Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-29
Fill OF E0Ei fC1As61.

oil the bOmbardtnent ana capture vi tVt Fu~
laski. After describing infinitely th vast
array OF guns and nortars in the ele0e9 bat
terics which bore upon the fort, it gvs the
following correspondence:
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF SouTE
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga, April 10, 1862.
To the COMMANDING OFFICER, Fort Pulaiki:
SRI hereby demand Of you the Immediate
surrender and restoration Of Fort Pulaski to
tho authority und possession of the United
States.
This demand is made With view to avoid
Ing, if possible, the etflsion Of blood, which
must result from the BON bardment AMI attack
now in readiness to be opened.
Tho nupiber, calibre and completeness Of
tho batteries surrounding you, leave No doubt
az TO what must result! in case Of refusal aud
MS tho defence, however obstinate, must
eventually succunb 10 the assailing force at
my disposal, it's hoped you will see ito avert
the useless waste oil life.
This communication will be carried to you
under f.g OF truce by Lieut. J. e. Wilson,
United States Army, who is authorized to
wal any period mol exceeding thirty minutes
from delivery for your answer.
haze t!:e bnnOr 10 be, Sir, your most
obedient servant, DAVID HUsrER,
Major General Commanding.
HEApquaNrkKs, FoRr PULASKI, April 10, 80.
Msjpr General DAVID HUNTER, commanding
On Tyhes lsland:-
Sir | t.ave to acknowledge the receipt Of
your communication of this date, demanding
tho unconditional surrender of Fort Pulaski.
In reply can only say that am here 10
defend the fort, not to surrender it.
have the honor 10 DC, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
CnAs. II. OLasTsAp,
Colonel First Volunteer regiment OF Georgia,
Commanding post
Lieut.. Wilson was received al the wharf,
md his despatch conveyed to Dol. Olmstesd
He remained 10 tho boat until the reply was
received, about fifteen minutes aftor, when be
immediately returned to Tybee, and delivered
it to General Hunter Upon its c0ntcnts-sG
lacunic anu soldierly-becoming known, sig
nal was made for the first gun to DC fred
General Hunter, General Benham, General
Gilmore, Captain Rogers and others, inmsd-
2l6if lufIlcu OuL " tlo pSllStlSo llC.o d btuu
Wow could be obtained.
THE B0MBARDAEsT.
Ga Thursday morning. at % minutes .oi
eight, the fire was op9u Sd by a discharge Of a
tkIrt.nn incl, mortar from Battery Haleck,
tired By Lieutenant Horace Porter, OF TIC Ord
nance Department, the shell exploding in the
air; aud this vas succeeded by thirteen inch
sha!l tcv,n z .ttery Stanton, which exploded
short. In q moment or two severs Of the
uorlsrs @crr discharged from the other bat
,eries; bat none Of the shell were iGaotive,
the firing being wild and the fuses to short.
lbroo minute. after the first fire Fort P ulaski
responded from ten inch hsrbetta gun, the
STEEL exploding harmIessly over Tybee Island
The firing soon became general on both sides,
little damage being done BY either i,T soIuo
time, a. w had not attained tho correct
range, and tho eneay vera mol quite
sure Of the position Of our battery
Soon, however, NO observed the dust begin
u II, i.om tbs psncope, between the South and
Southeast lAces, and we were satisfied that
The preaching batteries (Halleck, Scot, Sigel,
Mcclellan and Totem on Goat Point wsre in
fail play, sen'!Iag thar ritied balls, scid ten
inrh st.o: and hnavy SHE'LL, with terrible effect,
against lie br:ck walls Unfortunately,
through aciEa weakness If tho ir"r carriages
Of Tho Inch colnmIiads, two Of the ooluuI-
h:adl ~hicn xere lhrc sing solid tea-lnch shell
H1-, dS:1nGrtpd by recoi, jumping backwards
directly Oft theiT earrings. Tha riaed guns
~ere served rapidly add wita skill. and
ia NJ hour or so bnt oas gun on the baTbette
was in play, snd .hSr f7cd only occasionally
The ire was eTdcnt!y too bot for the rebels,
81 they did not sticl 10 their guns very closely.
They plRyot at GU: different batteries from
their ttirtyiwos Ald inrtytSc in casensto
tn. finding their range too short tc resca the
rnDrlsr batteries, they concentrated tbair fire
upon the Goat Point batteries, occasionally
giving Battery Burnside a fsw moments atten-
ti3n. wien Sergeant Wilson, Of the Sappsrs
and Miners who commsnded il had got lis
range, end was annoying the tort with thir-
teen inch SHELLS, which burst in and over 1t.
No damage WAS done. At twenty minutes past
eleven tho hsg Oh Pulaski came down, the
lanyaTGs having been cut by fragment ct
she'll IRON mortar No =, Battery Stsatun,
worked By Corporal Trumbu!l, Seventh Con-
nec!icut Yolunlours The result was hsled
with loud cheers, that extended from battery
to battery along tss Ina. The Tag was down
twenty minutes az more, and then appeared
again, on u temporary Ing s'ah, and Hosted
ravly in the hrerz. TITO bombarument went
Oh all day, the fire froln our batteries being
:a0re effective every minute. The enemy,
fudlnc tina. orr tnir;eeninch shells wore not
SO deacructive rs they expected, began TO work
their ba.bc,ts guns With great energy, and
give us some trouble. Our parrot guns were
"a, md hot IRE
VA. tmled upon their guns, and ono or
two OF them GisiuOlntad. The fire. from the
breacning batteries bcUamo more and more
DISASTROUS to the enemy as the day advanced.
The pancopo began TO assume mo!ted as
pect II appeared to have the smsll-PoI,
blctches appearing all over it. These after
while ran together, and deep holes in the face
of Inc wull Of the pancope were J@covered
which became leoper md deeper, aud finally
assumed the form Of breach. The breach at
dusk, at which time the fire Way temporarily
suspended 90 both sides, was not entirely
through the WALL except n one small point,
through which Il CLEAN Of sunlight was caught,
aa1ut sunset. During the nigot en- occasional
shell WIS thrown froIu batteries Burnaide end
HiIeck, and from tho ritied guns OF Battery
Siyrl Tho enemy nadn no reply, but secmeo
to be engaged in repairing dsusgea. We had
lost MT lnsa during the dsy, mad sustained
no damage of consequences to our hs:teres.
Such as were injured we're repaired ~ the
engineers during the night, and vas made
ready by daylight for another day S operations.
At daylight on Friday fire was again opco.ed
By our Batteries and quickly responded to by
the cno.ny--wbo had got their barhet,e guns
in position during the night-with great rapid
iiy a.d some precision, 81 Can testify 10 my
coli, il iatno wrist, obtained in rapid tno7o;
msnt in lodging d shell, nay be considered
good authority.
A ten inch shell entered one Of the oinbra-
sures oi Battery Mcclellan, and exploded IN
the bsttary, with terrible ehsot. Thomas
Campbell OF CoLploy Il, Captain Rogers
Third Ehopc Island artillery, was struck ~
spi:uteTs OF the shell on the head, lett leg
(Which ii crushedj ard On tho thigh. Lie was
buried at the same instant by load OF sand
thrown from the magazine. Hs wac i,utned'-
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