New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-13
THE CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY.
Flag Officer Foote'S Official Report.
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
LIEUT.. PHILIpys OFFICIAL REPORT
REBEL ENCAMPMENT DESTROYED
Ws,HrsGros, Wednesday, Feb. u. 1861.

W,,Hrssroy Wednesday, Feb. u. 1864
The following il an official copy OF the report Of
Flap-Offcer Foote TO the Navy Department, relao
tive TO the capture OF Fort Henry:
CAIRO, Ill. Friday, Feb. I, 1862. .
SIR: have the honor TO reporthat on the 9th INST,
al I2k o'clock y. H., | made an attack on tors
Henry on the Tennessee River, with the ron-ciad
em.bosts Cincinnati, Commander Stembel, the flag.
shin. the Eese1, Commander Porter; the Caron@
dleet Commander Walker, and the st. LOUIS
I.entenant-C commanding Paudlng; also taking
with me the three old gun-boats Conestoga Lieut.
Commanding Phelps; theIyler, Lenl. -CoininanGihg
GWinn. and the Lexington, Lieut.. Commanding
Sirk a. n second division, in charge OF Lieut.
manding Phelps. which took poeiion astern ana
in.bore of the armed boats, doing good execution
there in the a, lion, while the armed boats "ero
placed in he fret order Of steaning, approaching the
The ire was opened a. Loo yards distance FROM
the flagship which vac followed by the other guns
boats and responded 10 D. tue tort. AS we ap,
proached tie Tort, slow stoanllg, tll we reaehea
within 900 yards OF the rehei batteries, .ns IRE.
from the 4unboate hno the ior'; 'h0io"'eo Az "P'
qua A. tventy MINUTES before the flag struck the
F.sex unfortunately received shot IN her boiieTs 8,
which resulted in the wOuuding aud scaldlns OF -
officers and men, including Cogmana aI,. rOi'''' ~
will be seen 10 the inclosed il.t Oh Casualties
ME Es.ex then necessarily dropped out OF Ans,
a..rn en- rlv disabled and unable 10 coniinne ne
ght in vi rh -he had 30 gallantly participated un'
I'll the sad catastrophe. III. Il
eaect mon the three gunboats they continued s'iD
N approach the fort with their destructive IRE, nntn
the rcbel flag was haulcd down after very sAere
aud oosely-conte-ted action OF one hour aau hl'eeH
minutes. $780,, and Can.
s bort containing the Adjutant-General ana zap
tain OF Eu.fneers came alongside alter the hs9 va"
lowered, and rerored th-t Gen. Lloyd InguMau,
the Commander Of the tori wished 70 GI.
with the FLAG officer, when dispatched Soiii'ai
Stembel and Iieutensnt-Commanding PhslPs VIZ
orrs 10 hoi. the American iag where the Se' eslon
en-ign had been living, aud to luiorm ten Ill1nmap
tina, | would seo bin on board the hag-smp.
n. came on board soon after tie Union had been
substituted for the Rebel hag on the Fort, and os1
session taken Of il.
received the General and his staff and some
! sixty or seventy prisoners, and hospital
chip, containing sixty inyahds, together Win ne
fort and lis ELECTS, mounting 20 guns, most Of
heavy caliLer. with barracks and tents eapahl, OF
accommodating 5000 men, and sundry articles
which as | TUNED the iou and its effects over to
Gen, Grant, commanding the army on his arrYat
IN an hour after had made the capture he VIII "a
enabled 10 give the Government a more corr-es
statement OF than | am enabled 10 communicate
from tine .hort tine had possession Of the Fort
The plan OF the attack, far as The army reaching
the rear II the fort 70 make denomination sinul~
taneous with the navy, was iru tra'ed oy the eAcs
eiyely muddy roads aud the high stage Of water pre-
T
after bad taken possession Of The FORT
+ ON securing the prisoners and making rhe neHes-
sary preliminary arrangements, dispatched Lltui-
Commanding Phelps with hi5 division mp The ECU
ne.see River ~ had previously directed, ana AZ
will BE- seen IN tie incosed orders 10 him To remove
the rails and 80 lar render tie bridge OF the rahlod
for Transportation and communication bet" cen
Bowling Green and Columbus useless, and ai'er-
ward to pur-ue the reoel gun5oats and secure tior
capture II possible.
/ This bciug accomplished, and the army in posses
zion OF the fort, and my serves beng indispensaie
at Cairo IN For, Henry in tie evening OF he
same dsy with the Cincinnati, EsseX, and ST. Lols,
and arrived here this morning.
The armed gunboats resried eilectually the snot
of the enemy, when striking he easement.
The Cincinnati. the hag-ship. received thiriy-one
shots the Essex fifteen. the st. Louis seven, md
the Caroudelet six, killing one AID wounding nine
in the Cinciuns,i, sud killing one in the Essex,
while The casualties In the latter from steam amount
ed 20 twcnt weight III number The Carondeiet and
~. Louis met with no casualties.
d TIE steamers admirably handled by the COM
manders and officers presenting only their bow guns
to the enemy To avoid tie exposure Of the vulnela-
bic points VI their vessels Lieut. Commanding
PHELPS, with his division, also executed my orders
very efec,ually ,snd promptly proceeded up the river
in their further execution after the capture OF me
fort IN fact all the officers aud men galianily per.
formed their Duty and considering The little expert
they have had under ire, lar more tnan realized
Inv expectations.
Fort Henry was defended with the mos: deter
mined galiantry by zen. 'iIghman, worthy OF bets
ter caUse who, from his account, went into the
action with eleven guns of heavy caliber bearing
upon our boats which he foug hit until OF he
number were di.manled. or otherwise rendered
useless.
have tue honor TO be, vey especially your
The Hon GIDEON WsILEs, Secretary Of the Navy.
Washington. d. O.