Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-13
TIE BoNBARDMENr AND REDUCTION OF PORT
ROYAL, S. O.

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The ChMles,on plp,rs OF Sturdy publish the fol
loving te graphic Of the reduction OF the bat
teries near P,rt Royal, 8. G.:
PocorALlGo s. O., Nov. The Bay Point and HI
ton Head tat,eiies have been abando ed. The enemy
ave possession o. Port Royal and B:osd River. Eve
rybod, had left Ausort. IL is presumed the enemy
T eff ,ot landing q. B,AufJrt today or soma point
lesrer.
General Drayton aud his Command re'rested from
Fo.t Walker ia the two steamers by Fopss Ferry, sale
ard ars now Button.
The .su.tiss reported from thirty to forty killed
m, wounded.
General Duunovant retreated with hi' command from
By Point via L,dys Island and Beaufort TO Port Royal
Psrry This morning Cop ain Hamilton took eff a COM
nav at SAWS Point and landed with that and his
company at Port Royal, and are now at PocltLigo.
3eaufort probably will not be burned
A great amount of cotton on the lnd will fall into
she hands of the enemy It has been determined to burn
Bluff on If atscked The great points Of dagger now
re the railroad at Pocaalgo 0bsresto and Savannah
Toe engagement yes erjay was between Fort Walker
and BAY Point fifteen vessels lying inside, aud several
,u'slde There were Eve hundred men in Fort Walker
nd thirteen hundred GUS dc Hilton Head leland.
The steamship Minnesota the fest TO enter and
lre aud vas rap y followed by others. The attack
vas made from three sides aud the firing erifc Il l.
uought that less than 40 guns brou ,nI TO bear
Ipon the forts.
The steamers would A-st a Q a broidsiis at Fort
walker, 9nQ nelltttly a'ter another AZ fOlut
After the second round from the ct the principal gun
VI the water battery was dsmounted Toe engage
ueut lts'ed five hours All the guns the fort were
dsmounted except two. Being no longer tensble, aud
e., the guns d,sm)unted, the magazine arranged 50
- BIOS up he fort when IN enemy hlul entsr.
The Conf dera to'sl loss is about one hundo6 d.
rgeAn, F. P,rkerson and Pr ya'e M,iCs, of the y
fafauIty Il ghdy vound'd; g orgiA FJrrest"rs, two
niysinG; oraS Gentry Volunteers, W. Fontane,
nissing II Ps-r'ots, Privaes Arson and Tnompso1
missing; iptan del q Is Coup Nv missing; D.
Sans res raginent fifteen missi g rom one Comp nv.
D., E. Soners Biist was killed while dressing u
wound.
Ii.u. Smack wounded in the leg.
Cap'oin iis company OF regulars had s'x.een killed
vo ,n1ed. an missing
Ole OF General Draytop's Aids was shot from bis
hor.e. Gen. Drayton WAS slightly wounded.
Tue Courier of O. arlesson, A'd
Tee difficulties Of defending PR; Royal cnu'rd IT, for
some time 10 be questioned whether should b. fortified
Such dsehces werA placed there coull be provided
En ugh to ward cf merely predatory incurdon-not
enough reps organized force collected for the
purpose of Invasion. Before the gheminy force
sr,ins' which they had contend tho erica after
u king gal ant defence, were abandoned TIE troops
have bsea withdrawn from them and with the rein.
i fastening 70 their all await the l'ndins
Of the invader II there be
s1y glory IN the ,uciag Of thirteen gu1s by more than
three hundred the fos is welc,us go We rel Dce that
The sucent reputation OF South Carolina Tor vaor and
courage has not been tHrni.hs!.