Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-02-27


= rebels laid down their arms The
were variously affected. Some of thel
had arrived from Norfolk the sam
morning. and they joked and swore b
: turns at the way they had been led il
t to the trap. The celebrated Wise Ii
E gion, among the captives, were dil
posed to be considerably uproarious.-
Some OF the officers expressed them
selves glad that the result was as
was, and appeared to be well satisfied
As general thing, utter dismay an
establishment prevailed.
Meanwhile Gen. Reno had pushe
on, snd came up with a body of abou
eight hundred rebels, commanded b
Col. Jordon, who surrendered bis en-
tire force uneonditionally, and afterwar
stacked their arms in presence of tn
victors.
Col. Hawkins, finding the two-gui
battery on Shallowbag Bay deserted
took possession OF 1t, and shortly afte
came up with body Of rebel fugitiyes
about 200, whom he took prisoners
Wise here undertook to escape in {
boat and with others had already movet
of, when he received three shots. on,
of them through his lungs, wounding
him mortally. .--
The batteries which the rebels hac
constructed on the Island fell with hi
surrender. Indeed, the surrender tC
Gen. Foster included all the defenses
and forces on the Island. These bat
teries, including the one in the center oi
the Island, and one on Shallowbag Bay,
were FIVE in number.
After completing the surrender, Gen.
el al Foster Immediately returned to re-
port the result to General Burnside
At the same time force was started
for the Pork Point battery to take it by
storm, should it hold out. But the reb-
els had fed; our troops entered the bat
terry unopposed. and at 4:45 the Stars
and Stripes hoated from four points OF
the work. The rebels had already left
the two batteries above. The expedi-
ton against the barricade had pushed
its way through into the waters of the
Albemarle, and at that moment we had
possession of that chain of sounds,
whose strategic importance had been
recognized and acknowledged on both
sides by making it the scene of so im'
portant operations. Our forces, as
they flung out the Union banner from
Pork Point battery, were welcomed by
a burst of cheers from the gunboats
and transports in the Sound. Flag
Officer Goldsboro Immediately hoisted
the signal, "The fort is ours" which
called forth long-eontinaed~ cheers, and
were responded to by our brave men in
the battery. Simultaneously with
these scenes of triumph, another was
being enacted on the opposite side Of
the Sound which is here about FIVE
miles across. The rebel steamer Cur
lew, which in the conflict the afternoon
previous had been disabled by a shell
exploding in her hold, and which, to
prevent her sinking, had been run
ashore under the battery on Redstone
Point, was at this moment set on FIRE
by the rebels to prevent her falling into
our hands. The battery and barracks
were also set on fire, and a cloud Of
smoke and sheet of fame rose over
the scene. II was the rebel sign that
all was lost. The other rebel steam
ers had already disappeared up Abe
marie Sound. The schooners which in
the morning had landed on Weir's
Point the rebel force from Norfolk had
suddenly left. taking what few men
they could from the tide OF disaster
that was sweeping onward. The FIRE
which had been lit at Redstone Point
continued to burn. and Illuminated the
darkening sky. The magazine of the
battery exploded with the noise of
thunder. sending up a sheet of fame
high in the air, succeeded by gloom
which seemed to render the scene SYM
bolic Of the rebellion in its last throes.
o. JENNINGS wIsE--A SURRENDER.
We quote from the Times:
Following close upon the rear Of the
troops l crossed over to the right Of
the road leading toward "Shallowbsg
Bay" where, in an open field. the New
York Ninth (Hswkins' Zouaves) had
stacked their muskets, and the soldiers
were already engaged in picking fowls
and skinning pigs for their evening
meal. Here was the house which the
rebels had taken possession Of for their
hospital. On entering it l found every
room occupied by wounded men. some
of whom were undergoing operations,
while others were awaiting their turn.
On a low cot in one of the corner
rooms, covered with a coarse quilt. lay
the quivering form of pale young
man, apparently not over twenty FIVE
years of age. His countenance indica-
ted great suffering, and as he turned oc-
casionally, from side to side, he gave
vent to groans which indicated the in
tense pain caused by his wounds. 1
had never seen him before. but no one
who had ever seen the eccentric genius
of Occoquan could fail to recognize him
as The Son Of Henry A.. Wise. His
hsggard face, stretched upon that mean
cot. in his 1obscure and poverty-struck
dwelling most forcibly conjured up in
my mind the image of John Brown as
he lay bleeding and unpitied in the
Court room at Charlestown. Here
died o. Jennings Wise, the most mis-