Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-09-06
The Naval Experimentation;
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Monroe with Il iieet and 1,UuO troops, %
no one outside the government knew Thea
destination till they had accomplished thei
work. 1t now appears that they were dies
tined for llalteras inlet, to which poin
( they proceeded and won victory whicl
gives the government the control Of all tn
North Carolina coast. The bombardmeu
was kept up part of two days. and com
menced on Wednesday morning Of las
week. the 2Sth ult, the particulars Of whicl
we give in detail below.
On Wednesday the Minnesota, Wabash
Cumberland, Susquehanna, Pawnee, Har
riet Lane, Monticello, transport steamers
and the Adelaide and Peabody with tugs
arrived off lla.teras inlet. The fleet wa.
in command of flag officer Stringham, ant
the land forces under Gen. Butler. Tive
forts had been erected by the rebels tC
guard the mouth Of Hatteras inlet, which
commands the entrance to Pamlico and AL.
bemarle sounds, afIording thus connection
between Virginia and the sea.
Bombardment was commenced at IL
o'clock Wednesday morning by the MINES.
sofa, our whole fleet soon joining. The
landing of federal troops also Immediately
commenced, but owing to the surf, only 800
were enabled TO land.
The rebel forts replied TO the incessant
cannonade without much damage, and after
three hours the flag on Fort Clark was
hauled down and the rebels retreated to
Fort Hatteras, large work below.
Our land forces soon after occupied the
abandoned fort, and hoisted the stars and
stripes. AT night our fleet anchored, sew
eral gunboats remaining as near as possible,
to protect The small land force.
AT s o'clock Thursday morning, the fed
eral fleet again opened concentrated fire
on Fort llatteras, the shots from the latter
falling far short, at | l-2 O'clock, our shells
beginning TO play on the magazine, the
rebels hoisted white flag, when our troops
started on "double quick from Fort Clark,
but were met on the beach by a flag of
truce.
Capt. Nixon of the coast guard went to
the fort, where Commodore Barron, late of
the federal navy, who was in command
proposed captulaiion by allowing the gar
rison TO stock arms and retire, the officers
to retain their side arms.
Gen. Butler refused acceeding to such
terms, and demanded an unconditional sur
render, which was subsequently submitted
to. Commodore Barron delivered his
sword to Commodore Stringham, and the
other officers theirs TO Butler. About 1000
stand of arms, 80 cannon, 500 knapsacks.
a large quantity of munitions of war. and
about 700 prisoners were taken. Not one
man on our side was hurt. Over 400 men
had reinforced the fort the night previous
TO the attack.
On Thursday forenoon steamer with
900 rebels approached, but were kept
away by our force in Fort Clark.
After the capture our troops were all
landed, and Gen. Butler had the stars and
stripes hoisted, amid the widest cheering,
the band playing yankee Doodle"
The rebel prisoners and wounded were
put on board the Minnesota, which will
take them to New York.
The Harriet Lane got ashore, and was
obliged to throw out coal and guns. bat will
get off when the weather is favorable.
Col. Weber is placed in command of
Fort Hatteras, and Col Hawkins of Fort
Clark.
Several important papers and book
were captured, disclosing the plans of the
rebels. Among the prisoners are Col. Mar
lin. Col. Thompson, Maj. Andrews, Lieut.
Sharpe, late of the United States navy.
Col. Bradford, and other prominent Off
GERS.
PLAN AND RESULTS OF THIS EXPEDITION.
The navy department, through able and
experienced officers, has carefully studied
he whole line of the coast, with view of
making the best use of such forces as It
ould secure. The Hatteras expedition
vas planned before the meeting of cen
ress, and when that body placed the nee
ssary funds at the disposal of that depart
nent, active preparations were made. As
he cooperation Of the war department was
necessary, other preliminaries requiring {
me were Indispensable, so that it was not
II Monday, 26th ult, that the expedition {
allied. Its success is perfect, and every t
ntIcIpation of the department fully real {
.ed.
Among the papers captured was a press {
opy from the late American consul at Rio +
anerlo, Robert G. Scott, giving a list of
Il the vessels leaving or 10 leave that mort il
uring a month, with full description of b
ieir cargoes and destination. BY this in +
'rmatlon, the rebel privateers knew iust e
mere 10 look for the vessels and six named t.
me list were captured by Them. "
The report Of their engineer in chief i a,
so among the papers. 1t states that all is
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