The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-11-21

batteries mon two or three rebel steamers under
Commodore Tatnall, instantly chasing him under
the shelter of the batteries ,.,
| On the morning ofTuesday the Wabash crossed
the bar followed closely by the frigate Susquehan-
ma the Atlantic, Vanderbilt, and other transports
of deep draught, running through that pGruoh q
the fleet already in The safe passage OF TINS great
shin over the bar was hailed with grained cheers
from tbe crowded vessel We anchored and i'm
mediately commenced preparing the ship for &C
ton. cc..
fore dark, we stood in too near the snoalS anu
| Grounded By TIE time she was got oil It was too
late in nv Indictment to proceed and maze slgndls
for the squadron anchor out OF gun shot Oh tne
enemy To-day the wind blows gale IRON t1e
southwark and westand the attack Is uhaVoideoiy
| postponed I'll, -.
have the honor to be, Sir, respectfully, your
| obedient serva ant, D. +, DUh0H
Flag Officer Commanding South Atlantic BLOCK
aiding Squadron.
WHAT DUPONT SAYS OF THE FIGHT
In a private letter to Assistant Secretary Fox,
dated subsequent to the battle, Commodore Du-
pont says:
| have been too fatgued to send detailed &C
count of the battle but my report is full up to the
evening of it. think it will interest you, but nave
to content myself with a succnct account whch
think will be liked as well!as more detailed mar
We kept under way and made three turns, tho
we passed five times between the forts. We had
a 1anking division of five ships to watch Iatnall,
who had eight small swift steamers ready to pounce
upon ours should they become disabled.
l could get none Of my big trlgates up. thought
the Sabine would have gotten clean up but Lieut..
Lawrence sentme no word and the Savannah was
/ blown off. l don regret now hoWeYer,eXcept on
| their account
| [ believe my plan clever 1 stood up against the
side and had the management of tho rebels better
! in consequence. Their confidence was extreme
that they could drive us away. They fought brave
" l,air va oJ y1Ig gn1 hpV
at bridge, where they knew they could make
a hole, if it lucky shot, through the centre,
and let the water into the after magazine. But l
saved hundred lives by keeping under way and
! keeping In close
| found their sights graduated at six hundred
| yards. When they once broke, the stampede was
immense and their guns were spiked.
| Our troops, when they saw flag flying ashore
were powerless to cheer but wept. Gen. Sherman
was deeply affected, and the soldiers were loud
and unstintDg in their expressions Of admlratlons
and gratitude We did not allow our victory TO
check our ardOr, but dispatched some vessels I'M
mediately under Captain ellis over to the other
side, To-day we had expedition to Beaufort
to save the light vessels bat they were fired IN
stantly after the surrender.
The negroes are wild With joy and enthusiasm.
They say they have been shot down like because
they would not go with go their masters. A boat
stationed at Sewall Greek cuts off ali communica-
ton with Savannah and Charleston.
| WAsHINGroN Nov I3--A lette. to Secretary
Welles from Commodore Dupont says that since
writing his official dispatches he had sent gunboats
to Beaufort to take possession of the town and pro
tect its inhabitants but found the place abandon
ed to the negroes, who were reported to be in q
lawless condition.
| Commodore Dupont's official dispatch to Seere-
tary Wees contains nothing of additional inter
est, being merely short narration of events. Ac
cOmpanyng the dispatches were several trophies
captured flags, and two brass cannon lately belong
ing to the state of South Carolina. list Of cas-
Ill
ed severely 6; slightly wounded, II. Total killed
and wounded, 81
! THE NEGROES WILD WITH JOY.
| The following is an extract from private letter
from an officer engaged in the bombardment:
" Our success has been complete, and terror
runs over the whole country. The negroes are
wild and plunderng their masters houses. The
whites have been driving the negroes away by
force, and shooting them down but they still come
to the gunboatS. The moment Gen. Drayton took
to his horse in the panic of the 9TH, his 200 ser
wants went Immediately to the Wabash. This is
worthy of notice, as putting down the nonsense
that the slaves were ready to fight for their mas
tiers. They surrounded Capt. Ammen in crowds
at Beaufort. One Of them calling out in the Joy
of hisheart.' didnt tink you could do it. massa.' -"
! OTHER ACCOUNTS BY TELEGRAPH.
| FoRTREss MONROE, Nov. I2-The steamer BIZ
enville has just arrived at old at Old Point from
the great expedition, She left Port Royal on Sun
day morning, and brings cheering intelligence
Capt Steadman, however, left her at this place.
and proceeds direct to Washington with dispatch
secession flags. He reports that the gale en-
countered by the fleet was very severe. The
| Union and Osceola went ashore and were lost as
prevlously reported The Governor fOundered at
sea, but the Isaac c. Smith succeeded in saving
all her crew, with the exception Of few marines.
The final retreat OF therebels was perfect rOut.
They left everything, arms and equipments of all
kinds, even to the officers swords and commissions.
no and aud
order books and documents of all kinds were left
in their flight, and fell into hands, affording
our officers much valuable information. Among
tlSe papers was telegram from jeff Davis to the
commander of the post, informing him of the sail
ing OF the fleet and that he knew their destination
to be Port Royal
The whole surrounding country was seized with
perfect panic. The day after the fight. the Sen
eca and two other gunboats proceeded TO Beau
tort, and found but one white man i'll town, and
he was drunk All the plantations up the river
seemed to lie deserted except by the negroes, who
were seen IN great numbers, and who as the boats
passed, came down to the shore with bundles in
their hands, il they expected to be taken Off
They seized all the letters in the post office.
The fleet arrived at Port Royal on Monday, the
4th. On Tuesday tie smaller gunboats rounded
IN the channel under fire from the forts. which
did no damage. On Wednesday the weather pre-
vented active operations, but ON Thursday morn
ing 9th mst.) the men of-war and the gunboats
advanced to the attack. The action commenced
dI ~ a. NJ anu was nOl1Y Carried on, on DUIn
sides, and lasted about four hours, at the end of
which time, the rebels were compelled by the
shower of shells to abandon their works and beat
hasty retreat.
Our loss was eight men and one officer. The
Chief Engineer of the Mohcan was killed, and
about twenty wounded, The rebel loss unknown.
tIty-two bodies were found by our men and bur
led. All their wounded, except two, were carried
OIL Two forts were captured Fort Walker, on
Hilton Head, mounting "a guns, and Fort Beau
regard, on Bay Point, mourning - guns of heavy
calibre, The forts were both new, and splen did
earthWorks OF great strength, constructed in the
highest style OF military science, and pronounced
by our engineers as impregLable against any as
sault by land force.
After the capture of the forts the whole about
10000 of the men were safely landed and estab-
lished on shore. The forts We're but little injured
but the rebels eould not stand the explosion of
big shells The force of the enemy, as ascertain
ed from their papers, was 1000 men, under Gen.
Drayton, OF South Carolina Our victory is com
plete, the rebels leaving everything but their lives,
which they saved ~ running. But four persons
were found, and two of them were wounded. All
hands OF the fleet are represented as acting in the
most gallant manner.
Baltimore, Nov. l3.-From officer just
come up we gather the following additional partic
ulars: None of our vessels were sunk, The Paw |
nee lost six killed and two wounded and suffered
more injury than any nther, but was not disabled.
A round shot went through her ward room. The |
abash had her mainmast badly hurt with round |
shot. The Pocahontas had injured. The |
Assistant Engineer of the MohIcan badly |
wounded, and the Chief Engineer was killed.
When our troops took possession of the forts |
they found the flag flying on the fort on Hilton !
Head The rebels had mined the works and fixed |
tue halyards of the flag shat when the flag should
be drawn down the mine would he sprung. The |
halyards sprung mine in the house used by the
officers, but did very little damage, and hurt no
one The magazine did not explode a large
quantity Of powder was found; also, large
amount o! English ammunition and prQiectiles.
new YORK, Nov. IJ.-TLe Iri5aaC'S special
from tort Monroe, says that theentire feet formed
IN tive grand lines ior the fight The Wabash led
TIE bIenYllle Ranking the movement which was
N circle, first delivering broadsidps into Fort
Beauregard on the northwest, and as the feet
came round raklng Fort Walker on the southwest
BGth forts responded vigorously.
Aue faWnee and Mohican got ground and were
considerably damaged The rebel loss Is snnonsad
to be zoo, Sen. Drayton commanded at Fort
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