New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-10
BALLS AND GRAPE.
THE ENgMYs OWN ACCOUNT.
WAS ANYBODY HURT p
rsar. III. cha,ee.ten Mcren,r. NAV.


give our ,aders already pretty god IDEA OF the a-
fair; but dee,nipg definite lel lou of details
subject still Of interest, and valuable as matter oil
recOd have been at some pans to procure infoi ma
ton To-day are enumerated below additional facts
which we have been ane TO collect. Doub less there
are many more of interest that will come time,
and these ar gathered, ehal take Ieasme 10 put
ting before the public. Great events, to DC sure,
Ia progress which will soon Overshadow blOodless
victory, aud make il appear thing Of small moment.
70, IN moral point of visw, tie inaugUrating bat
tie of The Revolution Of lS6l the victory April IL is
not uuimportnt void Of Interest to pc Re in he
general, and IN detail. SO we coniidehtly publish
more ABOUT 1t.
MORRIS ISLAND
B'ig.-Gen. james SimOus commanded all the forces
this island, Lieut.. -CDl W. q. De Saussure being
oommandant of the battalion of artillery, including
Chaonel Battelirs, With, though manned aud ready
for action, not engaged by the deei aud The three
batteries 81 Cummings Point bearing ON or; Sun'er.
Fer the command Of these, Maj. Z. +. Stevens was
sle i,l!y detailed.
The Steyeus Battery, or Iron Battery, distant 600
yards from Fort Sumter, furnished three Sinch or 81
Tonrd coluubi ,ds, from vii were 6I,d duliug tie
combat lS3 solid shot aud 90 shells. IL Uucer
immediate coumand Of Capt. George u. Cutnber', and
the pieces manned by oeta' hment If Lis com
Iauy Of Volunteers the Palmetto Guard. lie was
sisted in the command ty Lieut. G.. L. Buist ana they
fought the guns both Friday aud SATURDAY. The ven
eT;sib and Jealous Nir ian patriot, Edmund tntin,
fired the first shot al Sumter from todmbad No. ],
Of the paravet Of the Tort. The int gun fired from
Sumter directed at hi. battery, and wus fired by
Capt. Doubleday Early III the action 'hc aim OF the
enemy wa. high, aLO the balls paced beyond but
the sixth shot struck tie iron sheathing ana glanced
harmless ly awag. Until L. O'Clock on Friday "a steady
fire was Kept up anaiust the Stevens Battery. T4Iee
shots were fired from the barOeite guns cut of blue
that were mounted the oltrouheast face; but the
dsstru' tive cros--hre upon that battery from Fort
Moutrie anj Morris lei ud, AID the frequent fall of
bursting SHELF, soon drove them for safety into the
c-semates, where they had three guns bearing on
Morris Island. So fVlul WAS the exposure
on tie terrepleIn that the United States soldiers
fired Two Of their guns-one lc-inch columbiad
and one S-inch howiiZer-withOut unlocking the
wheels by this they were, OF course, dismounted
from jumping of the chassis. But the enysge.
~ ruing tie Iron Battery struck. At gOcock, run
No. was disabled by reccil, br aking some OF The
gearing. Within an hour, however. il WI, in use
again. -Four shots AL bou were fired frod
each gun, allowing ample time for cooling,
and producing in the aim. Capt. CuihLert
cishted most of the guns himself, or verified tie
sight taken by hers Lieut. Bust ais sighted with
skill, devoiiug himself 20 No especially. About 10
O'Clock 42pound ct struck the iron WINDOW Of No.
2 bending in the iae and crackii the bolt by which
il was secured. This partial injury was made COM
pele by the recOl OF the next eedine shot; and
for toe ret Of iday that gun disabed At night
through the enterprise Of Aessrs Crosheyr. Tro1che
aud Abrams, who, in small boat procured iruu from
tious Of privses Pas siilue, Burns and fickling of
the Brooks Guards and Riley Of the South Catulina
Artillery, il mended But, after tie second dis
Charge On Satur ay morning, tie bolt again gave way
from the strip aud FIR the rest of the day the gun
was fought with the window undefended.
On Friday the fiiBg of this battery was directed
against the guns 6Ibett, and al the embra-uIes Of
those en- coscm0ie. An effort made TO breah the
southeast p1n-coys nea- tie ioot and then H. break
into ibe wall near tie rarapet. Although nothing
like breach appear, the wall we'll battered aud
the cres Of Il parapet knocked away IN blocks.
Ia tbs respect boaever, 10 ma erial damage WAS
done to the stronghold. The fire ulon the barbeie
guns more tuccessiul. IL Ii impossible for us 10
say which OF the batteries did the execution. But
be ween them the guns Norris Isl iud dissied four
Of lie enemy's uncovered pieces. One lt-inch cOlum.
taad on the souh-west ange Of the f"it WIS struck
from thst post; 42-pound gun was dismonnted On
the east-sOuth-easi side; one Sinch bowzcr on the
north face struck by three diheIeut
balls and ao by one ebell, Lille another, next to H.
taken in flank, struck 10y solid shot from Morris
Islaud. On Saturday, the object sought at the Iron
Battery was, 10 make breach to the right Of tie
saIlypO md b. knock away the traverse erected
10 Protect it from Obique fire directed upon it
thence. The loopholes, some fifteen feet above tie
oueide promenade Ut the back Of The forts are much
damt ged by this fire, and had time been sllo wed a
breach here would have been easily effected. II might
have been made tooner had the cannonade of Friday
been concentrated upon this line. After the fames Of
Saturday aro-e, seven rounds were rapidly fred, 10
The ammunition WIS served by Messrs. Philips and
Campbell, aud il manner eniiling them 10 great
praite. Serbia Bis st and ID. l.. Webb, and Private
Fairly, the chiefs 81 pietes at & Is battery and
deserve much credi, Tor their handling OF tire guns
and practice. The first Is raid have fired the shot
which crippled the lift gun. snd the second
the one Inch disabled the teu-inch columbia the
southwest corner OF the rampant. AT one period Of
q bombardment sand-bog teffered with the work.
inc Of one Of the guns and volunteers were called to
he fir A
undertook it, and ho1t tiinching, tugged at il
successfully, while ball struck the shed on which
he standing.
Tie Cumming Point Battery, distant 1900 yards
from sumter furnished two 42pound guns three ten
inch monars, and one i2pound imported nf-d cannon
OF Blakely Manufacture From the hrst were fired
1913 f2poind lid shot, and three loads of Crap. shot
from the moltars, l97 shells and irom the n1ed
non, ii l2pouEd shot, md ~ shells Second Lieut..
Thomas Sumter BrowDheld, hHeal descendant Of tue
"Game COX Of 76-his mother Sumter-bAd
charge of he ~ pounOers, with detachment Of the
Psla eto Guard. Fist Lieut.. Z. X. Holmes and
Lieut.. n. w. Armstrong of the Citadel, commanded
tne Mortar Battery, hheWi-e manned by detachment
Of the Palmetto Guard; a1d Capt j. T. Thomas Of
the Citadel with squad Of the Palmetto Guard, was
charged with the management OF the lided cannon.
Tue q had been keH III beautiful condition, and
fired win great accuracy OF aim BY Lieut.. Brown
fell. Sergeant Brownfed, biz brother, and Corponls
Julius Rhsti, Wright, ana Dyer, served az gunuers
and assisted in aiming the guns. The nortars were
very efficient, and well worked Sergeant G,illard,
aud COrporas Robinson, Lalne and Brtisford served
them ~ gunuers.
Al 10 clock, on Friday, heavy cannonade was
opened upon tie mixed battery 81 Cummings Pout
the effect was trihing large number Of the shells
thrown from here dropped on, within Fort Sumter
and it lie said that Lieut. Armstrong Of the Citadel
directed a shell from the west, left mortar with
fred the officers quarters. Az this is ALEC claimed for
other bater.s OF shell, and also for hot shot, and
inasmuch difference Of opinion exits among officers
Iv hOf wi in nd will nnt
Sumter at the tue 1t seems impossible 70 decide the
doubt satisfactorily.