New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-05
THE ATTACK ON SEWALL'S POINT.
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We find a letter in The Columbus Ca Times,
dated the Goth att by a member of COlquitt's COM
pany giving graphic Of the late fight at Sc
wallis Point IA few miles from Fortress Monroe. We
insert the material part of it:
At IL o clock yesterday morning, just as our chap
lain the Rev. Th0s H. Jordan, had commenced hls
sermon to our battalion, at our camp al tanners
Creek Gross Roads (wither we were ordered ist H.
dayi, messenger from Gen. Gwynn notlhed MaJ9,
Uardeman that one company from his battalion would
be needed Immediately at Sewalls Point. As Capt.
Colquitt is by mn,isson, the senior officer among
the companies composing our battalion, the eager de-
fire Of his company To 20 was yielded TO. WIN ons
DAYS rations we were ready in fifteen minutes for the
command march" Ii was given, and with very
quick step eiched the point, seven miles OH about
l2I o'clock.
conceal ourselves from the enemy, and we were kept
in ambush until the firing commenced. two-nastea
steamer the Monticello, was lying OH about tnree-
quarters of a mile from the fort. Unusual activity
was manifested on her deck. Large crowds OF men
were running about with glasses in their hands,
others were sighting and d using the guns,
thing indicated active preparation Tor an attscS onl
the same anchorage che bad the evening Delore
attemped TO demOleh FOrJ Beauregard-the con6truc-
ton OF which had been commenced only day or two
Ago. As there was not then single gun there, and
none but negroes working on 1t, the work was sus-
pended aud she was allowed 10 waste her powder on
H. But altogether different reception greeted her
guns Yesterday. We had all been working on the
interior Of tue fort, and mounting guns from the
moment we landed ., 80,
We kept the embIasures closed with colored blsn'
kets so that our movements and the number OF our
men could not be discovered by them. Al O'clock p
M. private Cleveland OF our company went out IN
front of the battery 10 shovel away large bank Of
sand that INSTRUCTED the sighting OF our gums ana th
net was the last hair that broke the camel baca o.
their endurance. An eightinch shell came wbiz1ns
from the boat, struck the battery, and exploded i
mediael Ensign Loekbart seized our nag lMst nae
he fagl and waved 1t three tunes, ana prL Je
H. Orr men all mouuted the ramparis, pulled OH then
cans and shouted three cheers for having been acoo
modated with the first fire. Each SQUAD then Ian ~
their gun aud waited the command FIRE M. H.
was given, it was hearty good VIII that Puieu sus
strings of the five guns in battery-three SATuen
columbads and two small rhed cannon. Our men
were 30 mpeluous and hasty in their movements .ns
all of our shots for several rounds were aineu
too high or too low but al OF them were hue sho's:
The enemy had three eli h'-ineh columoians iioA
which thew Kent up sn incessant and rapid nrns'
Their ouns were mined with remarkable pfecsyn.
Any one of their shots would have struck pos ~ IA
size Of theirs; but, thank Cod not one dlu ITO ulv
cal work among us. Almost nan OF ,leii su ~ of r.
onr battery and several shells exploded on toP VI ~
One tremendous bomb hit the muzzle OF the canho
which Lieut. Moiet and myself were woIAs' c "Se
exploded in the embrasure not three Lo,,ory and
erpg us with the turf and spllhteIs " =: Irco anonoh
80 ,aar;no nm the embrasure as 10 ma He !. ii 10
49, sps Another she'll passed wlihla loY v. ~
Robert Loo khart he ran OUT 70 pam -. ua An
| e,,r,b.r 10 the left than IL bad peeh waving IL
D; given and iss say Ssd hm
came Waxo and Porter had one ball to pass between
ibair Ices While they shOvelng away sand NOE
In ou trees near the fort were completely peeled ana
trimmed by the grape and she'll chain came Mont Won't
;ng int foot above the battery, struck Hoo III
fen feet off and II in two as smoothly Us ia %
eSt spg Of asparagus The shell and grape a1S
FOUNDERS rained down among us all the time ~ nnoe o
"a hail and all of US the possessors OF so 80
these trophies gathered the ground Of our s' s'
cessful battlefield. IL ,,-s ceased
firing for Is minutes once expecting thar we s Ts
need the five or Elk rounds LETT for the otner "a
neeJ u0 ~ The as.rtance of the Monticello. t2W
time not one Of our 'h SD had Ss issa sS
slence. told us we must elm better ana IRE nys the
H is1 aimed gan .oa an; ssa Ri5ss +:
Trigger anu s"' Ivdeea we could plainly see dayisns
Ios which S S, ball h aaa S ahmed ~ Capt
sn1 mals their max as plain as did this. ..S
Almost ali Of our shots now struck the boat or