The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-10-23
Details Of tho Engagement at Santa
Rosa

Pensacola. Ne had alnost despairel OF
"b'"n'"y ANYTHING approaching reli.bil,
ii. We i"r,uDa,ely, howsSeI, found Dr..
Manly, WI" happened to be " the scene
oi action Gu n peaceful mission. from
whom we Tereiy-I y eoDnected account
DR.. Us wei known accuracy of judg
m.nt val, We trust, he . sufficient apol
"gy for the uDwarranied use OF his name
Every ,hHl WAS still iu aoniusion when
DR.. NJ. eft at o'clock last night, and
the stateIDent he gaze US WIS, of course,
made up from the sitting Of the personal
narratives OF parsons more or less ra'ia,
bile, who he heard relato them Yesterday.
d. s"co 'Pt i substantially as follows,
o" TUESDAY night. ABOUT twelve o.
clock, sons Twelve or fifteen huudred of
our men, unier command OF Brigsdisr
General Anderson, crossed the bay in
two small s:ra'ners and scows attaebad
I" them. The men were picket, generally
from IA TO l7.in number from Tbs com
pnnies OF the regiments from Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and M ssiss
ipp' no fuI company being taken, ex
cep', p.rhaps, tbs CIinch R'hes, from
Georgia The party dissInbarksd from o
point opposite Pensacola. near Santa
kosa Island. sh,ut FIVE miles from Fort
P'ck-ns The men had I" wade, and
some of them TO SWIM To reach the
beach Some Of their srrr"!ges, &c,
got wet.
Land ny on the ssnd. tho were di
v'ded into t~" squads, one proceeding
| directly across to tie Southern beach,
beyond Billy Wilson's Camp, aud the
other marched down the Northern beach,
opposite each other. They killed the
sen'ries rs lley went, notne s'x IN NUN
Der. spiked the guns. set fire to The cab.
ms in which the Zpuaves were carnped,
aud shot them as they ran out. All agree
that the Z"uaves ran inconlinsn,lv for
F"r P'cke"s. They rarely looked back
"r stopped to fire at our boys. but shot
AS thev ian. They hnd thrown up some
sand banks, but none Of their big guns
were mounted. Our men took over u
e"odIv quantity Of rat tail files. With
which they securely spiked every gun
except two. They burnt all the houses
aud stores. excrp, the hospital.
The only formidshle resistance vas
from some U. S. regulars, sent out from
Fort PIckens TO redeem the ground
which the coward!y Zouaves had sban
doned. The regulars. however, finding
our force larger than they had expected,
seemed 10 have become panic stricken,
and retrented until Our men were 10 the
act Of retur ing from tue island, in ODE
dance to the signal At the Navy Yard.
They then advanced and fired deliberate.
ly at our men, huddled up in the boats,
and did them more damage than :hey
had received during the fight on the
island. ], WAS ut this time that General
Anderson ~ss wounded in The arm. Two
or three guns were also fired when cross.
ing, from For, Pickens. without effect.
Our men supplied themselves we'll
with small arms tha, they took from the
enemy. They $50 killed one negro and
cartprsd another. Seventeen prisoners
we're seen chat they brought back how
many, IL any m re, is not known. One
account said that lbs notorious Colonel,
Billy Wilsoa. had m.ds straight run
from his marquee to the FORT Another
account from one OF tbs ispturad prison,
e's stated that he had not slept At camp
that night AS usual, having remained at
Fort PIckens. All statements from our
men "ho participated, agree that they
killed between two AID three hundred oI
tho Yankees. Our loss in killed and mis-
sing is forty, and thirty FIVE voundea,
Eve Of whom died Yesterday. Most ol
our losses in skirmishing are attributed
to cross firing, when our men were shoot.
ing st the Zouaves from opposite sides,
and TO their not being able TO distinguish
the badge Of their comrades iu the dark
ness Of the night, and shooting one
another.
| Lieut.. Ssyrs when seen last WAS on
the beach, it, a wounded condition. fiji.
friends Who had him IN charge bad car
ried him two or three miles, and we're
finally compelled TO leave him to save
themselves. He bad requested them ,o
do 40 previously. but they clung to him
to the last moment. and then put Goa,
under his head for pillow. lie wa,
shot in the thigh. and Was much sxhaus
tel from bleeding. He fought gsIlantly
as lie could. ltn supposed he was o.
ken prisoner in this helpless condition by
the Yankees Lieut. Nslms. OF one O
the Georgia companies, WAS killed, whose
death Was greatly regretted. Not~ith.
standing the unfortunate sccidsnts 70
feTred to. occasioning the death Of so
many OF our brave soldiers, tho object oI
the expedition was completely accom-.
p!isheh. and the result wss highly satin.
factnry aud inspiring to the officer, aud
men OF our army. The only object con.
.emplsisd WAS the bresking up Of BiIly
Wilsoa's camp. and no, tho taking Of
Fort Dickens.
This WAS dons completely. No artiI.
lery was txken ovsr--GnIy small arms,
pick'aEes. fire balls and hles. A reserve
force. composed Of the remainder OF the
9Th Georgia Regiment, had started over
TO reinforce our men when the signals
we're fred by Gen. Bragg Er the body
on the island TO return. IL was abou.
| o O'Clock in the moyuino ghav k.d ka..,