Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-02-14
The war News.
The Capture Of Flt Henry,
rEDERALs TR1U1PHA1E9l
Total ROut Of the kcbc1s.
Military stores aud EfopertS, TO che tnl'
no OF n $1,000, 900 CapturedH

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CiScINNATI, Feb. .7.-Tbe Gazette aud
COMMERCIALS cyrrssp pondehts gives tho foh
lowing account Of the bombaFdment aud
capture Of Fort Henry:
Yesterday at l2 80 P. NJ, the gunboats
Cincinnati, st. Louis, Carondoet and Es.
sex, the Tyler, Gonestoga and Lexington
bringing mp abe rcar, advanced boldly
against the rebel works-going to the
righttof Painter Greek IsIdod, Immediately
above which on the cast shore of tho river
stands the fortifcations and keeping, out Of
range til at the head Of tho island and
within . milo Of The enemy, passing the is
land in full view Of the rebel guns. Every
ear strained 70 catch the Flag Officers sig.
nal gunafor commencement of action Om
line Of battle was on the left Of the St
Louis next the Carondolet, next the Ciuein-
nat, for the time being the flagship, hav.
ing on board Flag Officer A. H Foote, and
next the Essex We advauced 10 line, the
Cincinnati aboal's length ahead, when at
1880 the Cincinnati opened the ball and
Immediately three accompanying boats fol-
lowed suit. Tho enemy was not backward
and gave an admirable response, and the
fight nged furiously for half an hour. We
steadily advanced, receiving and returning
storms of shot and shell, when getting with
in three hundred yards of the enemy's
works We came to a stand and poured into
them right andleft In the meantime the
Essex had been disabled and driftcd away
from the scene of action, leaving the Gin
cinnati, Carondolet and St. Louis alone en-
gagged.
A; precisely forty minutes past one
o'clock The enemy struck his colors, and
such cheering, such wild excitement as
seized the throats, arms and caps of the four
or five hundred sailors of the gun boats, can
be imagiued. After the surrender, which
was made to flag officer Foote by Gen.
LLOYD Tilghman, who defended his fort in
the most determined manner, we found the
rebel infantry encamped outside of the fort,
numbering 1000 or 5000 had cut and run,
leaving the rebel artillery company in COM
naDd of the fort to their fate. 4J a'a
The fort mounted II guns, mostly %
and 32 pounders--one being magnificent
ten-inch columbiad Our shots dismounted
two. of their guns, driving the enemy from
the embrasures. One Of their rihed 80
Founders burst during the engagement,
woundiug ono of their gunners. The reb.
els claim to have had hut / / effective guns,
manned by fifty four men, the number all
told of our prisoners. The lost killed and
ten badly wounded.
The infantry left everything mtheir flight.
A vast deal of plumber has fallen into our
hands, including large and valuable quau- |
titles of ordnance stores. Gen. Tilghmau is
disheartenod and thinks it one of the most
damaging blows the war. In surrender
ing to hag-officer Foote, the rebel General
remarked: l am glad to surrender to SO
gallant an officer ,foo.s re ar .a.e- sH
Flag officer Foote replied "You do per-,
fcctly right, sir, in surrenderipg; but you
would have blown my boats out Of the wat
or, before would have surrendered to your
In the engagement the Cincinnati was
in the lead, and flying the flag officers
penant was the chief mark. Flag officer
Foote and Captain Stembel crowded her
defantly into the teeth of the euemy's guns.
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enemy, BAH went i0to her side forward
port through heavy bulGhead and seuarcly
through of her boilers; the escaping
steam scaldiug and killing several Of her
crow. Captain Porter. his aid S. Britton
and Pavnoasfor Tey;s wnyo s, stard5ino d5iG n
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