The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-02-14
Federal Victory..--Cspture of Fort Hen.
yon the Tennessee River Clearing
the River of Rebels.

Tho Cincinnati Goz,tfe and Comns,c;,rs
Cairo correspondouce gives IN, folIowino
account of tho. bomhar,imen, aud c.,,,,s,
OF Fort Henry - - '
Yesterday. at 1870 p M tho opnboa,s
Cincinnati 81, Louis C.rondo,a, .nd Es.nx
the TYLER. Conostopa and Lexinoton hring'
ina up tho rear. ud dSonced holdIv aynins, ,bo
rebels, going 10 the right of Painter Creek
Island and abovo which. on tho east shore
OF tho river, stands the fortifieations.. and
koepiug out of range till at the head of the
Island and within a milo of. the Fort the
island being i'm fulI Wow of tho rohoI onns
wo boldly advanced. every man at his omar
tors 10 catch tho Flap Officers SIGNAL GUN
for tho commencement of the action. Our
limo of baltic was on tho left. tho 81. J,onis
next, tLe Clrondelot Oh tho left of the Gin.
cinnati, which was for the time being tho
fing shin. having on board Commander a
IL Foot, and next tho Essex. We ad j.
vanccd ia line. tho Cincinnati being a boat s
length ahead. when at 1890 the Cincinnati
opened tho ball, and immediately tho nc
,companying boats followed suit. Tho one
my Immediately gave admirable response,
and tho fight ragged furiouslv for, half an
hour. Wo steadily advanced, receiving aud
returning storms of shot aud shell, W hen.
getting within 300 yards of the enemy's
works, we came TO stand and poured into
them right and @eft. In tho meantime the
Essex was disabled and driGtOd away from
the scono Ct action, leaving the Cincinnati,
CarOndolot and st. Louis alone engaged.
AT precisely forty minutes past ono tho
eponiy struck his colors and such cheering
and wild excitoment as seized tho throats
arms and caps Of tho four or Ave hundred
sailors, aftei tho surrender, which was made
to Com. Foot by Con. Lloyd TilghmaD. who
defended his Fort in tho most determined
muIner.
The rebel Infantry, four or fvo thousand
strong, who wore encampcd outside tho
Fort, had cut and run. leaving tho rebel ar.
tiliery in command Of tho Fort to their fate.
The Fort mounted II guns, mostly 80
and "a FOUNDER, ono being a magnificent
ten-inch Columbiad, ~,
Our shots dismounted two of their ouns
and dryo tho enomy from tho embras1res
Ono of their ritlsd 81 .pounders burst durino
the engagement woupding one of theiS
prpners. Tho rebois claim io have had but
oIoyep objective guns. worked by 81 men
tho number. all told. of our prisoners,
Thoy lost q killed and no badly wonnded
Tho infantry loft eyory,lino in ,ba;s tiioht
A vast deal of nlundar has failan into ON,
hands including . large and vaInahls oman.
,ity of ordnance s,ores' Gon, TiIohman il
plsased. and thinks a ona of the most
damaoins hlows of the war io snrronderina 81 to
FLAG 0fiear Feat The rahoI General re-.
marts II am Glad IN sur,andor n so gaIlan,
nm oficer." Flag Oficar Foot ronIiod .You
do norEac,lv right sir in surranjarino hrt
von shonld haxo blown INV hosts On, 81 tho
water before / would have surrendered 10
von In tho on6aoomank tho H;ncinnat NJ
Ia in Tho iasd and f,v;nn ,ha FL na;aa""
PaOan, vas sbs ch;sf nal F,as 0a;cas
Foo.e and Cant. StombeI erowdaJ her de-.