The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-11-21
The Rebel Preparation In view
OGthe Nas III Expedition.
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Ou vnG NAV III IN DpOUt1Ous
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. -.
i The E,qvirey has The following from
For, Monroe, derived from arcbrl source
IL an'icipatin. Of the arrival Of the
great Expedition, the rebels have been
engaged IN erecting batteries upon Il
point ut lil,on's Heal. nnl WIS deno,n-
mated Fort Walton, whic', is situated
on low Ian.l. and partially concealed hy
trees m! nndc,bru~'. Aii,l'sin. IT
were ythnr batteries OF >ln"lcr size, hnt
So connected rs to prove formidable
bar To the entrance "f vessels.
Fort Beaufort was Of considerable
Importance, having been mounted with
Sontl, Carolina regiments, assisted by
additional regiments sent from Rich
mond
1 Near the batteries at Bay Point. op-
ro~i,e EIil,nn'~ Head, thcrcwere equal
ly rs formidable batteries.
| Inside Of Port Royal entrance. and
behind the batteries, Inv the flee, of
| Co,nohnre Tatn,i, consi>'in. only of
small ves>els, Carrying i heavy guns, ba
principal. li.h, ones. Tng> cou>s,tu,-
ed Il great portion "f the feet. MANY
Of these rc.laincd out~l lc If tic mouth
ct the entrance till the arrival If ol,r
fleet, when they formed miniturc line
of battle il the position already st tied.
behind the guns Ct their uwn Iurts, and
across the entrance
! On the morning of Thursday last, the
L. s. feet, numbering II vessel, head
ell by the flagship, approached the
mouth Of Port Royal mrancc Thi-
was at O'Clock. Scve Il ot' The trans.
ports remained otftheco Upon Ar
irving at y suitable position. the guns
Of the fleet opened n continuous iirr np-
on Forts Walk n an,; Beaair.:ard. rs
well is upon those If Il pe.nt
Under cover n.,l.i> ::rc al effort wns
made - n n tic gauntlet f. batter.
les, whic' thu. lid. 4 number of YES
sells passed ronrh thu ii. from the
shore batteries with very tr;t.ln- ii,r.
les. At lca>; Is ot ihein succeeded in
passing ~ beyond The refc|, af.hcla,,a
batteries. KS the Uni u /! I sailed ~.
the Mesquite. the fleet IL lafnal open
cd lire, bur seeing the impo>,;.,ii'v Of
maxim. any resistance, Oh dispersed.
Some wee forced To 'Efn Oh shore !;
pshers were driven 10 :hc i,niet> cut OF
sight.
Como,!orc Ta,nal went on shore with
/ his men TO ASST in NO King the batter
les and use them a..a'lsi orr vt>.ci>
whicl. were cn,ltavurip "a fellow tie
advance ut the Others. The passage
of the feet through 4, channel was
not accomplished until ~, rim. he'd
confined from half past i9ar in the
morning till nca,ly live in tn evening
! One Of the Union .un.hniis believed
to have been burned, and 'hre@ steam
ers disabled II i acknowledged b.
the eyem. that they bad ? ~ y killed
IN Fort " aiAer. hut it ! iinmroS>ihlt
to state what their loss MAS II other
batteries Doubtless very great, as orr
i FIRE is said t. have been effective. and
guns wei! armed and of +. aty ca,ihrc
No sooner did our vessels - past the
batteries 1T Port ROYAL entrance and
/ slide into what is tcrme,i D.nnd River
then they maie tor the mouth Of the in
let leading to Beaufort. Savannah AMI
| Charleston. These they immediately
I b'rckaded, though not IN time ~ pre-
ven; the escape Of small rebel vessels.
Not one Of the FEEDER vessels was
sunk, aud the only one believed 10 have
been DESTROYED by fire was he gun-b boat
referred to above The ,r.,w arc said
TO have passed through mnrderou>
fire to another vessel, whichth reacl,
cl with very little II any loss. The
| Union vessels acted mler snecal in
struc,ions in blockaling the lnlets,
which lci 10 the most important points
mud which afforded looph"es "t escape
10 the enemy. While Il nnrti,n Of the
fleet entered upon this ,lu trnr ships
made at once for Beaufort. aud At ;
o'clock on Thursday these vessels were
in sight Of the town.