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belonging to the United States but in the employ
| ment of the Confederates, with miscellaneous car
goes.
\ gentleman connected with the expedition re-
ports that the Federal forces wert landed and
drawn up in line on the beach, when it was founa
| that there were 3l9 under Gel. Max eoDer,
of the New Y ork goth regiment. Al tins timc the
wind raised little, and it was found Impossible to
land troops Pickets were Immediately
| posted, under command Of Lieut. Leder OF the
| regulars.
| A scouting party under Lieutenant Colonel ess
| and Lieutenant Creigei, proceeded up the beach,
| capturing one brass field piece and a horse. The
force then advanced TO Fort CLARK, which had been
evacuated, but they compelled to retire again,
owing to the shells fred from the fleet falling there
in, and they marched back to the place of landing,
| where they bivouacked for the night
| Eariy next morning they again returned and the
| feet commenced bombarding the second fort called
fort fiatteras, which after displayed the white
| flag, and the fort was entered bv Captain Nixon,
! of the Union Coast Guard Lieut. Criegel of Gen.
| Buffers staff, and Sergeant Daivoge. They were
| conducted to the tent of Commodore Barren, th .
! commander of the Confederate forces.
Alter some preparatory. and commonplace re-
marks, the Commodore placed 10 the hands of
Lieut.. Criegel the following proposition, which e
Immediately carried to General Butler.
Memorandum.
Flag Officer Samuel Barron g. s. NAVY, offers
to surrender Fort Hattsras with all the arms and
! anmuntions of war, The officers to be allowed to
! GO ont with side arms, and the men without arms,
to retire. (Signed) S. BARRoN,
Commanding Naval Defences of
Virginia and North Carolina.
FoaT HATTERAs, August 80, 1861.
General Rutler's Reply.
The following reply of General Butler was des
patched by Captain Crosby, U. s. N, and Lieut..
! Cregel:
Memorandum. jamn T. Butler, Major Cen
erai Commanding United States army, in reply to
| the communication of Samuel Barron, command
ing forces at Fort Hatteras cannot admit the terms
| proposed. The terms offered are these:
| Full capituaton the officers and men TO be treat
! cd prisoners Of rar-no other terms admissible.
| Commanding officers to meet board flagship
| Minnesota to arrange details.
| On the reception of this the Commodore called a
Council of War of his Field Officers and accepted
| the terms offered When they proceeded to the
! flag ship to arrange the details.
1he prisoners were then put on board the flag
ship Minnesota and the fort taken possession Of
The stars and stripes hosted from the fort by
Capt Ousy, of the U. S. N, and Lieut.. Criegel
amid the cheers Of the troops and the booming of
the cannon lately in the possession of the enemy.
Report of MajOr-General Butler to Major
General Wool.
The following is the report made by General
Butler:
U. S. FLAG SHIP MINYEsoTAO
August both, 1861.
GENERAL :-Agreeabe to your orders embarked
on the transport steamers Adelaide and George
Peabody. 500 of the Goth Regiment New York vol
unteers, Col. Weber mmanding; 220 of the 9th
Regiment New York volunteers, Col. Hawkins
comm Inding; 100 of the Union Coast Guard Can't.
Nixon, commanding; so of the I'd u. $. Artillery
Lieut.. Larned commanding, as force to operate in
conjunction with the fleet under command of Flag
! Officer Stringham against the rebel force at Hat
teras Inlet.
He left Fortress Monroe on Monday the 25th inst
at o'clock, P. NJ. The last ship of our feet ar
rived off Hateras Inlet about o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon. Such preparations as were possible for
the landing were made in the evening and at day-
light next morning, dispositions made for an
attack the forts by the fleet and for the landing
of the troops. Owing to the previous prevalence
OF Southwest gales heavy surf was breaking On
the beach.
Every effort was made to land the troops, and
after about 3l5 were landed, including marines
from the fleet and the regulars, both of the gun
boats on which we depended, swamped in the
surf, and both the fatboats stove; and a brave at
tempt being made by Lieutenant Crosby, United
States army, serving with the Army Post Cap
tain, 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
Pawree, resulted on the beaching of the boat so
that she could not be got off.
1t was mpracticable to land more troops because
of the rising wind and Fortunately a twelve
pound rfed boat-gun, loaned us by the Flag Ship,
aud tweve-pound howitzer, were landed, the last
slightly damaged
Our landing was completely covered hy the
shells of the Monticello and the Harriet Lane.
| was on board the Harriet Lane directing the
disembat kation of the troops by means of signal
and was about landing with them at the time the
boats were stove. We were induced to desst from
further attempts at landing troops, by the rising
OF the wind, and because, in the meantime, the
feet had opened fire on the nearest fort, which
was finally silenced and its flag struck. No firing
had been opened upon our troops from the other
fort, and its flag also struck.
Surprising this to Be a signal of surrender, Col.
Webber advanced his troops already landed upon
the beach. The Harriet Lane, Captain Faunce by
my direction, tried to cross the bar, to get into
the smooth water of the inlet, when fire was
opened upon the Monticello, which had proceeded
in advance of US, from the other fort Several
shots her n wi sir ipiur
as am informed So well convinced were both
the officers of the Navy and of the Army, that the
forts had surrendered at this tme that the frgate
Susquehann had towed the frgate Cumberland to
an otling. The fire then reopened, as there
was no signal from either, upon both forts.
In the meantime q few men from the Coast Guard
had advanced up the beach, with Lieut. Criegel,
(who was acting as volunteer aid, and whose gal
lantry and services | wish to commend,) and took
possession OF the smaller fort which was found to
have been abandoned by the enemy, and raised the
American flag thereon.
1t had become necessary, owing to the threaten
ing appearance of the weather. that all the ships
should make an offing, which was done with re-
iuctance, from necessity, thus leaving the troops
on tie shore, part of them in possession of the
small forts, 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
Early the next morning, the Harriet Lane ran in
shore for the purpose of covering any attack upon
the troops. AT the time. a large steamer was
observed coming down the Sound, inside the land,
with reinforcements for the enemy, but she was
prevented from landing them BY Capt. johnson, of
the Coast Guard, who had placed the two guns
from the ship and the six-pounder taken from the
enemy, in a small sand battery, and opened fire
upon the Confederate steamer.
At o'clock the feet opened fire again, the flag
ship being anchored the water permit
ted, and the other ships coming CALAMITY into ac-
ton. 1t was evident after few experiments THAI
shot fell short. An increased length of fuse
was telegraphed, and firing was commenced with
shells of Is seconds fuse.
had sent W m. Fisk, acting Abide Camp, for the
purpose OF gaining intelligence of the movements
of the troops and of the enemy. | then went with
the Fanny for the purpose of efectipg a landing of
the remainder of the troops, when a white flag was
run up from the fort. then went in the Fanny
the bar into the Inlet At the time the troops
under Col. Weber marched up the beach and a sig
nal was made from the flag ship to cease firing.
As the steamer Fanny rounded in over the bar
the rebel steamer Wnslow went up the channel,
having large number of secession troops on board
which she had not landed He threw a shot from
the Fanny but she proved to be ont of range.
/ then sent Lieut. CROSBY shore to demand the
meaning of the white flag. The boat soon return
ed, bringing Lieut.. Criegel, with the following
written communication from Samuel Barron, late
captain in the United States Navy.
Here follows the memorandum from Captain
Barron, as given above.
Mr.. Criege also brought verbal c0mmunca-
ton from Com. Barron, stating that he had in the
fort 6l5 men, aud thousand moie within hours
call, but that he anxious to spare the eiusiOn
of blood. TO both the written and verbal commu-
ncations made the reply which follows and sent
it By Lieut.. Crosby. Here follows the memoran
dun of General Butler in reply, also given above
After waiting three-quarters of an hour Lieut..
Crosby returned bringing. with him Com. Barren
Major Andrews and Col. Martin of the rebel forces
Upon being received en- board the tug Fanny they
informed me that they bad accepted the terms pro-
posed in my memorandum and had come to sur
render themselves and their command as prisoners
of
informed them that as the expedition was a
combined one of the Army and Navy, the surrender
must be made board the flag ship to Flag Officer
Stringham well myself. We then went on
board the Minnesota for that purpose.
On arriving there, the following articles of ca
pitulation were signed, which | hope will meet
your approval.
Here follows the terms of capitulatIon which
will be found above.
then landed and took formal surrender of
the forts, with all the men and munitions of war,
inspected the troops to that the had been
properly surrendered, marched them out and en-
barked them on board the Adelaide, and marched
my troops into the fort and raised our flag
upon it, amid the cheers of our men and salute
of thirteen guns VI hich had been shotted by the
enemy.
The embarkation of the wounded, which was
conducted with great care and tenderness from
temporary wharf erected for the purpose took
long that night came on dark that it was impos-
sible for the pilots to take the Adelaide over the
bar, thereby causing delay | NAV meotiop in this
connection, that the Adelaide, in Carving in the
| troops, at the moment my terms of capitulation
| were under consideration by the enemy, had
| grounded upon the bar, but by active and Judi
| cious exertions of Commander Stillwagen after
| some delay, was got of.
Shae tir,,of fho Harr LAVA ~,