The New York herald., 1862-04-15
Island No. 10. April STA. n.


Onhe Aaialand-Spilsn9 and Rstsa,ns Cams lns'aia
h0n If ns Union Forces on As Iaaat-The karne and
VnfR Rai T5sers--Csadatson Of uhs Rsee Bavera
| ASr ne Sie9s-Descytptioa Of Each Work and IL
Armament-casuaities Of the -Tdegoph'e Com
"sInieaiOns Of Ae Rebel 0fcers-GOod Ne~s from TIP
toapilIe-sOnss Of the War and POsieaI S"aIsns' f''
the Rsbeis, dc.
The story II told
The long suspense and OF anxiety tho country
has experienced is al end
Island No. 10, the famous stronghold OF tho rebels
the supposed invulnerable and invincios defence
OF the lower Mississippi tho little piece O
low, fiat, wet land that the repeated earth
quakes which in rormer years shook this whole re
gion OF country have deigned to trouble, has
rendered and the Union forces moving 20 tax,
| possession of their capture.
Already two Union gunboats-,he Mound City ans
ST. Louisare guarding the works and transports load
cd with troops are on tho way to occupy them.
The surrender is toaai, though it
y the public property elt by the rebels their flight
for IL appears thas the whoss army encampsd the
mainland have fed in utter rout ana confusion leaving
al their guns, tents. and ammunition fas us
dispose of as We may SEQ At. t, $3.50 s
fhs small garrisoa the island Itself about tnres
hundred strong have surrendered prisoners Of
The force that had been encsmpsd tho main land is
varously estimated n from six to ten thousand These
have all scattered in conrusion man looking out
for himself Their fight commenced at one P. NJ, At
which time orders issued from the general head
the sevsrs! ready
at moments notice. When this order was received
from that crartan officer sent headqa to
procure explanation of it, When he arrived hs found
that the officers and their stas had already gone thus
showing conolusiycIy that the greater towards
those having the highest authority II scarcely
credible that this should be especially the of
Al ofricer who had the confidence OF Besuregard and
Bragg The commandsnt OF the post Brssdsr Gene
raj MsckalA who on Saturday last relieved General Nc
Gown, The former commandant. Mackall ON assuming
command, issued the following address tothe forces
HEApeuARrsws MADRID Bxxp Aprii g. 1852
soLpltns-We are str5ng ,ts-commander and command
ed-each TO the other.
Let me tel you WAC am ann gears. made by Besq
Tnsx sa whsn sso they m snsw c~ 4 @ 10 peril
stood on the fields Of Mexico. dive your
tpy s he pp s s1paed i IT, to your
courage to your discipline to your pai.ear Eshbit the
". W. MA0KALL, Brigadirr General Commanding
Probably Brigadier General Mackali has earned the
confidence OF the rebel troops by this time having in
threa days suffered federal gunboat run his block
sde-the offence Tor which his predecessor was relieved
OF the commsndand set the example OF rapid running,
tuemSelVeS.
serves promotion. .ep
The example thus guominous.y se. BY the officers
speedily followed by the men, and al sundown the
there strasglsr who preferred remaining and taxing
his chances with the Yankees rather than following
the fading fortunes OF tho Southern confederacy.
Besides the stragglers There et hundred and
forty-six sick in the hospital.
The haste OF the evacuation is i,aiuy seen BY the
cooked and uncooked meals the quantity OF private bag
gage and other personal Effects the undamsgsd stores
ordnance, commissary and qusrtcrmsstcr's--lef
IN the -ancamp mpnisnt for our forces to capture.
forces intended rsturning immediately in time
for supper As one dsseftsr describes il. "they
seemed have for the future occupants Of theworks
spike their guns and this they did eGectaay;
though here a sin gular incident is noticeable.
The upper batisry, which brave men soc6oly
spiked night last week sfoand ohave the sking
carefully removed from all its guns and 10 lie in resdi
for further offensive operations These guns and
th"se only, were left unspiked.~
When the force upon he island became info med OF
this deseron OF their posts by their comrades on the
mainland their indignation knew bounds. No in.
ducemsnts would avail to entce them away and as it
would be folly for them 10 offer further resistance
De Soto up with flag OF truce previously
mentioned, 10 convey their message 10 Commodore
ioote Flag Capain Phelps. formerly OF the Conssoga.
returned with the boat and held interview with
Captain Hume, commander OF the island forces, whose
parole taken 10 hold his until ing. This
morning formal possession Of both the island
states troops.
Included in the capture ar. the following vssscls-
DE Soto Keuaman Valley.
John Simons. Ohio Belle
AGO. Admiral.
GrAmpus- winchester.
Ped Rovsc Two wharf boats.
Mohawk.
2 A floating battery mounting eight gus.
of these the Simcns, Azoo. Grampus, Rcd Rover and
Mohawk, and two other transports, were seutted and
sunk by the enemy previous to their flight They can,
however, be raised al = trihing cost.
Tns Winchester sunk time since; and subse-
queutly much destroyed as to render her worthless
The floating battery originally mounted twenty guns,
OF which left at Columbus; were subse
queniiy mounted upon the ssnd leaving her armament
at present az follows
Two rified thirty-two Founders.
Two eight inch smooth bores
-Four seven-uch smooth borcs.
These are all scrvoesbe II they be raised.
or stores OF all kind there appears to be \
liberal supply here than fell to possession Fort
Doneson. There are several buildings filled with ord
nance stores besides which there are large magazines
attached 10 nearly all the batteries which are well sup
piled with ammunition. good deal OF ammunition has
been wasted and destroyed. bat the trifng
compared with The quantity secured and in good
order
The two wharf boats m-ut oned above are among the
srgest their craft and loaded down with all man.
ner commissary stores. Besides these there 10 in
pile upon the bank dive hundred barrels Of prime
beef. together with quantities OF rice molssses,
-four pork, &c. scattered about all directions
The value all this property isbeyond estimate least
until II is collected together.
The Of this singular evacuation and surren-
der is solely the eusion cf the blockade by our
glnbosts AS soon il became apparent that
they could prevent the passage OF vessels
down the river the rebel officers began 20 talk Of
eyacuating, a am informed by deserter and when
the second boat went down the determination 10
cuaie formed. Doubtless the movement has saved
great many lives II is pretty generally known that
this the day detsrm ned for combined attack
upon the eneny7by both Commodore Foote and General
Pope Had The eugageinent taken place ii would have
been de sperate and terrible doubtless causing
the shedding OF an immense amount Of human blood.
Luckily this has been avoided coveted position IL
gained the rebel troops scattered and completely
disorganizsd. have accompanied this letter with dia
grams the rebel works both upon the main lsnd and
the island showing the position al the Of the
Surrender
ARMAMENT.
The erzl batteries the mainland and island mount
aggregate Of y guns Besides these the capture
incdss twenty heavy guns not mounted, eight
the floating battery and hed pieces with others
king aggregate OF about hundred guns-a larger
number than any preceding victory. diagram shows
fully and clearly he disposition OF this vast amount Of
metal.