New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-24
Fort Pulaski Has Fallen

Especial Correspondence Of the Augnaa
Dear CosastIutionalist-I is many months since
"rote from the earlier camp fires OF the second
lteVolntion, and the soul-awakening words from
nose whose pens were inspired by the actual bat
t!e, iet to one who remained waiting upon the
threshold of Georgia, little of interest to write
But now the wings of battle are unfolded above
our own SOIL and in compliance with long neg
has already told-F0rt Pulaski has fallen
On the morning of the 10th instant, at about
O'Clock, the distinct reports of heavy artillery left
little room for doubt that there was an engage.
ment somewhere. All eyes turned towards Pu-
laskl, and above the trees which formed the line
OF the horizon, on the spot of open blue which was
| revealed beyond the long vstas of the principal
streets-from the house tops and church spires
could be seen the evidence, and the word passed
has begun!'
The fort IL seventeen miles from the city, ard
| Tybee Island beyond that so that, of course. the
projectiles could not be seen but ever and anon
small cloud of perfect white smoke would seem
born in an instant from the deep blue sky, and a
score OF voices around would say, see! |! another
| shell has burst ~
The morning firing seemed merely to get the
range, and hence it was that so many shells seemed
| to burst 10 the air without effect
! The fort was in charge Of Col Olmstead one of
the finest officers in our SERVICE and his skiliful
trenehng OF the parade ground in the fort, and the
genera. use OF all the means in his power to pro-
tect ms men, is the only reason that so few among
| the gallant defenders of the fort were hurt
AT a quarter past of the 10th instant, the firing
seemed TO nave ceased, as no sound was heard and
no shells were seen to burst. then obtained ad.
mission to the Independent Presbyterian Cnurch.
| and from the upper windows of irs lofty spire
which IS the only point in Savannah which over.
| looks the intervening woods could distinctly zoe
the fort and batteries. -
The wind was blowing across from the Carolina
shore, and swept away the sound. The smoke,
too, from the fort and batteries was swept away
by the breeze and formed cloud of black smoke
above Little Tybee to the right of the fort, It
was this cloud of smoke which gave the false i'm
preston that one of the vessels was on fire. None
OF the ships were engaged, so far as could see
and l do not think they ever moved from their
quiet anchorage in the Tybee roads.
Inc view from the spire was magnificent. The
quiet woods-the apparent basin between the
georgia and South Carolina sh0res-the white
sands of Tybee rejecting the sunbeams-rhe few
ahips at anchor-the blne Atlantic beyond and in
the centre or The picture, the low dark walls Of
the beeagued fortress, seventeen miles awav
The enemy appeared be firing from five points.
one battery near Tybee point, one at the old
hospital, and two to the right of the fort but the
hottest fire from Kings landing. They were evil
IDENTITY rlted cannon, and the whirling proiectjes-
steelpolnted and unerring-that few straight to
the mark from the terrible Parrott guns, though
0 not making the fine display Of the shells, were
probably doing worse work. The batteries seemed
to be firing about six hots to our one and as gun
after gun from the enemy would send its cloud of
white smoke curling from its mnzzle, and the fresh
wind blow itaway, then tongue of red fire would
dart out from the fort, the white SIN Ike would fol-
low, and, at long intervals, the dull heavy sound
would float up to me, the suen reply of the be-
9 seged to the bcseigers.
i could see no colors and I have often seen the
tall splre OF the church from the battlements of the
e fort presume the staff had been shot away, and
Il that smaller flag than the garrison coors was
It waving defiance STILL
l. The firing seemed to cease about dark and was
s renewed at ii at night, and then g. and at day
9 light the next day, and through the morning. The
S windows in the city, and the houses aud ground
frap in har, n cL.,1x
!, cannonading. About IL o'clock on the lth, the
firing seemed to cease, and two shells followed BY
d another at long interval, were all | could see
(. from that direction. ~
It rode down to the points of the coast nearest
y the fort but could see nothing but smoke. There
d is change in the weather. from bright and warn
G to cold and windy, and the dense clouds whicl
hang over the city hinder the view The genera
belief is that the fort has gone and have heard
/. but one man who says that he knows that gum
were tired after the reported hour of surrender.
If Here follows the article from the Savannah
er Republican, announcing the surrender of the for,
is which we have already published, and therefor
OF | omit.-Eus.1
Id Savannah is ready for the expected advance
2e and there is no terror and no excitement TIL
r soldiers are anxious for the fight the batteries OF
the river and on land in good order and ieor
le ! gia will be " illustrated" " on her OWE soil befor
in long, we think One of the most remarkab bl
,e features of the scene is that the ladies are eas
of alarmed, and the wives of the oficers-some o
1e them from Augusta-return a very quiet, but yer
is decided ." don't intend to do it when urrad Il
re leave the city. From now henceforward we shaI
e. look for the white sails that may bring a fore
le which may be dangerous, and now the song O
te one, native born, is true,
mot like lamb, 10 slaughter led y
But with the Ions ,narch tread, -
Thou comeSt to thy battle ped,
My Ri be home, Sa vannah.''