The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-05-02
THE cApruREor PORT PULASKI.

THE cAPrUREor PORT PULASKI.
We clip from the correspond-nce
Of the New York Tor'd, tie follow
ing paragraphs In reierefce 10 th,
reduction Of Fort Pulaski. AL THE
roar and crash OF artillery resulred
only in / q killing Of one man and
the wounding of soncthing Tess than
dtzpn more on both sides.
On the morning OF the 10Th, there
fore, the order was given to com
mence the seige. The thirteen. inch
rnorssrs we're each TO be fired every
rs minutes, their enormous sizJ rem
deripg It extremely diiiicnlt and
considerably dangerous to fire ofton'
er. About ~ O'Clock in the morn
ing, Lieut.. Porter who had euperin,
tended the mounting of the ordnance
opened the ball with o shot from
Battery llalleck, aud tho fro was
soon general along tbe whole line.
The huge mortars belched forth vol
umes of compressed thunder and
and hurled 200 pound pro'
iectiles. although more at random
than was expected and hoped =
The Columbiads and James cannon
crashed abarply between the almoat
continuous roar, and Pulaski repli
ed with the greatest rapiditv and
desperation. From Tybee Island
aud Goats Point our fire convergod
upon tho fort whenever their guns
responded, while they were obliged
to distribute their shots all along
our ,xtendcd line.
Several columhiads, which had
been insecurely mounted in our bat
teries, diemounted themselves by
the force Of their own recoil, and
Lieut., O'Rourke, with detachment
Of engineers, immediately eet to
work to replace them. There wac
a SPOT between two OF our batteries
that was comparatively unprotected, I,
and much of the time the enemy di-
rectcd bis fire at this point to sever
our communications The batteries
&C Goats Point also received q large
share Of the enemy's attention, be
i;nq in close range. They finally
showed the good result OF their
James and Parrot guns BY breach
ling the walls of the fort, and out
fire was then concentrated on thai
point, to follow up tho advantage
ss II was known that the shots fell
In the direction Of the magazine -
1t was noticed that when three OF
four shots from the guns struck in
nearly or quite the same place, sucl
hole was made that the next would
dash entirely through the wall and
areed on towards the magazine. -
Thus the tattle OF the 10th resulted
in a small brcach, the promise Of {
7 good days work next day. -
Throughout tho night each morta
was fired only about every hour ant
. a halt coneecutivcly, 80 that II al
c lowed the rebels one shell every iiv,
,tminutes to keep them awake, pre-
t cent them from repairing damages
and let them know that they mus
I shell out" in tho morning.
u Bright asd early on the 18th tn
. bombarlment re. commenced, Gen
# Vielc's battery on Ling leland an,
D The gnnboat Norwalk, two miles il
the rear OF the fort, ding their fire
Al over the walls Of Pulaski til,
, heavy shot struck, and left deel
:, scnrs in the ma onry. The breacl
1T the day before kept widening
Still the enemy replied vigorously
aud back and fourth few the scream
ing shot and shell like hundreds G
you tornadoes through the sum
mrr air. The sccno was splendid
!. The shot flew straight fr IN the mu2
d zles to the tort. while the shell irol
g Tho mort .rs whirled u mile high /
II the mir and descended with terribl
t. momentum upon the doomed wall
d or within them, or sometimes sun
IL silently 10 the marshy land surroun,
10 ing.
T. Tho walls shivered at each di
'slchsrgc and fell, or leaped in aha
l. tered fragments in the air. Near
: time the breach toward the mag,
''zinc was almost wide enough for
u storming party to enter. when II
three. barred flag, which had one
he previously been shot down, WI
m su ldenly lowered. and a white on
4. went up. Our firing ceascd an
n the gunn"rs had time to rest an
&. cheer. General Gilmore, Col Ru
and Adam Bsdeau, an aid tn Ge
Tlnnter aud correspondent OF Ne
90 " York paper, proceeded in bo
NC from Goats Point 10 the fort. Al,
;. Bsdeau proceeded from the landir
.. .. with white fag and met CAPITA
" Sims The respective national al
and rebel cnmmandan's. Gen. Gi
At more and Col Olnstcad, then he
an interview OF over an hour, whi'
10 resultedin the unconditional sure
II !, der Of Fort Pulaski.
:. Col, Olmstead, in delivering
!, .Isworl, rem 'rkcd;-"l Weld it. b
nd have not dissraced it," Tho sta
il AMI stripes were then raised al
he the 7th Conn. reg, were place