New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-17
REBEL ACCOUNTS OF THE AAlTERkS fIrlsar,
Official Reports of Com. Baron, Major
Andrews, and Col Eartin.
"FIood Of SheIIs'' for Three Hours
and Twenty Minutes.
WHY FORT CLARK WAS NOT ATTACKED.

Tte Rebel officers taken at Fort Hatteras had the
mpettiueuce to request Commodore Strrgham to for
ward their reports. Tbsy can have them by purchase
ing copies of this mornings TRiDUsE.
MAJOR ASDREws's REPORT.
Or BOARD a. SNIP MINNESOTA, Sept, ], 1861.
To he -idip.oat General Of North Carol DIi
SIR: beg leave 10 report that aer oomDaruae o
Of three hours ard twenty minutes, on Augu,t]',
1861 1 surrendered to Commodore ). h. Stiinghhni,
flag officer and Major-General Benz +. Butler, com
msndng u S. tore Fort Hatterss al ia''efae in-
let North Carolina. 80 n,
H. making hi. report desire briefly to relate the
circumstances attending the capitalization -,
arrived ut Fort Hatteras on the evening OF tno
18th ADJUST, in company with COMMODORE pa Iop,
FlucOfrer C. &. Navy, in Charge OF the de'enses "a
V;,ei, in apo North Carolina, ard ouI that during
the CAV the Enemy had attacked the iorces noder lne
command Of Col. VIM. +. Martin, ne wen as rorte
Clark and Hat erss under my command, ana aver "a
day Of most severe and unceasing hghthg Ino ~
had succe, ded in concentrating all the forces With
The walls OF Fort Hatteas Cpl Martin himsth mhs
ute " pIostraied by the duties Of the DAY, hno si
consultation with bin, proposed that we ih'iie oo
Barron, tficer OF great experience, 10 '"AJ VIZ
general command and direct the succeeding OperaH h'
Top Barron conseuted aud assumed the cOmnabu'
hen proc. eded 10 examine our guns and muu.IGns,
and prepare the fort for the action OF TUG ooni"s
morni &. -, Ia .x,
IN F,rt Ctuk both 81 Founders, and one Kan on the
,oru.r next the tar, an inch shell gum DurinE .pe
nigh tore aw y Traverse on Tie oaek tfo " Al;
work and brought another gun to bear III me so 'i
r,c.ion The com, les OF my Command under capt.;
Cobdon Lamb, aud Suttoa, having been III actor, al
tie previous day. display ing great courage aud devo
ton, being perfectly exhausted placed tne pa'sfes
,ha'ge OF fresh iro ,ps As fulo"s; Nos. Anu "
The c,snnel battery un the command Of Cap. ihoS'
81 arr q, sisted 10y bis leuienaDr Shaw ana ihoina
Nos and Of the same battery were upder comnanu
Of Lieut. George W. Johnston, assihted oy LIST
LieuI. Nose and I'd Lieut.. Geo. W. Daie'i NO Q, iAo
NJ lu.ctnn Kart 'llfk
In charge Of Major lenr, A. Gillion, assisted oy
Lirntp Johnson and Grimes; No. 8, gun mounted
o., ma al carriage wa commanded by Lieut. hurdanXh
of tne >. n, assisted by Lieut.. Sharp and hidsip
man Stafford.
CAPT Thomas II. Sharp had command Of No. i, but
owing tn the wrebchts fitting the eccentric sxies,
was unable to bring il into action. lie staid oy bis
gun during mort Of the engagement, but cooiu boe
ffe. Thus we bad but three guns we could brlnk 70
tear iii the envy took up bis position OF the pre-
yious day., viz: Nos. 6, Z, and g.
At7:4O o'clock a. m. Of the 9Th, the enemy opened
fire on ne from the seam-frgaie Minnesota as sinsl
Warash l43 gupsl. Susqnebanna 10 gnnSb iriBn'e
Cumberland l2i gum, steamer Pawnee 90 gums, and
Harriet Lane % gursl and riiled battery OF three
guns ere I'd in the bills three miles east OF Fot
L ark Thus you will they brought 13 guns Of the
most APT RIVED kind aid heaviest metal 10 bear on us
tie shells thrrwn being 9nch, l0inoh, aud ll-inch
Dahlg en- PaiXh an and Colnnibiad; VIII lie, from the
position taken, we unable TO reach thein with
The yrea,esl elevation. The Of tine channel bat
wrI
tbemse es a. well possible, the council of the COM
handing officers having decided that u was 10 he AN
se.ion Of evduranse until our re-enforccments cane
I'd, Alter few slots bad been fired, ara II was aA
certained that we could not reach them, our guns
ceased fire. and only answered the fire OF The enemy
O cssionaliy 20 show we had not sursebdered. lbe
shower of shell In half an hour became literally tire
uienduus had falling into ard immedmtely
around the works not ess on An average, Than Ten
each minnie and the being smooth, the hiring was
remarkably accurate. One officer counted rs shells
Aa falling 10 damage us ID one muute aid sew
eral others counted ~ IN minute. Al quarter 10
el-yeu o'clock council Of the officers WIS held, and
il was determined 10 surrender. white NIX was
r lid and The firing ceas ed AT ii oclock Thus Tor
three h urs and twenty minutes Fort Hattertis re-
sisted storm Of ,hells perhaps more terrible than
ever fell upon any other works. At tie tue the
Council deiei mined 10 surrender, two of our goa
wrr, dismoun,.d, men reported killed, ana be-
tween Is aud 30 badly wounded. One sh had fallen
Into tue room Hduining the magazine and The nmga-
zine was reported on fire. 1t Is ur'l ~ TO attem
rther description. The mrn generally behaved
well Nearly every commissioned oihCer, from the
Comm oaore Gown, was OF les. wounded, and %
or ~ Of the non-commissiobed officers and men, WHO
would not re ,Ort TO the surgeon
Lieut. j. L.. Johnston, COmpa +, Hh Regiment,
fired tie last gun the enemy, and raised the hAg VI
truce the bomb proof.
The details Of capItnlstion arranged on the flag
ship Minuesot,, by which we laid down arms aud
marched out prisoners Of war.
desire especially 10 81 eak Of the Condu Of the Off
and MN at the naval gun who hred equerty To
try the rage Lieut.. Murdsugh was badly wounoed.
Lient Sharp was knocked down by shell, wuih
through the paIapet near bis head and brought
the blood from his night ear and .he-A considerable
quantity killing uan at bis side, ut the time
knocking down and covering Col. j. a. j. Bajiord
with earth. Midrh man Stafford ebeertd On the men,
behaving Ia a most gal ant amer.
After the fall Of Lieut. Murdaugb, his men bore him
TO tie Commodore bo,t, snd he escaped.
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