The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-11-28

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mile in extent, and commanded By tLe
eDsmys guns, sinterysDed between the
garrison aud the woods. Across this
they we're ordered to ruo Cor their lives.
each man for himself, the object being 70
scatter them as much as possible, SO as to
afford target for the riasd guns Of The
feet. The preparations for running this
perilous gauntlet were soon made. Knap.
sacks were abandoned, but the meh re,
,ainod their musksts. Each Of the wound.
ed was placed in a blanket and carried
off by four men. The safety OF the living
precluded the IDEA Of removing the dead.
And lhus the gallant little band Quilted
the scene Of their glory, and scampered
of each one as best be could, toward the
woods. Tbs retreat vss covered by a
small detachmenl who remained in the
fort for az hour after their comrades left.
Among those who remained t, were Capt.
Harms with six men; Lieut.. Milchers.
with four men, and Lieut.. sBischof. with
four men. These worked three guns 10.
ytil about 2 O'Clock, when they also qni,-
ted the post. fs- e3, s-s. C.. esos q e,si
The abandonment of Fort Bsauregard
was equally necessity. The garrison
were exhausted, and in moment'ry dan
ger Of being cut of. When Col Dauna-
want ordered a retreat, tears. Of mortif
cation and Indignation Glled tie eyes Of
Capt Elliott at the sad necessity. The
retreat was admirably conducted. and
rendered entirely successful BY the pru-
dent energy Of Capt Hauckel, one Of
General Ripley's Aids, who had got TO-
gsther some twelve fats at Station Greek
by which the troops passed safely over to
ST. Helens Island. From there they
passed to Beaufort Island, and, REACHED
the train at Pocoaligo without the loss or
injury Of man In this fort none were
killed, and but FIVE were wounded, and
two of these were wounded by negligence
in loadiDgs cannon, by which hot sbot
were driven on the powder without the
wet wad. preceding il. 90
"' EVACUATION oY BIRD PJ1Sr w a'a
The rest of the story is briefly told. -
Late on Thursday night tie garrison on
Fort Walker had collected atthe landing
in the hope Of being able to reach Bluff
ton by water. Luckily, several small
Confederate steamers were within hail.
The retrealing troors imagined the little
steamers to be- Yankee gunOoss, while
the crews of the steamers were convinc
et that the troops were body of disem-
barked Yankees. Acting upon this dou.
bled delusien, deal Of mutual reeonnoi
tering was mad, and it was only after a
vast variety of strategic approaches that
they reached the conclusion that it was
"sll right" A quick trip TO BlufUon
followed. Thence theregimsut marched
10 Hardeesville, IL miles distant. The
road along which they dragged their ex
hausted frames was filed with hstero
IgeneOus throug of fugilives Of all condi
Iiohs, carriages, carts and conyeyances o.
every description that could. by any pcs.
slbility, bs pressed into service. The
spectacle was sad one. Ct as5a
/ Thus ended the defense OF Polt Royal.
The modification of the disaster is less
ened by the consciousness that our troops
deserved success 80 lyi2 IS sriip .Ia
What injury We did to the enemy wa do
not know. Oar firing was, of course.
lesC efficient than theirs. Our troops
were manifestations were picked ar
tillerisis; yet it is very remarkable how
few were killed or wounded among our
troops. This battle. in this respect, was
very much like the battle of Fort Sumter
How 50 many cannon could have been
dismounted and rendered useless, and
yet so few Of those who worked them in
jured, seems very marvellous. Our troops
did their duty faithfully and bravely, aud
fought until to fight longer would have
been sheer folly. Though eucOunterug
immense odds, no signs of oowardice
marked their conduct. Officers and sol.
diers exemplied the ancient character ot
the State, and deserve our profound graf
itude and admiration.