The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-11-21
CAPTURE OF BEAUFORT CoSFrpy,,
FULL PARTICULARS.

We last week gave all the news g..
had come into our possession up to hs
hour of going to press concerpipo q
success of the Great Naval Ezped;t;os
on the Southern coast. Herewith We >,
pend full and minute particulars 81 y
glorious engagement at Port Rov,l !
which it will be seen that the FA5o,.,
forces have achieved an overvbsIri
victory and struck Treason a deadly -
near its very birthplace. An imnor....
harbor is in our possession, Forts Wall.
and Beauregard are successfully reduo.a
and our Flag now floats triumphantly a.,
the town OF Beaufort This is certs;n,.
glory enough for one day.
The FIRST official intelligence Of %.
success was brought by the steamer Bisn
Vile, which was detailed from tie rs..
for that service and arrived at For,,..
Monroe on Tuesday, 18th inst. She lsa
Port Royal on the Sunday previous.
The gale encountered by the feet vs,
very severe. The Union and Osceol,
went ashore and were lost, as previously
reported. The Governor 70 undered st 60.
but the Isaac T. Smith succeeded in :,
wing her crew.
The feet arrived at Port Royal On
Monday, the 4th instant. On Tuesday
the smaller gunboats rounded and buOyej
out the channel, under a fire from the
forts, which did no damage On Wedne,.
day the weather prevented active opers.
tions, but on Thursday morning, the 7tb
instant, the men-9f-war and gun. boats
advanced to the attack The action CON.
menced at ten a. M, and was h0tly carried
on on both sides, and lasted about four
hours, at the end Of which time the rebes
were compehed, by the shower of shells,
to abandon their works and beat hasty
retreat. Our loss was eight men and Of.
ficers, the chief engineer Of the Mohcan,
killed and about twenty wounded Tie
rebel loss is not known. Fifty-two bodies
were found by our men and buried
All their wounded, except two were ear,
ried off
Two forts were captured-Fort Walker,
on Hilton Head, mounting twenty-thrss
guns, and Fort Beauregard, on Bay Point,
mountir z nineteen guns. The guns wele
of heavy calibre The forts we're both
new and splendid. The earthworks were
Of great strength, constructed in the high.
est style of military science and prOnOun.
ced by our Engineers as impregnabe
against sny assault by land forces.
The final retreat of the rebels was
perfect rout. They left everything, arms
and equipments of all kinds, even to the
officers swords and commissions, all the
letters and papers, both public aud pm
vate; order books and documents we're
left in their flight, and fell into our hands
affording our officers much valuable iutoT-
nation.
Among the papers was telegram from
JEFF. Davis to the commander of the post,
informing him of the sailing of the fleet
and that he knew their destination TO be
Port Royal.
The whole surrounding country was
seized with a perfect panic. The day al
ter the fight the Seneca and two other
gu1boats, under the command of Lleuten'
ant Ammon, proceeded up to Beaufort
and found but one white man in the town.
and he drunk, and the plantations up the
river seemed TO be deserted except by the
negroes, who were seen in great numbers
and who, as the boats passed cane doSl
to the shore with bundles in their hands
as If expecting to be taken Oh. Inc!
seized all the letters in the post oihce d
Beaufort.
After the capture OF the forts the W1olS
army-about $4,000 men-were saIsP
landed, and established on shore. Inc
forts were but little injured, but the req
els could not stand the explosion ol OU
big shells.
The force of the enemy, as ascertaine4
from their papers, was from three TO iOas
thousand men, under Gen. Drayton'
South Carolina. Our victory IS coniP,e"a
the enemy leaving everything ou' 'u'''
lives, which they saved by running l.,
The boats from the Wabash were y.
first to land after the fight, and OaP'4'.
John Rodgers was the first man Oh Ill sIy,
The boats returned loaded with 'a'--'
trophies of all kinds. e.,
The rebels set trap but it misseu va Wa
When our brave fellows landed 10 IA
possession of the Forts, they l0unI IN
rebel flag at the Fort in Hilton beau nTJ
flying, and just as one of our men FG,,, ;,or.
at the halyards to draw down the ,Ls
Gus banner, an explosion took place 4io.r. y ~
house just vacated by the reOel ar G.u no
but doing little damage and iHluii'0
one. -. The
1t was found on examination tn" r,.ce