Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-09-13
The great Naval victory at zattoras


The result of the naval expedition .from
Fortress Monroe, under command of Cen i,
Butler, is profoundly gratifying TO the country !.
The success is indeed brilliant TIE Union
forces, numbering only one thousand, captdredi
the fort and took prisoners forty.fve officers
and six hundred and sixty five non commission
ed officers and privdtes,-in all oyer seyenf
hundred and without the loss of q maa' Of
the. expedition Among tbe rebel i9hHders
talzen, were number of high rank. including
Goms Barron, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
of the Confederate States, two Colonels and a i.
Major. y + ,i4r,rl = r., s'g ~. il
The N. Y. Eefat& Gtvee the follO11iIg a. ,
count of the battle ...,- .4.. .... ID. /
About three hundred men were landed
through heavy surf. All the boats being [.
swamped and biIged in the surf, no more men
could be thrown ashore. Meanwhile, the Min
nesota and Wabash--the latter with the Cum. :
berland in tow-IsteaEed up to the front OF
one ct tho rebeE.bateeries and took their po- !,
sition at long rdnge.1 = r. b. ~.
AT ten O'Clock the Wabash fred the, flrst
gun. the eleven-inch shell striking near, tho
battery and bursting with tremendous fotte.+-
Th battery, which was of sand, covared with
turf and mounting five long thirtytYos, In ,
stantly returned the fire, the shot falling shortd
FIle MipuesoIn and Cumberland Immediately
cpencd1lI.v FIRE SntF FaiIed mine, aud eleven
inch she'll into and about n. Tic flf5' BaRs,
terrific, and soon the batterys responses Yers
few and far between, save when the frigates
suspended fire for a while TO get a new.pesi-, !
tiony w,euthe enemys fire was n4ost sbltitesf.
mo damage was sustained by our ships, and
when they again took their position the can
nonading was intensely hot, the shells dropping
in the .enemys works or falling on the ram:
parts yrexEloliIEy in delth-dedling Fragments,
and carrsifg teitli aRldesttuction with them
The small wOUG;n structures about the fort
were torn and perforated with flying shells.
All elrYen o'clock the immense flagstaff was
shot sway, and thc:rete.s flag came down, but
the FIRE wls~stiir continued by. them. >.
AT twelve O'clock the Susguehanna steamed.
in, and, dropping her boats as,ern, opened an
effective firv. The cauuonading on our par;
was inccssans, aud the air was alive with tho
hum and explosion of flying shell but the
enemy did not return the FIRE with any regus
larity, tie Battery being too hot for them,
from the explosion Of shells that dropped in
at the rate Of above a half dozen a minute.
The enemy eea sed firing a little before two,
and after few mere.sllells he'd been throwR
in,. the Commodore had signalized 70 cease i.
firing. '"e ...rsr
The troops had meantime advsreeatc TO With
in g. short distance 5or the fort, and 6elYte we
ceased firing sou1s 'oF,oafr men agct ia and
raised the Stars AMI Stripes. The place was I
too hot f)r ths men, but the dig was kept
waving. Oaxswain EsrSamin Sweares OF the
Pawnees flrst cutter stood Cor some time on
the ramparts waving the flag amid a fight OF
Shells imtI -
When the firing ceased the fort was oocu'
pied, In force and held afterwards.
The Monticello had proe4eded ahead Of the !
land force to protect them, and had reached !
the Inlet when large tort Of an octagon
shape, to the rear and right OF the small bae'
terry, mounting ten thirty.tw and four eight1