, 1861-05-03

eloM6nIcF OF Aebels In Fort mou1.
W. sheEs1Sset,xssen ss u sSo aS.o1s5 ana H1o 41S
Eiliea-A Aarge Number woundcd--
1ahaaos ,eRa r. Sm Ia moae, 'a g
aH1ee the s1Fnths
/ r.. From the N. Y. Tribune, April COL
4 colder who was drafted into the service
of the Rebels in Cherleston, and who served
ct the guns tn Fort Moultr1e, ut the siege Of
Eott sumter, has made to us the following
| We haye every reason to believe that bis state
| ment ta every way worthy Of belief:
our r1nformant states that he served under
GapC. HaEens, and went into Fort Moultrie
me gay after Major Anderson left for Fort
sumter. He remained three or four daye af.
ter the fight. he belonged to the artillery.
| ana served at.the guns most Of the time dur.
Ing the siege. The guns of Fort Moultrie
opened about half past four in the morning.
put Major Anderson did not fire u gun for near
TWO hours after. When he did open, his fire
Sumter struck the port-holes Of Moultrie, and
at nearly every discharge somebody was kill-
ed- Their places were supplied BY others.
There were in Mou1trie more than one thous
and men, md between three and four hundred
we're kept at taa guns constantly. Not more
than that number could protect themselves in
the casemates Of sandhaga, which, while they
afforded excellent protection, werr much torn
up and knocked down. It was between niue
and ten O'Clock on the first day that the great
est loss Of life occurred.
The bErhette guns Of Fort Sumter were ST.
fenced early in the day, and the round shot
from these were most destructive to Fort
Mouatrle, and caused the greatest loss Of life.
They we're fired with great ACCURACY, and All
times the scene in the Fort wa terrible. Da.-
71ng n: 1s1e 6etween three and four hundred
1osTe &tte9 ara large zs1s71ber aoe7e scounded--
Inc killed we're collected together In mass,
and at Ligat placed in boxes brought down
lEoM CEarle6tOn, and taken away to Potter's
field end Inferred dnring the night. Some Of
The men were horribly mangled, aud others
Wera scarcely deed when thro wu into the bog
e. Blood flowed IN streams from these re- |
ceptacles, and the sight was horrible. The !
surgeon at the Fort sent for help, and others |
came. dorm from Charleston. The wounded |
were removed to the Hospital, where such as-f
hdVe not since died now remain.
In order that the truth should not be known |,
in -Charlestoa, the soldiers were charged to
say that nobody was hurt, mud were threaten
sn With certain death it they disclosed the
tacts. There we're good many killed In the
dwellings outside the fort. The Moultrie
House VAS yery much damaged, and large
number OF buildings in the neighborhood Of
the; fort, demolished, The officers quarters
~ the fort were riddled, and it Is the opinion
OF our Informant that had there been three
hundred men n Sumter, Fort Mou1trie would
haye been destroyed, md the rebels driven
out or killed almost to mnn. He left MouI-J
trle three days after the engagen emf, and went
to Charleston. Yhe people there would not
balleFe that nobody had been killed, and made
constant inquiry for their friends, who, they
we're asenreu, were still on Sullivan's Island,
Hundreds Of families are yet to learn the truth
Rhlch Is kept from the1a,by the ggeatest vigil.
lnce.
Our informant was duly discharged from
he service, and, with five Others, embarked |
~ board the bark Smithsonian Capt. Davis. |
7hsch reached New York On Friday moruiug
nst-
9FE HUNDRED IND FIFTY KILLED AND WoUs1-
ED ON MORRIS ISLAND.
One Ct the Charleston volunteers who xaa
n Morris Hland during the late boubardment |
u Fort Sumter. came here Yesterday hv the
schooner D, 3. Pitts. He says that at least
me hundred md fifty men wera killed and +
FOUNDED at the batteries On Morris Island. hV {
he canister OF Major Anderson, He had az. :.
aston to be at Fort johnson also lust befora /
le e ielt Y charleston, and there he learned that
y ~ sQluvan's Island thirty mine men had been
:illed-that mortar had been blown from {
ohnson by shot from Sumter He had to q
Q to Charleston il q boat with soma nassan. | I
ers, and when there embraced the opnortn, | :
1ty and slowed himself away in the schooner. | s
nd IN that waF got of. :. He SAYS tbat ths I
cad were all taken and boxed and carried :
Rey in the night and buried il the Potter,s t
Ieiu, where the negroes are buried. He Raya | q
aaI thous -nds OF negroes only want come Of
lelr leaders to give the word, and great viii
. the slaughter oS "A |