Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-13
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Correspondence Of The Mobile RsgEer and Advertiser.
BAERAScAs Dee LII visited Morse on the oath
nit and found the garrison ready and anxious for
a renewal of the fight; they had learned the dan
gers of war and felt equsf 10 the veterans thar Law
in their front, backed BY the powerful guns of 4
numerous navy two ships Of which had been driv-
en- from their positions the day previous, in such
shattered condition rendered It necessary to tow
them into neighboring hospital--probab1y Key
West-to have their wounds dressed The first
battery of this regiment Is nearly mile from the
fort and is in charge of Capt. Aderhood: the next
is McRae, commanded By Col John F. ViIlipigue in
person. - tf.' -a- s.-sf -
A short distance south of AcR.e, Is the sand bst
terry Of Capt Smith, of Georgia which fought alters
nstely Piekens and the feet. Further south on the
gulf Cspt2in Kerr he, too gave the ships jessie
The inside of dCRae, The day after the fight, re
minds one OF the appearance of . prizs>Eing, ,
minus the broken heads bloody noes and disfgured
faces, s4ter slashiDg- big Some huge shels
rem the feet had tern up hoscs' anu sesttsred the
real estate in every direction; smashed in portion
of the furnaces; tanhlsd into glorious confusion
File of wood, annihilatinz some exposed barrels,
and in truth. to use tbs language Of Western in~
dietment, ''skeked up -h-n generally.Dl The fort
being only a milo from Pekens, after rifle shots
from "a Founders were sent through its portfolios,
andhew s-mRR in it escaped death from the Cross
fire of it ard tie feet is niracle-no protection
or shelter whatever afforded them. The reckless
ness and bravery Of the garrison is almost without
parallel, the men handled and served their guns
and State s over with glory. The batteries on the
outside were served with like vslor and daring.
and shares with brothers Of McRae the honors
Ofthe day. Captsin Smith particularly distinuish-
ed himself; he fought the greater time both Plckens
and the feet. 49, ,- .l-.-.- 81
Col Villepegue ia uuqueetionabiy the hero of the
bombnrdment.o lie held the weakest position in
our lines under great disadvantages and under
most terrible fire, TO which he could not reply.
His little shell of fort was rdaled comparatively,
with shell and Tifed cEnnon shot Il is harder and
more heroicto suffer than to give hard knocks,
and Colonel Yillepegue had to suffer almost in
silence and submission series of frightful attempts
at subjugstion
Pickens,- alone, during the bombardment usei
about fifty guns and Dortars, and covering space
of about FIVE mies Our batteries were concen-
trated for the most part, upon one fOcUs-Pickens
No wonder II hot place.
The South walls OF Fort Pickens attest the accu-
racy of the fire from the batteries of Fort Barran-
cas-, and of Captains Dawson, Clark, hsbry and
Isbell The entire wall is SCARED, cssemste is
stove in and there is one hole big enough 10 drive
horse and cart through. The fire of the mortsrs
Is vertical, and their effects are inside not outside
the fort.
Hot Gs was the fire upon the first Alabama Regi-
ment, not nan in it was Injured seriously. The
dag Of Barea1cas, as we'll as HcREe.wss twice shot
away. Captain Dawson was stunned and Knocked
down by tue force OF large bali passing near
him.
Brigadier General GLADDEN. in honor Of the
glories won by this brave portion of his command,
has ordered the 22 and 23Rt be inscribed their
banners.
PENsACoLA, Dec g. Abouttwo o'clock this morn
ing the city's quiet disturbed by the thunder
voice of an eighs inch DAlhgren from one of the
batteries below. False alarm-"nobody hurt"
10 the late bombardment no mention has been
inside of the number OF guns employed on our side;
it would have been against general orders, old as
the itself The restrictions do not apply TO the
eEemy-of them and their guns, speak I'D
H.
information OF Fort Pickens and the sand batteries
in its vicinity with the assurance that from
source rs reliable as if from Col Browns Inspec
tOr-General or Chiefs Of Artillery or Ordnance.
Here it Is:
FORT PICKENs.
40 inch Co!un5isls il bas.iol-pisat car.
l42-pounder riaed, in barbette.
442 do do in casenate curtain towards
light house.
48 inch CO,um5iads in easement curtain of sally
port.
lO-pouud field, r.hed.
Besides a number of small pieces, snI one sec,
ten Of Light artillery.
on GLLCIs
l IOinch Colum6iad, pivot carriage.
BATTERY SOOTT-On point opposite Fort McRse.
10 inch sea-coast mortars.
o.inch Columbiads-Piv0t uus-
lO-inch do do do.
4
This battery Is manned by one company # ar
tillery; its fire directed principally on hcRse.
BATTERY LINCOLN-First east Of Pickens.
2 10 inch Columbisds, pivot csrriages-snd
manned by one company Of artillery. -..-
BATTERY CAEEEoY-SecOGd cast Of PICksBs.
lOinch seacoast mortars.
8-inch Go hOWitzers.
~ FOUNDER rifed.
l 32pounder rihsd-siege carriage.
HAITI "a in oh If 0T1Ba ANY, IF ar-
tiuery.
BATTERY NEAR CoHx!ssAKI s sroRE.
l3~inch segcoast mortsrs.
5 Is inch 60 DO on oounterscarp
Of Fort
O1e company Of artillery st this battery.
Wilson's BATTERY.
l0inch se4cosst mortars. This battery is in
charge Of the "DLes " who fred, it is said, ali day
at tha steamer Time, without doing her the slight
This esdmat, does not include, of course, the
numerous smsLer guns on -either Iickens or the
Island. --. ..-..E ...
For tae above Information am indebted to one
CT the most accom- plished soldieVs in the service;
and one whose rcnle viii yet be written ia this
wars history.
General orders No. 1874" shelled out the drink
ing saloons yesterday to day their walls hung
in black. and their late habtues the longest
snd most solemn OF faces. On regular drinkes it's
right tie paper'-still il has advocates we'll
as opponents. Whether any good will result from
this order Of Gen. Bragg remains to be seen. Here
itis-let it tell its own tale:
The evils resulting from the sale of intoxicating
liquors in Pensacola have become ihtosrsble. More
than half the la5srs of Court Msrtial result from
Decentralization, disease and death often prove
1t. Oar only military executions have been cSuRed
by it. We hsve lost more valuable lives at the
hands Of the whisky sellers than by the balls OF
our enemies. The Commanding General has prom
ised himself 10 return the men OF this army TO the
mothers wives, acd sisters who have Cheerfuly
sent them forth 10 repel the invader, in good q
neral condition as he received them; to do this he
must dry up the fountain which supplies this
stream Of pollution that eli his Efforts have failed
TO control. -.- .-. O. a. ..- I'D. .sa..s.
The domestic enemies, who have done US more
harm by this traffic than the f0rEign invader, shall
no longer fill their pockets by dealing out poison to
the gallant keeping watch IN front, whist they
sleep quietly il their bed.
The sale or introduction Of sny kind of intoxiN
eating liquor within i've miles of the liues Of this