Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-05-08
DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH 1YBEE, GEORGIA,


Army, who is authorized TO wait any pertod not
ceeding thirty minutes from delivery for your answer
have the honor to be- sir, Your most obedent ser
vant DAVID HUNTER,
MajoT-General Commanding
HEADQUARTERS, FORT PULASKI, april 10, 1862.
M0j0r General DQUid Hunter Commanding on Igbee
Lt1"d:
SIR Il have to acknowledge the receipt of your
communication of this date demanding the unc0ndton-
al surrender of Fort Pulaski.
Ia reply can only say that am here to defend the
f0rt not t. surrender il.
i have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obe
dent servant, CHAS. Il. OLMS lead,
Colonel First Volunteer Regiment of Georgia, Com
manding post.
Lieu Wilson was resolved at tie wharf, and bis dis
patch conveyed to Colonel Omstead. He remained in
he boat until the reply received. about fifteen
minutes after, when he Immediately returned to Iybee
am delivered it to Genera unter Upon its contents
so l4c0nC and s0ldeTly coming knOwn signal was
made for the first gun to Je fed. General Hunter,
General nham, General Gilmore Capt2in Rogers and
others, Immediately hurried to the ba tees where
good view could be obtdine1.
THE BOMBARDMENT.
: On Thursday moring, at twenty~three minutes OF
eight, the fire opened by discharge of a thirteen
nch from Battery Halleck, fred by Lieutenant
Horace Porter, OF the Ordnance Department, the shell
exploding in the air aud this was suc- adyd by thr-
teen inch she'll from Battery Stanton, which eX poded
short. La moment or two several OF the mortars were
discharged from the other batteries Dnt OF the
shell effective, the firing being wtd and the fuses
short. Three minutes alter the first fire Fort Pu-
aski responded from ten uch barbettc gun, the shell
exploding hartncsely lybee Island. The firing
s00a became general both Sides hte damage being
done By either tGr time had not attained
The correct range aud the enemy not quite OF
the position of our battery. Soon however, We OBJ
boUn tN nJ patur
The South and the Southeast taces and Salts
fed that The preaching tatterits aIeck Scott, Siege
Mcclellan and T0teE) Goat Point in full play
sending h1ir rid bas solid ten inch shot aud avy
She'll wi terrible effect against the Drick walls. UD-
fortunately through some weakness OF the carriages
OF the ten inch columbia is, t.o tn coiumbads which
were throwing solid ten inch she'll united by
reco jumping backwards directly off their carriage
! The rifed guus were served rapidly AID with skill
and il an hour or but guu on the barGette was
in play, and that fired only oc@a5l0Daiy. Tue fe
evidently too hot Tor the rebels they did stIk TO
their guns very closely They played at Our # rent
batteries from their tbrtytwus aUi Orty-two5 IN case
mate bat finding their &c 100 short 30 reach the
batteries they concentrated their fire upon the
Goa, Point batteries occasionally giving Battery BurE-
side lew rt0ments attention, when Sergeant wilson
Of the Sappers and Miners who commanded IT, had got
MS range, aud annoying tie g with thirteen inch
8 els, which burst in and over It, No damage was
dJne Al twenty minutes past Ii the flag Oh Pulaski
ment of shell from mortar No. 2, Battery Stanton
worked by Corporal Irumbuli, Seventh Connecticut
VO!ln. eers The result was hailed with loud cheers
that extended from battery battery along the iues
| The flag was down twenty minutes or more, AID then
appeared again temporary flag staff, aud hDattd
gayly in the breeze. The bombardmenG went on all
day, the fTe from batteries being effective
cry minute.
The enemy fading that our thrtean-inch shells were
not SO destructive they bad expected began TO work
their barbette guns with great energy and give US some
trouble. Our Parr0tt guns brought 10 bear upon
them, and hot fire poured upon their guns and
one or two Of them diSm0unted. The fire from the
preaching batteries became more and disastrous
to the enemy as the day advanced. The panocopa be
gan to notified aspect. It appeared to have
The smallpox botches appeared all it. These after
while together and deep HOES the face OF the
wall Of the panOcope discovered, which became
deeper aud deeper, and finally assumed the form of
breach The breach at dusk, at which time the fire was
temporarily suspended on both SIDES not entirely
through the WALL except at one small point through
which CLEAN OF sunlight was caught about sunset
During the night an occasional shell was thrown from
batteries Burnside and Haleck end from the red guns
of Battery Siegel. The enemy made no reply, but
seemed to be repairing damages. We had lost not 6
during the day, and sustained no damage OF conse
quence to our batteries.
Such as were injured were repaired by the engineers
during the night aud made ready by daylight fol
another days operations. At daylight on Friday fir
was again opened by batteries and quickly respond
ed to by the enemy-who bad got their barbette guns
in position during the nght-with great rapidity
some precssa, testify to myself, if lame wrist
obtained in rapid movement in dodglg a SHE'LL ma,
be considered good authority.
1Oinch shell entered one OF the embrasures of Bat
terry Mcclellan, and exploded in the battery with ter
rible effect Thomas Campbell, of Company FL, Capt
Rogers Third Rhode Island artillery, struck b
splinters of the she'll the head, lett leg (which
crushed) a1d on the thigh He buried at the sam
instant by load of sand thrown from the magazine
He was Immediately exrcated AID to the hospita
where be died in orty-6ve minutes, perfectly consciou
to the last He was the only killed on sid
during the bombardment
, "A German by the name OF Knowles, of Company q
was bit by fragment of the same shell, but snuff po