The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1862-05-17
THE CAPTURE OF NEW ORLBANs.
ss;isss q. 6. FtAa SaIp HARsyoRD,
Orr fRs CfY OF Nnw ORLEAHs,t

days you must not be surprised II i leave undore
many things which I oseht 10 do, and one ol
which was 70 write 70 you on the ocoasion Of my
taking this city, But, thank God, it has been
dene, and in what / conceive . handsome style.
/ had two Union men .on board who had been
forced into the Confederate service ct Fort
Jaokson % laborers. s5n III aste s1isa79
a They informed me that there were two forti
near the city, and - Ws approached the locality
tried 10 concsntrate the vessels but We soon
saw that Ne must take . rakiDg FIRE for two
miles. 80 We did not nince the matter, but
dashed directly ahead. They permitted us to
opened on us. Capt Bailey on the Cayugs,
Lieut. Commanding Harrison, was in advance,
and received most Of the frst fire, but although
the shooting vas good, they did not damage bid
little vessel. Esasi ~ 5is1 SIS q nSas
The Cayuga then fell back and the Hartford
took her place. We had only two guns, which
/ had placed on the topgallsnt forecastle, that
could bear on them, until We got within half a
mile. We then steered of, and gave them such
. Ere "as they never dreamed of in their phi.
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The Pensacola ran up after while, and took
the starboaid battery OF our hands, and In Q
few minutes the Brooklyn ranged 4p and took .
chance at my friends on the left bank, but they
or half IN hour, but l. cannet keep note Of
~ I only know that half Of the vessels did not
get chance at them. The river was too mar
row for more than two or three vessels to act
with advantage, but al were 70 anxious, that my
greatest fear was that We would frs into each
other, and Capt. Wainwright and myself were
hallooing ourselves hoarse at the men not to fire
into our ships. aussj
( This last affair was what call one Of the ele-
ganciss Of the profession IA dash and . victory.
But the passing of the Forts jackson and St.
Philip was one Of the most awful sights ever
saw. The smoke was 80 dense that it wss only
now and then you could see anything but the
fash Of the cannon and the fre.ship or RATS, one
of which was pushed down upon rs 1.-THE Hart.
ford) by the ram Manassas, and in my effort to
avoid it, ran the ship on shore. and then the FIRE
raft was pushed al0Dgside, and in Q moment the
ship was one blaze all along the port side, half
way up the main and mizzen-tops, but thanks to
the coed organization of the FIRE department by
Lieut.. Thornton, the flames were extinguished
and ct the same time We backed of and got clear
of the raft, but all this time we're pouring the
shells into the forts, and they into US, and
every now and then rebel steamer would get
under our fire land receive our salutation Of q
broadside. 5is'g5fs .r35es SIS yt yaaa
Atlength the fire slackened, the smoke cleared
of, and we saw, to our surprise, We were
above the forts, and here and there Rebel
gunboat ON fire, % We came up with them, try
ing to escape. They were fred into and rid.
died, so that they ran them on shore, and all who
could made their escape to the shore.
l. am told, / do not know how truly, that
Gen. Lowell had gone down that evening to make
An attack with thirteen gunboats, q large ram of
IL guns, and the Aanassas The Manassas and
the Mississippi made q set at each other at full
speed, and when they were within 80 or 40 yards
the ram lodged the Mississippi and run on shore,
when the latter poured her broadside into her,
knocking away her smoke-stack, and then
sent on board of her, but she was deserted and
riddled, and after while she drifted down the
stream full Of water. She was the last of the
seven We destroyed, but the large ram was still
at Fort jackson; but they say here she was
will have to surrender with the forts, which
hope will be to day or tomorrow. will give
them my attention a. soon a. can settle the Of.
fairs Of the city
demanded the surrender of the city yester.
day of the Mayor, through Capt. Bailey, as the
second in command His reply was that the
city was under martial law, and he would con-
salt Ger. Lowell. His lordship said he would
surrender nothing, but at the same time he
would retire and leave the Mayor unembar.
rassed. i,@
This morning the Mayor sent his Secretary
and Chief of Police to see me, and say that he
would call the City Council together at 10
o'clock, and give me an answer. That the Gen.
eral had retired, and that be had resumed the
duties of his Office as Mayor, and would en-
deavor to keep order In the city, and prevent
the destruction of the property.
I Pc T aonf him nv his Secratarr tho lotfor NJ
(copy inclosed). also sent him letter de-
manding the surrender Of the city, in conform.
ity with the demand made by me yesterday
through Captain Bailey, copy No. 2. This
morning, at O'Clock, sent to Captain Morris,
whose ship commanded the Mint, to take pos
session of it and hoist the American fisg there
on, which was done, and the people cheered it.
At 10 O'Clock l sent on shore again, and or.
dered Lieutenant Kortz, of the Navy. and
Brown, of the Marines, with marine guard,
to hoist the flag on the Custom, but the excite.
ment of the crowd was 80 great that the Mayor
and Councilmen thought it would produce con-
hict and great loss OF life. At IL, signal was
made to the feet for divine service, under gen.
eral order, copy No. 3.
April 26, in the afternoon, having been in.
formed that there we're two forts eight miles
above the city, at place called Carrelton, I
determined to take a look at them and demolish
them. We accordingly ran up, but to our sur
prise We found the gun carriages all on fire, and
upon examination, found the guns all spked. It
was most formidable work for Foote to en-
counter on his way down-a long line of de-
lenses extending back from the river to Lake
Pontchartrain, both above and below the city,
on which we're % and 80 guns each
Immediately on my getting above the forts, I
sent Captain Baggs, who is now deprived of
nd nv, ho oink; nc 10
had 80 nobly defended, down to Captain Porter,
through the bayou at Quarantine, directing him
to demand the surrender Of the forts. His de.
mand was at first refused, but the soldiers told
their officers that we were in their rear, and
that they would not be sacrificed. So, this
morning, 29th, the gallant Bailey brought US the
intelligence, in the Cayuga, Captain Harrison,
that the forts had surrendered, the ram blown
up, and that the American fag floats over both
forts. 3s.a <ia9s
Ihave sent down for Gen. Buffers troops to
come and occupy this city, and will soon be off
Tor Mobile Depend upon it we will keep the
stampede up.
send Captain Bailey home as bearer of dis.
patches. He has done his work nobly, and that
while suffering under an infirmity which required
attention and repose.i III 565gs9 aaAf
am, very truly and respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
sL = D.. G.. FARRAGUT,
Flag. Officer West Gnlf Blocking Squad'u.
To G. V. Fox. Esq., Asst Sec'y. Of Navy.
o. 8. SHlP HARanr LANE.
4.ct April 20. 1852.
sR: The Enorning after the ships passed the
forts, I sent demand to Col. Higgins for . sur.
render Of the forts, which was tdecliDed. On
the 9Th sent Lieut. Col Higgins a communi.
cation, herewith inclosed, asking again for tho
surrender. His answer is inclosed. On the
2sth received communication from him Sta
ting that be would surrender the forts, and /
came up and took possession, drew up articles
Of capitulatton. and hoisted the American Gag
over the forts. - =
These men have defended these forts with .
bravery worthy Of better cause. I treated
them with all the consideration that circum.
stances would admit. -.
The three steamers remaining were under the
command Of Commander J. Z. Mitchell. The Of.
ncer Of the fort acknowledged no connection
with them, and wished In no = 70 he considared