, 1862-05-15
NOW NORFOLK WAS TAKE11kk.
Gen. kbe Linc0in'S First Sue
cess.
INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE EVENT
How Our Forces We're Received.

INTERESTING DETAILS 5 Of THE EVENT
How. Our Forces We're Received.
Correspondence Of the n, 7. Times ] /
OCEAN VIEW, OProaI1E FORTRESS MoSaoE}
Saturday evening, So'clock-
Norfolk and Gosport Maynard again be-
long to the United Suites! Our troops under
Gen. Wool entered and took possession Of the
town at 5 o'clock this afternoon, receiving its
surrender 1T the hands of the Mayor and Com
mon Council. + On Thursday the Lii.
tie steam.tug J. B. Write came in from Nor
folk, having deserted from the rebel service.
Ehe had been sent to bring in couple Of
schooners from the mouth Of Tanners Creek;
men, and having been long desirous Of escap.
ing tromthe rebel regime, considered this q |
favorable 0pportnnity. for eftecting their OBJ
ject. They slipped past Craney Island With |
out attracting any hostile Observation, and
arriving they reported to Gen. Wool that tie
rI6ez troops ne7e eadc4stin0 Nogfolk-that very |
many had already gonc, and thst not over two |
or three Thousand remained, and even these,
it vas confidently hesiered, would very speed
genee md OF evident sincerity, and their State
| Iuents commanded fnu confidence.
| Under theEe circumstances Gen. Wool de-
c;ded to make military demonstration upon
Norfolk. A large body Of troops Was EN-
bz1ked upon the Transports lying 10 the Roads,
and all preparations were made with view to
| landing On sewairs Point during Thursday
! night. Several Of our Fesse1s were sent to
shell the Point during the preceding day, and
as you have a1Iead ; heard, they did it With
good deal Of effect. But they received: very
vigorous replies from thu batteries there, and
we're finally put to flight by tie appearance Of
the Ne17imac, which came up to take part in
the conflict. This vigorous demonstration on
the part Of the rebels satisfied the military
authorities that the attack could not safely be
mace at that time, or at that point. The troops
we're according disembarked on Friday morn
ing, and the expedition Has for the time
abandoned. .....
On Friday Secretary Chase, who had been
spending several da{s here, as had also Presi,
nom pilot familiar with the coast. tkat there
Has place wherea landing could be effected
mile or SO beyond Wi'loughby Point-and
that a very good road led directly from that
shore to Norfolk. In company with General
cal Engineers, Secretary Chase on Friday
crossed oyer ia the sttam-reEenue cutter
Miami, and cent boat to sound the depth OF
watel and examine the shore, With view to
landing for troops. While doing SO, thcy
| perceived signs of 4 mounted picket guard On
The shore above, and not deening it safe to
venture too far, they pulled back for the
Miami.
On their way, however, . woman was seen
in house On shore, waving white flag.
| The boats crew at once returned, and were
told by the woman that her husband had fed
, to the woods to avoid being forced into the
| rebel service by the mounted scouts who
, ! came every day to find him, aud thas On hi:
J. last departure he had instructed her TO wave a
+ white flag on the approach Of any boats from
the Union side. She gayethe party good dea
} Of valuable information concerning the road5
} and the condition Of the country between
there and Norfolk. Secretary Chase and Col
{ Cram vent ashore and satisfied themselves
that landing Was perfectly feasible. On rt
s turning to Fortress Monroe they found tha
= President Lincoln aud Secretary Stanton, OF
examining the maps, had been led to make
y similar exploration and had come to simila
0 conclusion, though tue points At which th'
p two parties had struck the shore proved Il
I have been q mile or two apart.
C The result Of all this WIS that Gen. Woo
y decided upon an immediate march upon Nor
&c folk from that point, and orders we're at ono
% issued to carry 1t into effect. The steame
RS Adelaide, which was filed with freight an
passengers for Baltimore, was stopped hllf al
1t hour before her time for sailisg, aud with hal
It 8 dozen others, WIS at once occupied bf th
d. inEntry and artillery destined for tue exped
le tioa. They began to embark at about
o'clock, on Friday afternoon, and by midnigh
at several Of them had started for the of
3 positc shore. 4 vigorous bo:nhardncu
d was opened from the Kip Raps upo
4, Sewa2rs Point, and kcp: up for tw
ID hours, to induce tho belief that thi
was the intended point OF dcbarkation. Th
5e stta amers crossed over, and at daylight prep:
re rutions were made for landing. Tie shore
smooth, sandy beach, the sand being ver
deep as you leave the water, and sntdenl: ri
ing into long mounds ten or 1lftecn feet nigf
is thrown up by the heavy winds blowing in u;
on the Store, and forming . complete brcas
Is work FuuEd ths fields which they invade. Tt
u water, shallow at the shore line, deepens ycl
u. gradually, and only at some fifty feet out b
n comes deep enough for rcs5cis drawing fi1
yh or six feet Of water. Three or fol
: canal boats were towcd over, ar
rsa placed side by side 1engthwise of the coast
OF IN inclined platform was constructed to ii
np land, and this served fur Q temporary wh'
~ across which the troops, cannon, aud 9th
rs iudispeusables of the expedition were landc
nj The infantry regiments were landed first, Al
started at once upon their march. Tie y
ed groes, who alone remained behind, said til
Tic 4 mounted picket had been there the day
fore, but Ind left, saying that the Union N
were coming over in q day or two. Tie troo
ng we're landed, and started forward in the Il
-. lowing order:
oat Twentieth New York, Col. Max Weber.
llle Sixteenth Massachusetts, Col 7. Wynn:
NO Ninety Ninth New York, Col. Wardrop.
10 First Delaware, Col. J. ". Andrews.
on, Fifty-Eghth Pennsylvania
e5, Teltl New York, Col. Bendix.
ere Ono hundred Mounted Rifiemen.
ea. Fol.ett's Battery, Light ARTILLERY, ei1 pfcc
ore Howard's Battery, four pieces.
ule Our leading object Of pushing forward t
infnntry rapidly Was to secure, If possible, I
rec bridge across Tanners Greek, by which ,
am route to Norfolk would be shortened seve
,:.+ miles. The route lay through pine voc
ll5I and over roads in only tolera5lc conditit
4d' At about O'Clock the leading regiment, I
.as. .as. der Max Weber, CAME to the bridge and fou
20. 20. it burning, having just been set On fire By
%, %, body Of men who had planted couple
S's small guns on the opposite bank, which II
- opened upon our advance, Gen. Mansje
ID who had come over from Newport News,
le" Gen. Wools request, to Join the expedite
~. thought this indicated an intention to res
'Ju- the further progress of our troops, and Il
cen nothing could be done without artillery an
-ae larger force. He accordingly started back
q, hurry up the batteries, and to provide
N bringing over portion Of his command a.
o otu reinforcement. Gen. Wool, however, NE
1ot rE time decided to push forward. The {
! ~ u1nn marched back about two miles aut
nen half to 8 point where diverging road
around the head Of Tanners Greek, and tt
Has that route to Norfolk. Nothing further ,
~. heard from the party that Ind nred upon
tue tue column, and it was evident that the dem
ofe strafion was merely intended to protect Ii
in the destruction Of the bridge. They Ii
2aas w, about dozen shots, none Of which tc
'oei effect.
H. Our troops pushed rapidly forward in 81
~! of the heat OF tue day, and at O. clock rcac
I LuG 1atlIAIACA couE wv AuCd 1
. - side OF Norfolk, which had been verJ stron
: az ~ fortified with earthworks, on which "
ne mounted twenty nine pieces Of artillery.
I i. troops were in the place, and our for
~ ~ passed through 1t on their way to the to-
~. pe Just before reaching it thcr were I
III, BY : flag Of truce, TO which an officer
,. ne At once sent forward to inquire its o5js
Ae3 Receiving the Information that 1t Was
=. treat for the surrender of the city, the OH
ns 1eturbed, and Gen. Wool and staff, with {
~ uuf reta1y CEa=e, advanced to meet the Mayo
LILY The ttity, who had come ont under the f
:. Both parties dismounted and entered colt
BY the roadside, when the Mayor informed
~ General of the evacuation Of the city and
" the object Of his visit.
It seems that meeting was held st NorF
" some days since, not long, probably. af .r
oast 7 ~ evacuation of Yorktown was resolved no
= ~ OF the rebel Secretary Of War, Gen. Hat
0o Gen Lougstrect, and some others of the L
ing military authorities, at which it WAS
- ter1n1ned not to attempt to hold the
W. against any demonstration OF the Matte
forces to effect its capture. This decision
ref1 followed By the withdrawal Of the main b
mex Of the troops; and thiE Saturday morni
-afttr it VAS understood that onF troops
tb;a landed at Ocean View, and were adyanc
VALE upon the city, Gen. Huger addressed the
:, lowing letter to the Mayor:
HEADQUARTERS or THE ARMY,
v.> NORFOLK, May IL, 1862
xing Ion. ". II. Ldusb, A0yor: