St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-12-05
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idea f. Of their, tremendous effect at such
short range. can be form ad.g:,,nj-I.r III
l.a Thosghi the Rebel guns in. this; work
1ere taSlqmbiads, .ef s largest size, and
carrying 9. 1 80 psand prcjectile and TIE
!! guns are 20 heavy as to require l2;Mcn tc
work each one, and move it effectively on
its carriage, such was the ifre,is iblcr force
Of, our shot, that in 20 minutes, three of
these im,nstnsts; Columbiads were di<moun-
[tel-knocked from their carrius scs, and
nsaiered completely useless. q; .ra,A2
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{ The spectacle was one Of tho most in in
pressive Tint could be presented, to the Eye
II man. The sir Was tiled with bursting
bombs deadly projcctile: % it'h am
med through the air. fist rose heavenws,d
in = graceful curve, and shen 'sw ooped
down to earsh 10 fu}6n its s1fat.l 'et7snd.
leaving through the air q thin wavoring
lime Of smoks that vas first enowy:whitc.
Thea light purple, then fading to u 1palo
blue! quickly blended with the azure Of
the clear iSouthern sky Beautiful as was
the airy course Of the deadly missile. its
earttly trnck was marked by q crimson
stream Of flowing blood, By the sickenihs
crash Of shstteri"g bones, and by wreck,
'uio and destruction Of whatever thing
it touched: Nothing could stand before
this iery storm--yuns were hurled from
heir carriages houses we're knocked into
heaps Uf brick and mortsr, aud beams and
boards; the formidable foot-walls of the
;solidest. masonry we're in places torn and
sp:intered, aud the toush trees If the
pitch ,,iue 'woods were si.iyered, twisted,
vrenrhed, and cut Of like slender reeds !;
and the men were beaten into quivering
masses "of bruised, gory flesh; or were
: 'rn into nlutilated, s'astly, sickenins OBJ
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The terrible effects Of she'll bursting
lin the midst Of a group Of men cannot be
1adequatelv described, for words and pen
laliks are weak "A knot Of men are talk
ing together, full Of sturliest lite, and ear
! nest action; every word aud gesture de-
Inoting heslthiest aud most vigorous man
Illness and strsagth-tl,ers c,,mcs u puff II
pcsrIy sn'eke, 4 thnd:i'g fash. Of red 6rc,
fa sharp, sudden, report, and ID an Instant
he active life IF the ea ger mon il crushed
and beaten out, the parohed sand drinks
up their q life bloodo bef,rs the smoke can
Ictear away but the 'maneaed limbs, the
still throbbinS brains, tho gaping wounds;
half filed with dirt and purple mud, are
not. eoveredlby! tho sand until the late hour
when the sword and inusket are laid aside
7 Tor the pick aud spade; and men forget
their deadly hates TO consign "Ssrth to
fearth, and ,lust to dust" Il:'i*iin :,!'!':
r. The effects If u round shot, or Of. one
lof the newly:insented 'tided-cannop projec-
tiles, are not 70 shassly' and. terrible TO the
eye-the men die, but their limbs ase not
torn and twisted of as BY the iron eplin'
| tefs of; 4 bursting bomb I'.i1 l 2hA
1t was suspected that the enemy had a
large torce co,'ceated in the woods back OF
the Fort, end many shells were thrown III
them for the purpose Of dislod ging any
troops there stationed. The suppositi",'
was partially correct; a number Of men
| had led fhrom the Fort til the woods, terri.
fad ut the tremendous effects Of our fite,
Many Of these poor fellows: were killed
without Taving ired shot. ;'!h2:-,',' Il
], Had Gen. Mcdowell" SO shelled the
I Woods near Manassas, instead IF sondin.
in unsupported single regiments o. 1nfaot.
ry there had never been for US any Bull
Run; Rout. " '.t''-;,, 7 .'@~:t~tI:oJ
After The sti7s had made one round;
aud sailed their fiery circle once, the or
! der 81 battle was changed certain ones Il
the gunboats dropped ou: Of their assigned
places, havin: discoveries that they could
take up position which would chabls
them TO remain Stationary, and still Keep
up a rapid and calling FIRE on: the Fort
50, heiceforth, the other attacking ships
moved in u sin sle line, the Wabash still
leading. H:u"1t. .''':.'..( &'7"i. .ia'..I ;
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4 The rebels had confidently calculated
on being able to sink the entiresaeetl in
]i2O minutes, as we learned from SOME cop:
! les of Southern papers, and from some Of
the rebaf1etters, many 1cfwhieh fell Into
'1'odr hands, aud in several oftwhch this
result is confidently 'ptedicted;s and j; re.
,.arded not merely 81 a ''clnsums:sion de.
vnutly to be wished" but WAS looked, up:
On allttost as 'an accomplished: fact The
utter destruction ofthe e5otire expe' 'ition
was considered 80 positively assured. and
4 their belief j" the :.oility IF the batteries
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