, 1862-05-12

| Graham, seaman, extensive confusion EdWd.
Perry, seaman, confusion
Robert Woodruff, 1ands1nan; JOHN 4. Martin,
| 1andsman.
The Tcry next day shell passed through
| the Oneida's smoke-stac6, taking off the right
arm and right 1egg Of John VIM OF Brooklyn,
signM qpaFtern,aster Vim will probably re-
| cover, although be is MANNED shpckingly.
DESCRIPTION OF TEE FORTS,
Fort Jackson, which is by far the stronger
work, is regular pentagonal Fashioned foFti-
| 6cation, having tWo fronts bearing on the
river, and three on the land side. The land
fronts have each glacis and covered way, and
| the channel is commanded By battery OF
twenty five guns. 4 wet ditch, from forty to
| seventy feet wide, and SIX feet deep, surrounds
the main work on the river, and a simiiar
ditch. one hundred and fifty feet wide, the
deep and thirty feet Wide, around the channel
| beariug battery. The two chaane1-bea1ing
fronts have each eight casenaate guns, which
are the only casemated ones in the work. The
bitches are defended By 24-pounder howitzers
at either flank; The Parapet Is carried across
the gorge Of the bastion. 50 that there is no
flank parapet defense, The bastions are only
arranged for musketry fire from the walls.
The main work of the lower battery mounts
| in the aggregate one hundred and twenty FIVE
| guns, Of which one hundred bear on the chan
mel. There was one-story brick citadel with.
IN the fort, having two tiers Of loop-ho1es fol
muaketry defense, the walls Of which are five
feet thick The entrance to the work Is by .
wooden bridge on the west side, connected
with draw bridge ten feet wide
Fort st. Phillip consists Of main work aud
two attached batteries, which bear respec:
lively up and down the river. The principal
work is irregular in form, having seventeen
Eces. It Is surrounded BY vet ditch slz
At the foot Of the glacis is ditch from sev
euty to one hundred and forty feet vide,
There il g!acis and coTered ~sy entirely
around the fort Outside the principal ditct
is another, which ,Eas dug to furnish earth
four feet4eep.EEF St, Philip mounts ons
| hundred guns, OF which seventy live bear or
{ the channel AL Of the guns are mounted en
bd,5ette. The scrap works have been strength
eDed By relief arches, which are pierced witt
f | loop-ho1es for musketry.
Both forts are built Of brick. The gu1s o1
Fort Jackson are 25 feet above the level o
r | the rirer, and those Of St. Philip 10 feet. The
l ! guns Of the outer batteries on both forts aI
I Il feet above the river, When the rebels tool
< Possession Of these forts there we're only "
/ guns mounted. none Of which were Of large
calibIe than 81 2-pounde1s. AL the caHlage
/ we're poor. The plans for completing thes
> forts were stolen from the Custom House
{ New Orleans, just after the rebellion broE
E snce with the original Intention. From centr
| to centre Of the forts the distance Is three
quarters OF mile, and the river betTeel
!, them half mile In width
johnson & Duncan, who commanded thes
+ stroDgholds, was born In Pennsylvania, ami
i. appointed to the Military Academy at Wes
e Point, from Ohio. Hegraduated in 184e, fou1t!
: In his claes. He was appointed to the aEtil
. 1e1J corps and stationed at Eastport, Maine
t afterwards IN Texas. He received his eomnia
d | sion, and accepted i position as Chief Of Al ~
9 tllely In Wsl's nberating. army IN Nottf
9 eru Mexico. Afterwards he became eonnsctc
: with MaIor General g. ". Smith, Of tn
q rebel army, e1Street Commissioner Of Me-
s York, and Brigadier General Ma1sfeI
q LoYeil, also rebel, tn Quitma1ss GlhbusteIn