The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-04-26
From Port Royal.

The Fail Of Ih'tsi--Tsr fUe -Grmd Spec
tdcie--SDwH Loss IF Lyt-3sJ Rel I,t,on-
ers, &C., So.
The L. 5. steamer Mcclellan, J. ". Booth
commanding, from Port Royal, April lith at 4
T. M, arrived at this port yesterday morning.
Fort Pulaski is now in possession Of t.,r United
States forces. The stars and bars have been
suppanted by the Stars and Stripes
PARTICULARS or THE BoMBARpMENr.
The prepare ions for the bomharlmcnt were
IN progress ON Tyboe and Goat Islands for more
than three months before the attack began.
Heavy cannon we're shipped from this port for
the reduction Of the Fort, and among them were
several formidable 100 FOUNDER Phrruit rHcl
guns. There were also Parrot 3D-pounlcrs,
James cannon, Uolumhiads, aud Cuu.i.rIHhlc
number Of lB inch mortars, cast at Pittsburgh.
Tie batteries Nerc mostly constructed under
cover Of the woods, and were fifteen in number
mounting W. are informed, hut thrty-siN g.us ;
but these were nearly all Of inlnense size aud
weight. The heaviest batteries we're situated on
Goat Island, at an average distance ot lees Than
two thousand yards from Fort Pulaski.
At seven Hllook aud rty-two minutes on the
morning Of tLr 10th instant the attack on the
fort began The rebels Mt once replied, and The
firing slowly opened from the different baitnrics
on our side The orders Of our men were 10 nr.
only four shots per hour, and to continue al thi-
/ rntc without nterms,un. The rebels fired tI.-
idly aud Hereby cndcavoring to silence our
guns or compel the evacuation Of the batteries
but as the tire opened along the line, revealing,
new batteries, the enemy, apparently surprised
at the extent If our works redOuhlcd their tire,
and In Nh hour the hight was conducted with the
b Utmost desperation on their part, but without
effect their shot either falling short or passing
over our batteries.
Much enthusiasm was manifested by the
Federal forces, aud AS the effect Of their hes,
shots were nuted--the bricks and mortar ut tlc
fort occasionally lying In all direction the men
Jumped on the batteries and gave loud cheers.
The effect ct the nring was visible ON thc tort
from the iir-t, hut no breach was made he first
lay. One ur two gum were ui-mountrl and
some Of the cmhrasures were injured bat it was
not until ten O'Clock on the morning # IA" lin
that any important breach in the walls Ut the
fort was made The spectacle Of the lombard
ment was grand, Our guns discharguE rih,
shots aud SHELF; the effect was continuous ex-
plusiOn inside he fort; fragments Of shot and
shell. and OF the works Of the fora, sometimes
. filling almost the entire area Of tlle enclosure,
II and compelling the rebels 10 remain in their
II classmates, hut for which the loss Of life among
them would HAY been fearful
About noon on the llth, the rebels fire sud
denly increased and they worked At all their
available guns with pers,teucy quite equal 10,
II not surprising, that with which they began
on the first day But the immense breach in
the fort in AN exact line with the magazine
threatened to he the cause Of their total destruc-
tion through an explosion, and at eighteen min
utes past two O'Clock in the afternoon they
hauled down their Il ~, which had been once shot
away and ran up tiag OF truce. A boat was
then sent 10 Pulaski, and surrender Of the fort
was made Colonel Olmstead stated that il was
impossible 10 hold out any longer, AS the riae
shots were fast working their way into the ma.
gaines and goOdly number Of his guns were
disabled and he was therefore compelled TO com.
ply with General Hunters demand. Accord
ingly the same night, the 9TH Connecticut Col.
Terry, were thrown into the fort, and the muni-
lions Of war, proyisisns, &C., were turned over
70 the credit 81 the Union.
Union ioss--one killed; one wounded slight.
ly- Confederate loss-three wounded; amputa-
tion necessary and performed in each case. The
prisoners numbered 8s5, including officers.
One Of the officers Of the Mcclellan SAYS that
our batteries On Tybee Island were erected in
the rear Of the woods and dense chapparal and
were completely finished before the woods were
cleared away. They at once opened on the fort
and their extent and size were a surprise 10 Tia,
rebels.
When our mon entered the fort they mad,
search for the rebel flag but could find no trace
of 1t. II had been destroyed before the whit,
rag was raised. The magazine of the fort wa,
abundantly supplied with ammunition. and m,
force had food enough to enable them To stand J
siege Of twenty days