The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-04

sNeu IsnoT graves; seriously iaceratsd
Ashley R.eis. aged -, native Of North
in left side. "oono
John M,l,s. es.d IL. nasIv. Of North oaro.
hv 4 frasmsrt - n9ysIsoand In arm produced
mr.. aiIlett Rogerson, native OF North Caro.
nra-Aoanoke Guards con fusion OF rieht
rIan Uas Ma swelling. bat no fracture.
OAronna-Lsnoir Bravss--right half OF fore.
neao with portion Of anterior lobe of brain
,s a!riso away By piece Of shell; wound NOR.
John Moorinx. aged IL. a native Of North
Carohna-Tar River Boys-compouna and
elminuted fracture Of the left arm, and com.
pound fractare Of the left thigh; wound NOR
The above named men were placed under
my care after the surrender OF Fort Hatteras
ON the afternoon OF the Goth instant. The in
lures were eaused BY fragments Of she'll, dur
Ing the bonbardment Of the Fort, which not
only lacerated, but in many, IL not all the
cases, burn Cd the soft partI.
| want, WIN. KIxo
Isisnsd,l Assistant Sturgeon.
To Commander H. S. Stillwagsn, United
| States Navy, commanding steamer Ada.
laide, on special service.
General Butler, accompanied by Commando
Suiiwaxen and others connected with The
| military and naval forces arrived teIe early
this morning In q special train fioln An.
| napolis.
The news of the brilliant exploit on thu
| Nortn carolina coast soon spread thr ough the
| loyal people.
| The Government, Of course, was prom pity
| informed OF the gladstone news. The returre
Officers, In company with several members Of
the Cabinet. visited the President between
| ten and eleven O'Clock.
:, The result Of the expedition is claimed to be
the possession Of the entire North Carolina
coast.
| GEE. BurLEH's RsPoxr TO GEN. WOOL.
U. S. FLAG SHIP M1sxEsoTA. Aur. 30
General: Agreeable to your oruers 1 EN-.
| barked on the steamers Adelaide and George
Peabody 500 Of the Goth Regiment New YoTk
| OF the eth Regiment New York Voun teers,
Colonel Hawkins commanding; 100 of the
| Union Coast Guard, Captain Nixon COM
handing, and 50 Of The United States Artil-
!ery, Lleuteaant Larned commanding, as
force TO operate in conjunc tiou with the fleet
under command OF Flag Officer Stringham
against the rebel force at Hateeras Inlet.
| We left Fortress Monroe on MOI day, tbs
Goth instant. at O'Clock. p. n. The last ship
OF our hset arrived eff Hatseras Inlet about /
O'Clock on Tuesday afternoon. Such prepa.
| rations as We're possible for the landing were
made in the evening, and at daylight next
morning dispositions were made tor an attack
on the forts by the fleet and for the landing of
| the troops.
Owing to the previous prevalence CT south
west gales, heavy surf was breaking en- the
beach. Every effort was made to land the
troops, and after about s15 were landed, in
GLIDING marines from the tieet and regulaf3
both of the gunboats on when we depended
were swamped in the surf, and DO IN the fia..
boats stove, and a brave attempt being made
by Lieut.. Crrsby, U. s. Army, serving with
the army as post captain at Fortress Monroe,
who had volunteered To come down with the
steam tug Fanny, belonging to the army TO
land in boat from the war steamer PaWnee,
resulted in tho Bleaching of the boat, SO that
she could not be got or.
1t was Improbable to land more troops
because OF the rising wind and sea. Fortu.
nately twelye.pound Filled boat-gun, loaned
us by the flag ship, and u twelve pound how.
ltxer were landed, the last siiS htly damaged
Our landing was completely covered D., the
shslls OF the Monticello aud the Harriet Lane
was on board the Harriet Lane, directing
the disemb arkation Of the troops by means Of
signals, and was about landing with them at
the time the boats wers stove. We were in.
duced to desist from further atten pts at land.
ing troops by the rising Of the wind and ba-
cause in the mean time the iaet had OF en-, d
IRE on the nearest fort, which was finally ST.
fenced ard Its nag struck. No firing had
been opened upon our troops from the other
lott, and its nag was also struck.
SupPOsing this to be a sligo al of surrender
Colonel Weber advanced his troops already
landed upon the beach. The Harriet Lane.
Oapt. Faunce, oy my direction, tried to cross
the bar TO gst into the smooth water OF the
Inlet, when nrs was opened upon the Mon
tieello, which had proceeded in advance OF us,
from the other fort. Several shots strucs her.
but without causing any injury, as l am In
formed.
So we'll convinced were both the officers of
the navy and OF The army that the forts had
surrendered at this time that the frisate Sus.
quehannah had lowed the frigate Gum oeriand
10 an ofhag. The fl e was then re-opered, as
there was no signal from either, upon both
forts.
In the mean time, a few men from the Coast
Guard had advanced up the beach wit Lieut..
Cregel, VINO was acting as volunteer aid, (end
whose gallantry and services l wish to com
meno) ana toe < posses sion of the smaller
fort, which was found TO have been ahau-
doned oy the enemy, and raised the Anne lean
| nag thereon.
| It had become necessary, owing to the
| reatening appearance Of the weather. that
| all the SHIPS should make an citing, which
was done With reluctance, from necessity,
| thus leaving the troops on the shore, part Of
| them in possession Of the small fort. about
700 yards from the larger one, and the rest
bivouacked on the beach, near the place Of
landing, about two miles north of the forts
E,rly the next morning tire Harriet Lane
ran IN shore for che purpose Of covering any
| attack upon tho troops. At the same time q
large steamer was observed coming down the
| sound inside the land with reiafoIcements for
the enemy; but she was prevented from land.
ing them by Captain johnson, Of the Coast
Guard, who had placed the two guns from
the ships and the six-rcunder taken from .he
enemy In small sand battery, and opened fire
At s O'Clock the fleet opened ire again. the
nag ship being anchored as near as the water
permitted, and the other ships coming gal
iaDtly into action. 1t was evident after a
increasing length CT fire was telegraphed, AID
firing was commenced with shells OF fifteen
seconds fuse.
he'd sent Mr. Fisk, acting Aid de. Camp,
for the pu: pose of gaining in teiiigence Of the
movements Of the troops and Of the enemy
then went with the Fanny for the purpose
Of effecting Landing of the remainder Of the
troops, when a white nag was RIM NJ from
the fort. l then went with the Fanny over
the bar IL to the inlet At 1he same time the
troops, under Dol Weber, marched up the
beach, and signal was made from the flag
ship to cease firing.
As the steamer FANNY rounded in over the
bar the rebel steamer Winslow went up the
channel. having large number of Secession
troops on board which she had not landed
We threw q shot from the Fanny, but she
| proved to be out of range.
then sent Lieut.. Crosby on shore to de-
mand the meaning of the white h,g. The
| boat soon returned, bringing Lieut.. Creigel
with the following written communication
| from Samuel Barron, late Captain in the
| United States Navy.
Here follows the memorandum from Capt.
| Barron, as given below,l
Mr.. Oreigel also brought verbal commu-
| nication from Com. Barron, ating that he
| had in the fort 6l5 men and a thousand more
| within an hours call but that he was anx-
| ions to spare the effusion of blood. To both
| the written and verbal conn. upi ca tions I
made the reply which follows, and ssnt 1t by
Lieut.. Crosby. There follows tina memo
randum of Gen. Batter, also given below.l
After waiting three quarters of an hour,
Lieut.. Crosby returnsd, bringing with him
| Com. Barron, Maj. Aadrews and Dol. Martin.
| Of the rebel forces. Upon being received on
board the ing Fanny, they informed me tina:
| they had accepted the terms proposed in my
memorandum, and had come to surrender
| themselves and their command as prisoners
OF war.