Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-27
Incidents Connected with the Capture of

Incidents Connected with the Capture of
Fort Sumter.
Weclip the following from the Charleston
| Courier, of the 9Th instant:
On landing, Col. Wigfall walked round the
breakwater aud fnally crawled through a case
mate. Private Young and the negroes re-
manned without in the boat Shell aud shot
| fell around them like hail. So thick was the
shower that the negroes refused longer to re-
! main exposed, and were about to leave. Mr..
Young drew his revolver, and threatened to
shoot the first man who dared to move. This
! effcctually qrietcd them. Wigfall soon after
came out, remaining fifteen minutes. Tho
stars and stripes were then hauled down and
the white flag hoistcd. The party returned
| to Morris Island and announced the surren-
dering of the fort 1t was received with ev-
cry demonstration of satisfaction. Colonel
w. was greeted with Joy. lie was lifted
upon the shoulders of the men, and carried
into the battery.
1t is now established beyond doubt that a
fioatlng fortress or battery of palmetto can be
made impregnable-especialy when the sons
OF .he Palmetto arc the engineers, builders
and defenders
Mr.. Jeffords reports that the Floating Bat
terry received, in all, i63 shots from Fort
Sumter, and dis ''argcd 400 balls in return,
of which a very proportion hit the mark
and brought the o. dust.
The first gun fired from the Iron Battery
at Cummings Point was discharged by tho
venerable Edmund Ruffin He subsequently
shot all the guns and mortars used during the
action.
Although duyiug the thirty-four consccu-
tive hours through which the bombardmcnt
lasted, not a man was in any way injured upon
our side, it cannot be said that our men alto
gether escaped Major Andersou's balls As
Captain Jones was standing in the Point Bat
terry spent ball, which had struck the sand
bags above, rolled over, striking him upon the
back OF the neck, but not with sufficient force
to hurt him. The ball-a 32-pounder-was
preserved as mcmento of the OCCASION
INCIDENTS OF TIE BoMBARDMENT AND
| SURRENDER. R.-Fort Sumter was delivered up
on Saturday to Capt. Ferguson, one of Cen.
Bcaurcgards aids, despatched to receive it,
and raise upon its walls the Confederate flag.
Previous to leaving, Major Anderson careful
ly pointed out the location of the mines Which
he had laid to defend his post also the pow
der magazines, with the danger to which he
might be exposed by the progress of the fire,
etc. After performing these Offices, he dcliv-
cred up the keys.
1t is understood that Major Anderson had
intended to fire salute of one hundred guns
before striking the United States flag, both
the national salute of thirty-four or thirty six
guns, and the Presidents salute of twenty
one guns. This not being particularly agree
able to the captors of the fort, he determined
to fire full salute, but one without special
point. The accident which happened to his
| gunnors put stop to his intention. Imme-
diatcly upon seeing the fatal effect Major
Whiting wrote an order for the Confederate
troops to bury the body in the parade ground
of Fort Sumter, with all the honors of war,
and sent copy to Major Anderson, who was
yisibly affected by this token of respect to-
wards his brave garrison by their victorious
enemies.
! The Confederate flag and the ensign of
South Carolina were hoistcd simultaneously
on the ramparts looking towards Charleston.
The two flag staffs upon which the coors had
been raised had been lashed to two guns near
one another by Commodore IIurtstene, and
rose some fifteen feet above the parapct
1t is stated that Andcrson's flagstaff at
! Fort Sumter was touched by balls seven times
before the final shot which cut it down. The
halyard was cut below the flag on the morn
ing of the 18th, At Fort Moultric, where
| floatcd both the Confederate and State colors,
the folds of the former were pierced by four
balls, the latter by three.
! Charleston Mercury.