, 1862-04-23
THE BoMBARDMEMTF OF
FORT PULASKI.
TIE DETAILS OF THE FIGHT.

We had the pleasure of reading yesterday
private letter from Major r. II. Hough, of this
city, 4 member Of Gen. Hunters staff, dated
at Port Regal on the 18th inst, briefly giving
tllc before announced statement of the I'll Of
Fcrt Pulaski On the 11th, Shot and shell from
fit; hea.! suns Bc'e poured upon taeHl, an
inccss.nt rain for tbirty-six hours, when the
rebel commander hauled down the Confcdey-
ate flag. MajorHoush adds that to his charge
wctr TO DC committed the prisoners, who were
to he brought to New York, where probably
ere this they have arrived. Nc take ! few
particulars Of this achievement: from the cor
respordeucc Of the New + ork World
Fort PLlasLi is OUTS. The actual battle, the
etor1ning Of The fort, was M easy task after
the huge thirteen-lnch n,oTtars and columbi-
ads, win their shot and shell, had been placed
in position ready to open the ball. Hereafter
tit Confederatcs cannot have all the credit Of
employing 'mashea batterics.'' Our batter
les vert cfIectualiy ",nask=d as any from
which rebel shots wgrc launched against Sum
ter or tic Federal army IL the July fight at
ManassaE- Some Of them were built in unpo-
tictd positions. and large cellar was 6ug
deep in line sand for the magazine. Our bat
tcries VI r. placed Oh Tybec Island, extending
about I, 100 yards along the shore and at 4 lit
lie distance from H. The labor of get
ting the 1noftars to their placcs YVES immense,
nu. it ~as chcc1fully and hopefully perform
IoEc, ii Pittsburgh, l believe; were then sent
l., Purt ROYAL, :nd ttlrnce TO Tyhre Island,
For sis weeks The Forty fifth New York Resi-
u,c1t, Col. Rosa the Seventh: Coaucclicut,
Col: Terry, ana humber Of Lieut.. Colonel
Halls engineers Lave been constantly busy,
espccjaliy at night, in landing the armament
and placing il in position. Imagine the labor
oflandi1 & huge guus on asandy coast without
wharf, and baulit,s5 thenl mp through swntnps
md di;chy :aorasses 10 their places On tue
is1and. When the tide was high, small no ats
would bring up the guns and shot as far as
possible, and duni, them into the walter,
large ss.nes or other matter being pre-
siously put down 70 keep them from
sir6ing into the sand. When the tide
rcccdcd, the men tagged with will At the
ROPES, and drew up tie 81 dogs OF war'' 10 the
soil @: *']onc TyDce.' Among the men who
works. hard at this business wcr. thus II
lie For:l-:lsht1 Regiment, WILL known 70
suut Brooklyn r. sG'-fS. Ind o;anlud"d by
co.at] Perry, ."'"a1"' Methodist nliaisteF,
Of 'gus'd and regular sIau1!nE.' General
Nie!- n.'s Instructed with The supervision o'
IL. c1tire preliminary Work, 2ad Lieu:trlaat
N'R' uke and Gril- Gilmore directed the CON
tt1Ec::on Of thr BATTERIES. Lieut.. '-isr
t'uI11natIrd tlc o.dhan:r department Tire
lave btcn batteries hearing on Pulaski foal
or five ul1ss up ttr river, for several months
.ud the effect has brtn 10 Bearly cut off can
u.unication between the fort and sa7anueh.
1hc guns being dragged up on the island
pits werc dug in which INC gortass M M should rs
tEeir 1.oud derons- weight of % 900 pounds, a,lt
the guns we're arranged behind natural or ii
tifici:sl eand hills The magaZine Has In p1
sition easily accessible from the batteries t
which it was connected by bitches about 81
feet deep, through which the men passed l.
evrve the powder. The immediate entranc
to the magazine ~as by 3 tortnous undel
, ground cella1-way, so th2t it should be saf
from shells and balls.
The following shows the composition Of on
batteries aod their distance from Fort PI
,laski:
Battery Totten, Capt. Rod1naa, of III
Seventh Connecticut, 1,65o yards.
Battery Mcclellan, Capt Rogers, two q
poundc1s a1d two 33>pouhders, 5smez's riae
cannon, 1,62o yards.
sixth H. z, fine 3opounder Parrot guns ar
one u -pounder, James, l,620Tards.
Battery Scott, Capt Mason, Of Third Rhot
Island, three 1oinch eo1umbiads and one
inch, CT yards:
i mort1rs, 2,400 yn1ds,
Battery sherman, Capt. Francis, three !
: inch mortars, z, 400 yards.
: Battery burnside, Sergeant Wisson, one ]
); inch mortar, 8 200 yards:
Battery Lincoln, Capt Pelouze, three 1O-inl
! co}unbiads, $500 yards
Battery Lyon. Capt. Pclouzc, three Sin
colurnt,iads, $500 Yards.
! Battery Grant, Capt. Palmer, Of the Seven
! Connecticut, three 13.inch mortars, 3,5
Il yards
Il Battery Stanton, Capt Skinner, three
Il inch .!oTtars, $500 yards
II Titus, after weeks Of labor. everything y
II ready, sud Gen. Hunter sent Lieut. Wills
d with flag Of truce to the fort demanding
j unconditional surrender. In this note
y tremendous armament ready to open On
4 fort Was alluded to, as insuring tts nltlm
Il car.urc- Lieut.. Wilson returned with Il
/ written dispatch from Cot 0lmstead: 81 I
Il here TO defend not to surrender the fort"
d The appearance Of the fort after its susTt
Il der proved that our guus and mortars III
j far more effective thau had been anticipate
II Eiewing the inside surface Of the walls, 81
~ erM holes We1c seen where cannon shot
perforated. 50 that It looked as II sins
shot had passed entirely through. Ezauinati
Z OF the ou1eiae showed, however, that the Y
4 had been broken almo t through bY ott
Il shots. The ditch around the lot was nea
e filled close along by the breach with the f
81 ments OF n1asonrY which had fallen in Il. I
& ground WIS rent By the bursting Of shells .
81 ii one instance Ntasrteen incher'' had SIT
Il FIRE or s11 feet IN the earth aud thea bu1
u throwing up the ground and opening h,
III tissure Ike q small earthquake. Even If o
II ono abell In twenty had taken in the fort
3 must haye been ultimately rednced.
f. The prisoners captured number 800, G.
II manded BY Col Olmetead- Our loss Is c
B one Killed and one wounded, b. a shell
Z cnens's loss, owing to their keeping close
thss. bomb-p5oots after desertlng TIE barb
guns, vas on1F three. seEerelT and prob
I mnrfa1ly wounded. We have takea 70
4 seven guns, tons Of powder and thousand
shot and shell.