The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-05-02
Slaughter Of Rebels in Fort Moulsrie.

Slaughter of Rebels in Fort Moulsrie.
Statement by Soldier Who Vas There
Betsceen 800 and 400 Killed. a Large
aumber Wounded. THE Dead Carried
of IN Boxes at Night. Efforts IA
Charleston to Disguise the Truth.
A soldier who was drafted iuto the
service of the Rebels in Charleston, and
who served at the guns iD Fort Moutrie,
at the seige of Fort Sumter. has made to
US the following statement. Ills rellabil-
ity is youched for, and We have every
reason to believe that his state mt is ev
cry way worthy Of belief:
Our informan ut states that be served un
der Capt. Haven-,- and went into Fort
Moultrie the day after Major Anderson
left for Fort Sumter. He remained three
or four days after the fight. He be
longed to the Artillery, and served at the
guns most of the time during the scige
The guns of Fort Moultrie opened about
half past four in the morning, but Major
Anderson did not fire gun for near two
hours after. When he did open. bis fire
was rapid and destructive The balls
from Sumter struck the port holes Of
Moultrie, and at nearly every discharge
somebody was killed. Their places we're
supplied by others. There were in Moul
trie more than ono thousand ueD, and
between three and four hundred were
kept at the guns constantly. Not more
than that number could protect them,
selves 10 the casemates OF sandhags,
which, while they afforded excellent pro
lection, were much torn up and knocked
down. 1t was between nine aud ten o.
clock on the first day that the greatest
loss Of life occurred.
The barbette guns Of Fort Sumter we're
sileueed early in the day, and the round
shot from these were most destructive to
Fort Moultrie, and caused the greatest
loss of life. They were fred With great
accuracy, and at times the scene In the
Fort was terrible. During the Selge be.
tueen three and four hundred uere killed.
and a large number scere acownded. The
killed were collected together in a mass.
and at night placed in boxes, brought
down from Charleston and taken away to
Pottcr's Field and inferred during the
night. Some Of the men were horribly
mangled, and others were scarcely dead
when thrown into the boxes. Blood
flowed in streams from these receptacIes,
and the sight was horrible. The sur
geon at the Fort sent for help aud 9th
ers came down from Charleston. The
sounded we're removed to the Hospital
where such as have not since died, now
remain.
In order that the truth should Dot be
known 10 Charleston, the soldiers were
charged to say that nobody was burt
and were threatened with certain death
Inf they disclosed the facts. There were
a good many killed in the dwellings out
side the fort. The Moultric House wa.
very much damaged, and large Dumbel
OF buildings in the neigbborhood of th'
fort de u olisbed. The officers quarters
lilo the fort we're riddled, and j, is the o
pnioD of our inforuaut that bad there
been three hundred men in Sumter, For
Moultrie would have been destroyed, auf
the Rebels driven out or killed alU ost t.
man. He left Moultrie three days af
ter the engagement, and went to Charlie.
ton. The people there would not belieV'
that nobody had been killed, aud mad
constant inquiry for their friends. Who
they we're assured were still oD Sallisan
Island. Hundreds of families are yet t.
learn the truth, which is kept from then
By the greatest 'isilaDce.
Oor informant was duly discharged
from the sersice, and, with FIVE othe'S
em mbarked on board the bark 0mi;bso
Dian, Capt Davis, which reached Ne"
York on Friday morning last.
, One Hundred and Fifty Killed and woun
ded on Morris Island.
( One of the Charleston volunteers VII
3 was on Morris Island during the lat
bomtardmeDt of Fort Sumter, came her
yesterday by the schooner D B. Pitts
he says that at least one hundred an,
6fty men we're killed and wounded at tn
batteries on Morris Island, by the cauis
ter of Major Anderson. He had occa
sion to be ct Fort Johnston also just be
: fore he left Charleston, and there b
; learned that on Sullivan's Island thirty
nine men bad been killed-that morta
had been blown from Fort Johnston b
e shot from SUMTER. He had to go t
Charleston in boat with some passcn
: gers, and when there embraced the op
t portuDty and slowed himself away il
: the schooner. and in that way got of
D He says that the dead were all taken an
J.. boxed aud carried away in the night au
7 buried in Potter's field. where the Degroe
are buried. He rays that thousands G
d negroes only want some of their leader
to give them the word, and great will b
0 the slaug hter.