The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-13

4 Me Irnnesse rVtT, with tbs irop clad rlnboats
| yncnnsn, Conn sndei besnble the hag-ship; the
| ~ 4 Omn.a1oer Porter; the Cfrondplst Com-
| mander WalkH; and the g. Louis. Lfstitsnani
! umandii glsPaulding aleo taking with me The
I thTpe old gtib5oats-Cnns4toga. Ii.utsnant Co,n
, manding Phel =, the Tvl.- Iis.., C,r,naryy,, ~,
J Gwtnn; and abe Iaorns Lpn It.ut C,ronnarl ~
| Bhuk, ~ q second di rsion, in charge Of LIeutey,
| Commanding Phelps, which topk roa,tion aa,as
| snd In shore Of the armed boata doing - 40
| citiOD there In the action, while the arna1 hca,.
were placed In the rst order Of seanng, spproaeb.
ing ths for, Ia parallel line
| The Are was opened at LOO yards distance fron,
tie flagship, which was followed by the o,ber nm
boats, and responded 70 by the fora. As we an
preached the fora. atwiv sfeauipg All -. ,o,cL.t
within ak hundred ward, o. the ref.l ha,,ertcs ~
ERE bo.h from the Riinnass and The To-, Ina.ssJ
in rspdny and accuracy Of range.
| Attvehty minutes before the flag vaa struck the
Eseex unk ftunAtely received q ara In bsr 49,.
| which resulted In the wounding and soaldiny II
twenty mine officers and men, including ,nnnnnder
| Porter.
Amer the nag vas lowered, General Lloyd Rgh-
man, the COZ mander " thefoft, came on board uy
h'gthip soon after the Union hso bosn substituted
Tor tie rebe flag the fort and POSSESSION taken
| OF H. received the Genera and his staff aud
some sky On 8, vtn'y men, as prisoners, and hos
ptsl snip cpntat.it SIXTY invaids, tgether Sth
the fort and hs 'ffrcts. mounting 70 gnua IN at
Of heavy cslib'e with barracks and capable Of
aconruns dauI lbWO men.
Tie plan of the attack M FAR regards the army
reaching TIE rear OF the foit " maze a d-monstra-
ton simultaneous with the navy WAS frustrated ny
shs sHcessiytly muddy rosd', and tue high stage 4
ws,er proven ing the arrival 81 our to- ps until
So% % time sfle, bad taken reses1 Of The fora,
sary preliminary arrangrsp,s dss,, we neoes-
T. nah,. Con,msnding Pn.ins Win hJp '.ch'd Lieu
the Tennessee iive,, ~ had preyio,rly sisss,.P
and ~ will lie asen In the enclosed order. b. M =,
remove the rails and ~ far render the brtdg. OF ,bc
rail .c.d for TRANSPORTATION and communication Ia
tween BoVlu Green aud g lumbus useless, and
af,ofwar. 10 purru. The r.l.i hna,s ,d .,r
Il en- csrturr + r~sule' ''>''' >ii' '''''re
Tts being accom- pli,beI. and ,be army d, n,ssos-
g go - a -
sAlle =, Cairo. m For, etry In IN. eyrftn,, ~
ue sAn 2 day with the Cincinnati. E.sey. and 4,
Louis and arrived hero this o,orri1g
TIC armed gunbp lts resisted eff,rui,lly thu sho.
q! tie enrtnv, when n .ikitg she cas-. m ,te
The Cincinnaa, tbe h.g.s.ip, received ,hir,v.
one sDuts, the Esttx fifteen, tie 81 Louis seyen.
ard the Carcudpet six, killing one aud yn,tnd,n,,
inc ia he Gin in,sii. n,d killing one In tho
y tex, willis the casualties ia the latter frrr,
seafu, amounted 60 twenty piyht in nuonLer IT.
Car T. oct and st Louis mot with no raau,l,tes
The = etmers were admirably bnndl,.i bv ia
cor uiAsiutcfs and ,fiacfs, pre-en, M nn,v ,b.ir
tH,. -Cuns w. the erony e. avoid the .xt.,s,,te r
1n0 NulnsrnNie bats pf tleir v s-ela
Fort Henry Waa defa, ded with tho most de,er
y 4. ed = ,l.utry by Gen TIigbu.r ,v,,tbv %. .
lcttor cause, who from La own Account uen,
ittl the action with eleven Guns - heav', c,,ra
he ring upor orr h,.ts which he sugbt on, n a.vcn
~ tie nutnt4r we're ois,naniled o- saLer,risa ron
derj useless. have The honor 10 lie,
II ii Foorr. Fag on or.
II n GruEoS weLLrs Soo'y Navy, Wellington
- y.
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rlRi-A- C.li y ft'r Is unable u ite' he has
du,t''d me 10 -ehd You LIST OF Killed, wounded
thn u,l@e,ng on Wis V'Hs"..
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