Efayed the Generals check. He
ceivcd also a slight wound in the arm.
The force On the island consisted Of ffeywards Nine
tocnth and ro "a ssaurs and the Fifteenth South Caro-
Ira Volunteers Styles Twenty seventh Georgia regiment
aud company 81 regulars. Tlo were taken oil the
Bay Point tcry to he man land
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