Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-17

blN6e, were employed upon IL az one Time.
It's intrenchmenls in the rear are miles 10
length, and have been constructed under the
superintendsnce of able engineers. Their
conniersoarrs are lined with plank, and the
whole works surrounded with dilches OF the
most impossible character.
The bluff presents bold and almost per
pendicular front to the river. From its base
to the waters edge, there Is a kind of pla.
teau, two or three hundred feet wide, and
generally elevated above high water mark
Here were located the principal batteries OF
the enemy. Embrasures have been made for
about Jorty guns, but appearances do not in.
dicate that more than twenty-five have at
any time been mounted. In the construction
Of the batteries, sand bags, railroad iron,.
and heavy timber have been used without
stint
THE ARMAMENT OF THE FORT.
cannot give your readers better idea
of the armament of the fort than by making
the following transcript from my memOran.
dun book. Passing along the line Of water
batteries, about half mile in extent, be-
ginning at the upper end made the annexed
entry:
I2S FOUNDER riaed, casemated.
l heavy 10 inch gun.
/ inch Parrott
/ 24pounder, dismounted.
81 FOUNDER, burst.
"a FOUNDER, burst
80 pOunder, burst
Ga FOUNDER, (Dahgreen) burst.
81 FOUNDER, dismounted.
heavy 8 inch Columbiad, burst.
heavy l0-inch Columbiad, burst
Is inch mortar, hurst.
l 1913 paaGdeT, iismouuted.
Oa the bluff, but eight guns and two NOR
tars had been mounted, OF which six only
remained, as follows:
2 80 Founders, dismounted.
l Ga FOUNDER, QiaedJ burst.
1 l0iuch ParrUtt, dismounted.
2 10 inch mortars, spiked.
All these guns, except the mortars, had
been heavily loaded, and fires were built
around them, which burned their carriages
and caused them to explode or dismount
thems Ives when discharged.
The two 10 inch mortara are located a short
distance back Of the brow Of the bluff, below
the lower end Of the water batteries. They
are old fashioned but very good guns. The
l3-inch mortar is split directly through the
center. Portions Of one half Of il are en.
| bedded IN the surrounding works, and the
other half is lying where it fell The metal
| is porous, hard, aud altogether unsuited for
the use to which 10 was in this instance put.
| This confirms the statement L made soma
weeks ago relative to the bursting Of this
gun.
THE GARRISON OF THE FORT.
Il appears from the statement of some of
the natives that the surrender of Island No.
! 10 the garrison OF Fort Pillow was about
20, 600 men, An Of them but about 1900
were .,ithdrawn some six weeks ago to rein
| force Beauregard at Corinlh. A week ago
! the garrison was further weakened by the
! Withdrawal OF the Twelfth Louisiana, the
! only tull regiment In the fort, and during
the last two or three days not more than
seventy five men remained ed-barely enough TO
make sure the work OF destruction. These,
we were info med, retreated into the interi-
or, but not before performing the duty as.
signed them in manner that must have
bsen highly satisfactory 10 the rebel author
tiles for place more barren Of trophies
than Fort Pillow IL would be difficult to
hnd.
CONTEMPLATED ATTACK on THE FORT.
An attack upon Fort Pillow was cOutem-
plated by Col. Fitch yesterday morning, but
was not made owing to the non-tulhillment
of some plans. All things were ready, how
have been made had not the evacuation Ia
the meantime taken place. bridge Of cy.
| press logs had been thrown over =" BlOO"
between Flower leland aud the Tennessee
| shOre, on which our forces would have eros
sed, landing near TIE head Of the upper bat
terry, aud n such position as 10 have en-
iaded the enemy's guns without their being
able TO reply irom any Of them. Col. Fitch
Is satls6ed his plan would have succeeded
Perhaps so, as there were only seventy ave
men ia the fors but II there bad been two
or three thousand instead, am inclined 10
think bis plan would not have worked en-
tlrely as be anticipated.
on TO MEMPHIS.
About twelve O'clock Flag Ohicer Davis
who had made up bis mind that the enemy
should not have time 10 iOrtiiy another place
even If they were 20 disposed, signaled The
heet, and started down the river. The "Lin
coin armada" was an imposing spectacle, as
Il moved off. la few minutes We passed
Fulton, and an hour later Randolph, without
enoounteriag any opposition, aud indeed
without seeing but v,ry few persons. tn,
plantations we're generally deserted, many
Of them looking AZ ihougn they bad not beec
occupied for year dlhe recent flood, pre-
sume, bad driven most Of the people away
Occasionally group of negroes woulc
gather on The river bank, ana wave tteil
hats as as in lhe most enthusiastic mauneg
DH0wNMG AND BURNING KING C0rfoS
From Randolph q This point, a lilila ul