Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1862-02-16
Federal Account oG 1he Fight aud
FGgI oE Fort Henry.
CINcrNATI, Feb. Z.


The Eg-r,ts and Commercials Cairo cor
respondents give the following account CT
tie bo-5ardnen. and capture OF Fort
Henry.
Yesterday, at I2.20 J. y The ganboats
Cincinnati, St. Louis, CaTo1delet and Essex,
the Tyler, Couestgga and Lexington bring
irriir, ghs resr. advanced boldly against the
Teb,l works. goiur % tEe right Of Panther
Greek Island, Immediately above which, on
. the west shore Of the river, stand the for
iiin@. IONS. and, keeping Cgj o. g1Gse until
Ct he Lesa O.. me issauG, and within mile
O. the enemy, ;hsn passing tl5 island u fun
view Of the rebel guas. We steadily alvanc-
ei. win every nan at quarters, a-d every
/ c-c strained 70 CatcG tAs lag officer signal
gun Icr .Il Cg-lu-gEcelacl. uf the action.
Our liz9 Of battle vas o. he left, the
/ S. Loulz next, TIE Csrcndelet next, the
/ Cincinnati for tho time being ti!s flag chip,
! haTiY~ or board iar otfl5c- Foot, and asxt
the Essez. W advanced n line the Gin
! ciu-ati > beats Length ahead, when At y 50
/ lie Cincinnati opened tEe bail, and imme-
! l.lt,.g lie accompanying boSts followed
/ su.f. Elg o-eEay net being backward, gave
! IN sI-ei-,5- response, apd the fight RACED
! fa- usEy. Fer AzIt n EcuT we s.eziily
| a-v-z-el, receiving ana r5turninS stcrss Of
! she's zaL - when eating within = hun
| Gvcd ga-jg .5-c auersyE works, We came
| 10 g stand a-lt T-gsTa. 1910 theTn right and
! left
/ Ie lie rcaEtine ske Esssz had been dis
| 1hlrl, and driE1ai away fc'n t6e scsRe of
lCtiel, having the CiEc,uas,i- Hsrondolet
and s.. Louis alone engaged.
Al precisely forty minutes pas oEe, ths
/ eze-1- struck Ig:s cyiocs, aEd such cheering
ard T.l,d excitement - sejzeG the threats,
arms and caps G. ,Ac iou" cr five hundred
sailors o. The Euu5o-ts can he Imagined.
After he zu-rcal@~, which was made to
EaE officer Eo0-. uy Gen lloyd Tighman,
! who defended MS furt IN The most Getcrmia-
Cd manner, We found thHt the rcbel iufan-
~ which v-a-O @--~-=z-1-S G---sI.- the -ort,
! luu-DlrsE.- I-cI' r i've thousand, had cut
and run, Ic@Tin Ibe reba! artillery ccmPs-
nv in command 10 their fate.
ThcfoTt mounted seventeen guns, mostly
g and - poU14eTs-ons being z magnif-
| cent 10 inch COUNT. ad. Our shots dis
| mounted two CT their guns, driving the enc
my from their cmbrasures. One, their
! rified b pCurJ-T. b;srst during the engage
mear. t77..i.---.,sg a-. = .5-s= -.-:sc--s- THa
iIssc's c;zi-l 10 have had hu- eleven eifec-
l.-c g-4s, worked By fifty-one mer. inc
number n. told of our prisoners. They
lost FIVE kjl1d ana ten badly wounded.
The infantry left cyerything behind them
/ in their flight, and vast deal OF plshRdeT
fc,Ii2to our hands. including 3 large and
vlLu-b,e quantity C army stores. EeH5rGl
Til-hman s disEsarteEsd, and thinks Il oae
OF lac m0st damaging bisEs OF the war. In
surrzaLeriuc g flag ctlicar Foot, ihe rebel
Ge4es1i remarked. Il am glad - surrender
/ 20 Sd gallant an Ch5scr." #-ag Cliccr Foot
rsDl;aa. You 10 perfectly richs, SIR, IN sur-
rendering, bu5 yoG should have blo1H MS
.o.ss chi Of The warer before I would have
s.s--sr, ,-ercI 10 yyu.
"a .hs cr-nCement The CiEeiarai vas II
tl.- lezZ. e2G flying The lag officers reaEn
j ..,. ~ :hs chef marx. Flag officer Fcot
snE g-7sz.- S--nlbsE crowded her igfiantIJ
/ iGt: he t-1-a C he eaezy's guns, and she
received aalEs zone sEotE, s0Eze OF ;hsa goinf
completely JnrgugA her. Tae Essex Usi
badly cg.pY--4 HA4n about a.if through I'll;
, GEa:. zu6 croTdiB@ steadily against TIT
: enemy. hsI want luto her port side, fer
wari rors, through one q her boilers, III,
, escaping ztesra scsiji1g and killing sevsra
2 81 her crew.
CAPTAIN Porter. his sid, :. P. Brittor. ant
Pa-racste- Lc-is, were standing in g direc
: line ct the ba,is siR@-Britton being II
A.. .r, cests-. 4 Eao5 struck BTitton on tn
: frr st his bsal, scattering his brsins i
every direction. TIE escaping steam wen
4. ic.g he picc A0U-C, Instantly killing For<
AMI Bedside, tEe pilots. Many of IN
sailors. g. gue lI=ll OF steam, jumped over
beard ana were drowned.
, The Cincinnati had ore killed and eli,
y wounded The Essex six seagen killed
q ! -r-0 officers eG1 seventeen men wounded
and FIVE zuts5.Gl Therc Eers no oazulnis
! On board The S. LCEis, though shot and shal
! fell upoa Il ike rain The St. Louis Ea
- commanded BY Captain Leonard Pzuldin z
! who slocp upCE The gun-deck and tough
, vi,b the guns TO tke last. Net maj
Hin.Lc1, and with cheer upon cheer sen
p sh3, aa& shell among the enemy.
is PURSUIT OE THE TLTi@G ARTILLERY.
PkDrCaH, X, Feb. ten Smith o.
the west, Gnd Gen. Grant On the east side 0
, the river, are pursuing the retreating rebels
4 SPRINGFIELD, LII, Feb. 7.-OHcial dis
. patches from Tennessee river state For
; Henry was captured yesterday by the gun
boats alone. The land forces did not rescl
, the point TO which they were ordered il
= time to participate in the engagement. Tn
> rebels slampelei, and nearly all made thei
. escape. The rebel commander. Tilghmsn
!, and his staff, with about one hundred others
= mostly officers, we're taken prisoners.
3, Il was reported and credited by some o
F. our oGiceTs that the rebel troops AZ For
Henry we're not true to the rebel cause, an
> took advantage OF the opportunity afforded
;, by the attack 20 run away from a fight tha
= was distasteiul 70 them
: dispatch jUs5 received from Gen Payn
says the gunbo&ts attacked the Fort yester
{ terday at 1880 P II, ana Gen. IIlghms