The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-02-14
War n eNvS.
Full Report Of lhe Capture Of
Fort Henry.
GALLANT FIGhTING or THE
GUN.BOA7
FIightor 5000 RcbciIn-
fantry.
CoMrnrTrNrssorTunyIcroRY

tbcbomardmcnt ondcarturc Of Fcd Hen
~:
Yesterday r,I9.So +. ", the sunhoei.
Cinrnuaii. 81 Louie, Caroudoicl and
Essox. the Tylrr, Concstoru aud !, King
ton bringing up The rcUt, advanced buld-
" ocaiust The rebel wcrl. aoiug TO he
riph, ur rahlor creek Island, immrdi-
siclg shuvc which on the cpst -hur' ofihc
riv,r stands The fortfiicatous and Keep.
ing ont o, range till NJ The hryd VI the
island and within u miic ot ihr rr'my.
passinr ihr 'slnni IN hfll sirw 81 rebel
guns. Evcfy oar strained tp catch the
Flag Officers signal guu for commence
mrnt ol action. Cur hue Of battle was
on the lct OF lhc st. Louis, u At thc Ca
taadolri, neat The Cincinnati. for the
tine being llic il3g ship, having on board
Flag Officer y. II. Fsotc, mud next The
Essex. We advanced IN linz. The Gin.
cinnpti honts length alcad, when At
~ 30thc Cincinnati opened the ball mud
Immediately three accompanying boats
followcd but. The enemy was moi hack
wurd AMI gave en rdmirablc rtspunsr,
nud the frbt fRErd furiously for hall MI
hour We steadily advanced. receiving
aud returning iiormg of shUt aud she'll
win n getting " thin three hundred yards
ul tlir cnrnt 5 works We cainc 10 stand
unl cured iutu them ri.lu aud lea In
1hr nraih,mc TIE lf,tN had been III ab-
I'D snj ,rl1vd tw,y irrm the srrro oi
bc,ion, lcn,iup Inc Cncihmu, Ctrundu. /
let aud st Lru, alone rnysgcd
a. pcc els forty miiui,t past one
n'tlmk ihr rn, my -irutk lis color. and
4. a.. T. Il
srif,d lhc tltuat., aims ami rpls uf The
trr ot Gvr hcndrrd soil,ss uf tho guu
hots, ean bc lmapncd. Aver thrrur-
wndcr, whchWas nude - fag 1ic,r
Fouis icy Gen. l,bNd Tlh ham, Who de-
i,ndcd lie fur iu The most tctcrmiu,d
mHuurr. vs., found the :, h,l in'auir en-. f.
csmpcd outside OF the 4 IT, uumbcr,nr
400 or ,Gop he'd cnt rud un, having The
r'hrl artillery npans IN command Of
Tho fort to lrir iaic.
The tort mounted ~ cuns. mostly 81.
sud ~ FOUNDER --onc being mnrti.
cent tcn-'nrh cAhnrhind. our shots dis.
mruut,d two crthcir niu., driying The
enemy itm TIC tmbro ur.R One Of
Electrified ~ Founders bu a during the
crgag, mcui. waundinr onc of thcir ,un.
1,rs, Tho r,h ls clam o. have had but
n cfrruvr runt muunod N du, .iom
mvu, ,hc numh,r all told ct our prisoners.
rh'y lost ivr b,ilcd and ,cn badly wom-
drd.
The iuf'u,ry lcn everything in their
fcht \ vat drnl plumber hno fallen
r,to our hands, including largo and v,un- F..
hh quantities ol ordnance stores. Gen.
Filgham 's dishcnr,cn"d and thinks 1t /
on" Of tho most damaging hloNs of the
war. IN furrrndrtng to nag oiicc
Fnotr The rebel Goctal r MARKED ~
nm gli 4 10 euucrdcr 10 30 tullp,t tn Of. /
h-rrH
Flag fliccr Footr replied "lcn do per
irci'y ficht, sir ia surrcndrtpg: hui y'u
" ud hnvc blown iry boats ,ul at the
water, hrtorc wuud hoyc rurrcrdcredtol
you"
In ihc cngucmcut thc Cuc'uupii war
IN thu lcnl, aud iiyiur tho No. cilicc7'
prnant was ihc'chici hurk FlNv clircr
fontc upd Captain Strmlrl GROVE drd her
d iirnily into ihr teeth cf tho cucmy's
INV. Size rot ,hiriy-u,,o shots, some nj
ihm gniuc completely Uirouah her. Tho
Ess'N WIS hadl, crippld Whom nhcut
lall through the fight and crcwdre stead
ily aeain,i the cu,n,y, 10 h7ll went into
h,r side ioprurd port through heavy bulk
head aud sqmrcly through one OF her
h"ilcrs; the escaping strun sculd'ug rnd
Hing srvrrrl Of het crew Captain Pc
trr, his aid $. lrttuu AMI pNmpNrr
l.'wis W,r stund;ng In direct line ot
the hnll- passing Brhtu hcirp n the
r'ntrc al the group a shot struck him on
Top cf his head scattering his hrains
in tvcv dirrc,hr. The escaping stcum
wcut into the pilut house instantly killing
N'ri aud Mcbride, pilots. Many ci the
sailcis, ut tie msh of rtcem, jumped
cv,rhourd and were drowned The Gin
cnnDti had Que killcd aud six wMndrd.
The Essex, sA scemrn killed aud two Of
Arcrs and seventeen men wounded mud
live missing. No casualties on the st.
l,,uiS or Carondolct though shot and
stsll icll upon thrm like rain. Tho st.
Lawns MAS commanded hy Captain l,'un.
arlsboading " ho Nood upon tho gun
deck aud ught with tic guns To the
lnsi. Not a msn llinchcd, hhtyith cheer
apon cHcr ih,y sent shot and III, II
Rmone thc ,n,ey.
CMcNNan, Fbo.
Srccius 10 the Gtz,tlc and CONNER
rNl, dated Fort lIcpp, P,b. Slh,snc the
following iulcll scncc:
Directly nitcr the rapture of For,
Henry the cnibotts l,rNiugtop. Tvlcr
snd Conncstoga stHrird up the river with
irstructinns To- proceed us tar ns they saw
III.
Yesterday the Carordolrt ia charge q
Cols. Webster, higgins, aud Mcrhcrsun
oi G"n,ralGr,nl's slail. madr recon-
nuisgucc a. iar A. the brt'gr on the Mem
phis & Ciarksvillc Il, K. a. Ddv,llr.--
They & uad quarters had been built a
thc bridge and occupied hy svmc tronps
Here WAS fund a large quantity ol arn
supplies, g mmissary stur,e, Wagons, 80
The Inhabitants were dcsorlipg thci
dwellings ior miles around ard ilcviug ID
every direction. Tho hridpeat nwNili
MAS partally dipablcd by the Grst gul
hoais which vent up thc rycr. Apoth,
at the pirrf was crippled 90 a> to com
rietely prevent the passage ol traius.-
There were hut eight tuns captured b
Dickeys cavalry lnd Cd. Lcgoiq inatov
ol ~
Nearly all the gums were spiked Wit
telegraph wire, which can Uuy br =,
mosed. They utr SIX pruuters and I
fine order.
Al the prisoners takcn, shou, lCl
~sre sent 10 Cairo vcstordsv. N
amount ofproper,y captured viii exec,
q amillion ol do,laFs.
Reconnaissance have been made |
Cot Logan and Others toNyithiu II mile
Frt Donaldson.
Geh Grsntand Stan'willmaks rccoi
possancc this alcrneon az ti'e river b
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