Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-13
The Enemy approaching Savannah

SAVANNAH. April e-Tl- following account, from
the Republican, OF thi, morning, l fully credited in Off
car circles, of tie surrender OF Sort Pula-sf.
"Itis with sincere regret we learn since orr country
edition went 90 press, taa. Fort Pulaski, airsra most
gallant defense aEsust guns vastly superior 20 Hs own,
was surrald.r-I 90 the enemy g, two o'clock P. 3D., yes
urlay.
Corporal Law al tne plallz REfame1 stationed a.
Thm5erbolt bring the information direct He reached
Gle fort at g o'clock, A 3d. yesterday. and started on dis
RETURN Immediately after the flag was strncl Tho sur
render was unconditional Seven large b-s.ches were
made iu the south wsIle Of 1g fort by batt.l.. of eight
Parrot suu-. located at Kings Landing All the bar
bette guns were dismouat.I and three cas-sa4ts guns
leaving but one Eru bearing OIL -La, point
Three balls had entered the magazine. and a clear
breach had been made ln r. The balls were coligaL
.tselpaa.ed aud propelled with such force as 20 pass
entirely through .e wall al nearly every tire. so lives
were los. daring tie baubsrua4t aad only io-r were
wounded Three have ias. q leg and one a aa. An
were pHv2.es-na names given.
"Of tbe oll.lapas who occupied the mos. exposed
position NJ .l. torr lt.rt. UnsHy was stunned. but not
s-riously h-t. C.- 0Ln-tald s.at no official dispatches
iwr verbal Ha-aeS lat .h. garrison had done al that
men could g..
stsp o 60 sgaalas b C=ustars glaE, yes.er
day uosaing but ucH was .le ie t-atus alman being
eouLdsaad on oranpa-t- fog even q moment Neary
b thousand zaeHsof the EIgsst size were thrown into tire
Fort from tie Federal batteries.
"U win be gratifying TO SNOW that though much exc
haus-ed al tie garrison ere wei. except the four
wounded men We think This account may Dee relied
OBJ as correct. We co7ld ostHa 10 iarasr particulars
"Itis e91o5oratsd by another witness, d signal man
who went down aud returned fu company with Law. TH
addition TO the above, w. learn that the enemy brought
two Of fheir Iarg vessels into Le river yesterday
a~achor1E one abreast of the fort, ths other opposite their
batteries at Oakley point
Surrender OF Fort PulaskE-auolh-r Ac-
count.
MOBILE, AprI D Our specials from Charleston,
April Itl, says tHa. 4e bombardm-nt Of Fort Pulas,i
was continued aI nigh, uarl tls morning. The fort
replied with m9ls v.sar aud HpiIty th4a yesterday,
using heavy english Tded g1us.
The rsverbera-i1us Of 7ar guns shook the windows in
Savannah Ate some hours firing, ala taa enamy'- bat
usias, except one ssra aleaeed aud two of she enemys
vessels bad been lowed Of disabled.
ItE reported from Savannah that Fort Pulaski was
surrendered Of .an O'Clock yesterday afternoon seven
breaks were m. a tae wall. Three shots were put n
the magazine AL ths barbatte guns and nearly all tie
classmates were disl9ra-.L Nobody kiIed fla the fort
-Four wounded rot mo haIg. Surrender unconditional.
The garrison cousatedo of volunteers from Savannah
including the Ogethorpe light infantry ana several Irish
and German co. Fauias Total. i've hundred
LATER-The surrender of PULASKI is confirm d.. The
enemy had Tremendous batteries eight Parrot guns, car
gHg c1nicsl steel poated balls and bearing upon the
south s.1a. the weakest TaloEtl Fort
Almost every halI went entirely Oh 91gH the wall.
About oaa Thousand Of The largest shells fell i1 the fort.
The garrison wsse eEaau.c.d and bad only one g-u left
on south face to answer the Fa--art battery.
The enemy hays landed two of their largest uar
steamers in tie Savannah riv-r-on- just above ths