Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-02-11
Battle ON the Tennessee River.
CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY.
A BRILLIANT VICTORY!
Cairc, Fab

the lard forces N the east side of the
Tennessee River left Camp Halleck. four
mites below Fort Henry. where General
Grants command disembarked IN Tuesday, !
TT two p'cicck yesterday morning.. and mov
ed IN the direction of Fort Henry. At
the same time Gen. Wailace's brigade star
ted from their camp on the west side Of the
river
At 10 O'Clock the gunboats left their an
chorage and steamed directly for the fort,
taking the channel on the west side Of Pam
Their Island. the head of which is opposite
the fort.
The Cincinnati, IL guns, Capt. Stembell.
the flag huat Of the squadron, with the pen
nnnt Of Commodore Fuute flying from the
iackstaf, tork the lead. The ST. Louis. l3
guns, Cart. Paulding; the Carnndelet, Is
guns. Capt Wuulke, and the Essex, with
9 guns, under the command of the intrenid
Porter fnli0wed the flar b, AT. The TYLER
Lieut.. GHinn the Lexington, LIEUT.. ShIrke,
and :he q nsstpga, guns, Lieut.. Phelps.
brought W the rear.
The toais advanced in line. the Cincinnati
keeping ab"uttwo hundred feet in adyauce
Com. FOOie claimed the pust of honor. The
first gun-and 1t was signal to the others
to commence action,-was fred al about
half rast twelve o'clock p. NJ. frtm the
the c ncinnati. when she reached the head
OF the island. She was ut that time less
than quarter Of a mile from the rebel in
trenchments. The S.. Louis. Cnrnndelet.
and the Essex oheyed the sirnri with
cheers from the crews, aud in three min
u'e- the boats were euvtl red H. smoke,
The rebels, as soon as tue first gun Was
tired from tue tl1S .ipanIer nuered , ire
mendors fire IN tie boats. Bat they had
great difficulty owing to their advan linz
M Semcnt IT getting or retaif ing the range.
while hu such trouble affected our Cu,,ners
The boats continued to advance. firing ran
IDLY, until within about three hundred
yards Of the fort, when the St. Louis the
Caro"dclet, and the Cincinnati came 10 an.
chor, and poured round after round of shell
aud round shot into the rebel fertilization.
AT Il is time, aud for quarter Of an hour
afterwards, from five to eight shells must
have ext lnded in the rebel ioIt every min
ute. The firing was becoming hotter and
hotter, and the other boats were preparing
10 come into action, when the reLeIs
struck their colors, and the firing ceased.
This occurred at l.30-the battle having
iasted one hour and a quarter.
! The Essex suffered the most ofenv the
! boats engaged. After tie action was about
! two thirds over, round shot passed
| through her heavy hclwark into her boilcr
Milling, on 1t, way Capt. Porter's clerk. S.
| +. BrIiion, who WAS corrversing - it'll Cant
/ L. at the time. His head was taken off by
! the shot. The steam escaping from the
fractured boiler killed Ford and Mcbride.
the pilots of the Essex and scaled To- death
several OF the crew. Many of the sailors
and some OF the soldiers on board jumped
overheard, experimenting that the boiler had
burst, and were drowned.
the shot of course disabled the Essex.
and she Heated down the stream out of the
range al me encmy'S guns. much To the
ctagrin Of Capt. Porter. who. nntwithstan.
d'rg he was badly sealded, still wanted ..to
! g in" as he said
The Commanders fog beat was in the
sererest OF the bate. and carries as rrcnf Of
| II, the marks Of thirty one of the rebel
stots' some 81 which rassed through and
! through Dor heavy nak timhers. Size G,ed
Ito rounds vt ammunitiOn o. tire Gin in
natl, Pringie Carrndrce. seamen If II am
iltnn, G W.. was killed; VIM. Lakeman
seaman. badls wounded Martin Hnssev.
! George Massey. VIM. Curtis. Michael Dal-
ton aud + n Arilia, I'll spamen. were
lightly wNunded Capt. b. II. Pratt. Sec
"'d Master of the boat. vas ,shily wnun-
! ded
Seven shots struck the St. Louis. hut M
"ne was injured on her, aud she is as gond
as when first commissioned. She fired l2f
shells during the engagement.
The Essex, prior to her mishap. fired
| fifty five SHELF.
The tort was surrendered to Commodore
Foute by the rebel General Tilchman. VIII
Is awarded great bravery in its defence =
After the action commenced. two regiments
OF infantry, encamped near the fort, retrea
tea, leaving their camp equipage, and much
OF their arms and rmuntion behind them
Gen Tilghman. after this cowardice on the
part Of his cammend, had only with him
Capt. Taylor and his Nashville artillery
company al fifty five men.
In sntroudering t. our Flag Officer. the
rebel General remarked, II am glad 70
surrender to 81 Gallant an officer"
Flag Officer Fo1te replied. gym do
| perfectly right, sii, IN surrcnderiug; but
yoa should have blown my boats out Of
water botJre l would have surrendered IA
you
There were in the fort twenty guns, and
| seventeen mlrtalE.
Gen. Grant with his command arrived At
the tort soon after the surrender. when !;
with the prisoners was placed IL tn charge
| 10y Com. F."te.
a !e'achn.ent Of cavalry was sent in rur
sur 1t li'e reheis who ran away from tn.
,.T'. They are gc'nG either 10 PARIS or
! Fort Drnrl Son, but it is believed will be
intercepted.
Ger. Grant will march on Fort Donelson
on the Cumberland to MORROW. Ii IL be.
heEed Its surrender L. certain and speeGv
The fort showed the effects of our frino
ny tie InIns pervading every portion of it
The rebel quarters were knocked to pieces
their guns dismounted, and their WORKS of
defence and protection rendered unayoil.
! ing.
a couple ofgunboats have gone I'D the
river, and it is believed they viii burn the
railroad bridge over the Tennessee. ten
above here. This will cut off communira :
ton between Columbus and Mempbis and
B1wling Green
Throughout the action the men en- the
gunb"ais behaved with the galliantry OF
veterans. There was no fiinching. no dis
obedience of orders and the over zeal nl
the gGnners had t. he restrained bv rho
cmcers Many instances of narrow escanes
aad individual daring are related. SINE
OF the wounded refused to leave the cnrs
until peremotorily ordered helnw When
the rebel nag was struck, the hearty chesrs
that burst trrm our river tars seemed to ri
val IN the volume Of their voice The cannon.
aiding which had but Just closed,
L he rebels have two gunboats on the r;v
! er, but they did not show themselves dnrino
the fight, Our boats will capture them f
possible. y
Vi the sixty rebels engaged in the for,
being the Nashville Artillery Lomparv si1
were killed ard ten wounded This hs.
Is large considering the number of the en-
envy engaged.
Cairo, Feb 8.
Everything here indicates that an i'm.
mense loroe will he pushed forward m Tho