Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-05-17
MIS- Gel Y.
war Incidents.

How foRr PIcKESs was REINFORCED. The
steam transport Atlantic, from Pensacola.
arrived at New York. on Wednesday morn.
ing. and Ter Pur.er furnished the prcs. the
following s,aiemen, OF the re inforceman, Of
For, Pickcrs
"Tho steamship Atlantic. A. q. Gray.
Esq. commanding. lett New York. Sunday.
April 9Th, under sealed orders from tho gov.
ernmeut. At 4 4. NJ. .he discharged pilot,
and a, 10 4. NJ. shaped her cour.c in COM
pliancc with orders. On Monday, the sth.
at I +. NJ. the wind suddenly shifted. and
blew fresh from southeast. After the gale
had aha,ed. we proceeded on our cour.c for
Key West, having lad for six hours.
We arrived anil dropped anchor in the
outer road. a, Key wes,. three miles from
Fort Taylor. at . r. NJ. on the l3,h. when
one boa, vas .-n, to For, Taylor. conveying
Col. Brown and HIS staff, who had rrolons.
ed interviews with the United State. officers.
both military and civil. NJ +. NJ. We
commenced receiving additional troops, or
dinance, Ordinance stores. shells. &c, Be-.
which were placed on lighters, AMI 'owcd
ou, TO the Atlantic by tho United States
steamer Crusader, Capt. Craven. Tho Ia
hor was continued without Cessation until
"A NJ. Of the ii,h. and nt q \. VI. We
weighed anchor and s'ecrcd for Tor,uris.
where We anchored close tn Fort Jefferson
at 2P. VI. the sane day. " This poin,
We took on board more officers. troops, Ia.
borcr.. howi,Iers. gun carnage, materials.
&c. and n, . T.. VI wc were under way for
our fnal destination. which was now known
only 90 Col. brown and Capt. Mci:' " tho
Army. and .o Capt. Gray % :hs Atlantic.
During the nigh, and the ne,, day, crea,
curiosity was manifested. and although the
ship. course .eemei 10 indicate FOR, Pick
ems. vet il va. not until the evening Of Mon.
I dav, the ij,h. iha, the sccrr, was disclosed, +,
and the reinforcement. of For, pickcn. op-
enly announced. Up 10 this time all was
conjecture. hu, now tho countcnancc' Of all
on board hcimci with the knowledge of an
approaching event. Activity and rrepirs.
ton took the place Of .upincnes- and unccr.
tain,y. and the fac, TIN, Fort rickcn. could
b.. and should b. reinforced was settled
that night.
/ IN the 10th, a, G IL +. ". We anchor.
/ el of Santa Rosa leland. (fnt Plckcn' be-
I ing on i,s western eH,rcmi,y,l four miles
from shore. c!ose by the fri,a,e Sabine. the
IA: .hip Of the squadron. Capt Adams.
After communicating with tho commsnirr
and the naval captains prcs"nt, We took in
tow the boats Of the 1-"t. .omc twenty in
number. and after dark weighed anchor and
stood in shore, all light. being eN,ingui'hed
We came % anchor within mile Of For,
Pickcn' and in dircc, range OF the gun. Of
Fort McI,Ac and the water bitt"rie-, and
three quarters OF mile from the beach. in
four ia,homs Of water. A. quarter pas,
or. NJ. the Grst boat pushed OF from the
beach, with Col. Brown and Capt MeiE',
who We're the Grsi TO mcc, and surprise the
intrepid Slemmer and hi. command.
During the embarka,ion Of the troops in
the boats. the signal Of an apprchcnd,d at.
tack was made by the sending up Of rockets.
THIS signal was repeated, and FASTENED the
operations. Col Vodses and other officers
in the For, were as,onlshed a, the ripidi,y
of the re-. endorsement. Before midnight the
majority Of oficer- aud soldiers wers safely
in the fort and although heavy surf was
running during the night, no aceIien, OF
any kind occurred.
This successful landing took place three
day. after the bombardment and surrender
o. Fort Sumter. fact we'll known 10 the
main land, but no, known a, Fort Plcken.
nor by the forces.
Early ON the morning Of the l1th. the re
naming troop, were landed. excepting the
artillery men Of Capt. Berrys company,
who remained to land with their horses. A,
Is A. NJ. We again weighed anchor and
stood TO the eastward. and anchored abou,
three and a hall miles from Fort Pickens,
and half a mile from the beach. This poin,
was selected as the bcs, place fo' landin: the
horses. This difficult, work was commenced
in the afternoon continued during the night,
aAd finished on the morning Of the 18th.
The U. s steam frisa,e Povhatan, com.
manded by Capt. David ID. Porter. arrived
ON the afternoon Of the i1th, and after COM
munlca,ins with the las ship, took position
jus, ahead OF Us. 10 order TO cover the future
landing. In this movement she was .Ollow'
ed by the Brooklyn, Capt. Poor, which an'
chored under our stern. The wyandOtlC
was cruising about. The Sabine. St. Loui'
and supply were outside, abou, three miles
distant.
The boats Of ell the ships OF the squadron
were actively engaged in landing troops and
s,ore',-fron the night Of the 10Th until the
morning Of the 23d. The Illinois, with
four regiments. arrived at midnight on the
lo,h, and her troops were landed next morn
ing.
Seven Of the horses were lost; four died
on the passage, one was drowned alongside,
one had his neck broken in the surf. aud
one died from exhaustion on reaching the
shore. The forage and light artillery were
landed simultaneously with the horses. On
the 18th, the landing OF the general cargo
Of heavy and light ordinance, ammunition,