The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-05-08
EVACUATION OF YORKTOWN.
General Mcclellan NOW Occupies
the strong Works Of the s.nC.
my. and ~ Pushing aescr
Them TO the wall.
PHILADELPHIA. Nav i

The Inquirer has a special dispatch
from Fort Monroe. giving the following
particulars in regard to the evacuation
Of Yorktown
OSE MnE BEYOND YORKTOWN, !
Sunday--lo o'clock y. IN.
All day yesterday the rebels kept ny
. hot fire on Gen. Per;er's Division
No one was hurt. Our Parrot gun ut
Farnholt Court House occasionally
answered them. All last evening, and
up to midnight, lively firing was kept
up. About that time their fire >lackened
considerably, and at o'clock stopped
altogether. We fired one or two more
batteries ut them, but got no answer
About o'clock this morning building
at Yorktown was fired, and Prof Lowe
and Gen lIenitzelman went up in a
balloon and found it was their store
house at Yorktown wharf. At day
light they reported the forts empty.
At o'clock we occupied Yorktown
without a gun being fired. Ofthe guns
Of the enemy. nearly all rcmairin. were
spiked and di~mantlcd. BY the side of
the river battery were large piles of am
munition, powder, balls and shells.
Eighty guns were IN Yorktown, Which
is surrounded by scmi-circle,
The earihwork> were all constructed
to cover one another i'll every position,
bn' they must have cvcntna!l, yielded,
could we have got around hem.
The gnn We tli>monn,el the other
day, killed aud wounded IL rebels. The
t,r' had been occupied by the l>t bat
talli"n Of New Orlcans artillery, the s,h
and 35th Alabama regiments, the 10 Il
and 18th Louisiana, ana the 18th and
10Th Georgia regiments. These troops
weic ordered to report a Towards
Grove. lou. miles from Richmond, and
ictt the fort III midnight. \ rear guard
was lrf5, VITO waited our appearance,
and ,lea retired in the creates, haste
Two a.scrtcts, who LIT their rc.l.
mrnt IN Williamsburg at daylight, say
the whole rebel army was III panic.
Prof loves balloon reconnaissance
discovered their rear guard at a. m
tn he four miles out Gen Mcclellan
Immediately ordered ont the artillery
and cavalry, and is ra>ilin. af.cr them
a. full speed. All onr nni.',oa,s came
up ut nine O'Clock aud landed some
marines at Gloucester, VI o raised the
I. :, flag anil cheering that cou.,, be
heard across the river The boats All
then I'll and are now running ~ York
river. Smelling the banks on both sides
4 number Of mines had been IRE
pared fer onr troops by placing Prus
sian shells under ground III HE road
ways and entrances III the fort. Ne
whites were to he found. and nnly
few negro women and babies. The
town was squaiil and filthy. A few
days of warm weather would have bred
a pestilencc.
An abundance Of ilom .nd large
quantity Of meats, salt, and fish was
left. All the tents were left, but no
horses or wagons.
Reports concur that The rebels con
sist Of Il mob Of about leo 900 men, i'll
fed, dirty and li>hcastencl.
Th.roal from Yorktown 10 Hampton
on which they had been cncampcd, was
guarded b, Fort Magrnler, mounting
large number OF guns, par; of which
were taken away and part spiked, and
some Of ihcir works were we'll built and
well laid out--othcrs were poor contri.
vances.
HEADerA RrEEs ARMY OF THE PoroMAc
May 1.
Hon. f. NJ. Stanton, Secretary OF War:
We have the transports, guns am.
mnnition, camp equi.,age, &C., and we
hold the entire rebel works, which our
engineers report very strong. | have
thrown all my cavalry and horse a,til-
lery in pursuit, supported by infantry.
! move Franklin's divisions and as
mnch more rs | can transport by water,
TO West Point to day. No time shat
be lost. The gunboats have gone up
York River.
Gloucester also, is in our possession.
shall push the enemy to tho wall.
(Signcd G. i. Mcclellan.