, 1862-02-08
Gallant Action OF the Gum
Boats.
SURRENDER OF GEN. TILGHmAN.
The Rebel Infantry Run
ONLY Sd PRISONERS TAKEN.


innati. st. Louis Caronde4et, and Essex; ed
he TAYLOR, Conestoga and Lexington bring pa
ue Nd the rear, advanced boldly against
be rebel works, going to tho right Of Painter ~
!rcek Island, issuing above which, on the east f.
horc Of the river, sta9as the Notifications; bs
md keeping consequently off range till at the th
lead Of the island, and within mile Of the st
:ncmy, passing the island in full view Of the T
:ebcl guns, We steadily advanced, every nan y
1t quarters, every car strained to catch the IL
nag officers signal gun for the commence Il
mcnt Of action. ~ e.
Our line Of batt1e was On the left; the st. p
Louis next: Carondclct next; the Cincinnati, !,
for tile time being, the 1ng ship, having on s
board flag officer 4. 4 Foote, was next to the t
right Of the Essex. :
We advanced in line, the Cincinnati boats :
length in advance, when, at 80, the Cfncin-
natl opened the ball, and Immediately the {
three accompanying boats; followed suit.
The enemy, not backward, gave admirable
RESPONSE, and the fight 1aged furiously for half /
an hour. We steadily advanced, receiving
and returning storms Of shot and shell, when
getting within 800 yards of their works, We
came to a stand and poured in to them rlgft
and left. It was magnificent; the whistling
shot, cluss Of the seip scips, and the cheering
Of our men as our shots took evident effect.
In the meantime the Essex had been disa-
blcd md d1ifted away from the scene OF the
engagement, leaving the Cincinnati Carondc-
let and st. Louis enggagcda
At length, at precisely LAO, the enemy
etruck lis flag, and such cheering, such wild
excitement as seized the throats and arms and /
cans Of the 400 OF 500 sailors Of the suu boats.
Well, imagine It:
| After the surrender, which was made to flag |
| officer Foote by the rebel General F1oydrilsh- |
| mun, who defended his fort in 9 most deter |
mined manner, wc found that the rebel 1nfa'a-
! try, cncamped to the number Of some or . |
| thousand outside tue fertilization, had cut aud
rur. leaving the rebel artillery company in
command Of the fort totheir fate.
The fort mounted II guns, mostly ~ and u
poundcrs; one, however, 4 magnificent lo
inch co1umbiad. They claim to have had but
| II effective guns, worked by 81 men, which is
the number all told, Of our prisoners.
Our shots had -dismounted ? Of thcir guns
driven the enemy from their embellishments,
aud playcd smash with them generally.
They lost five killed and some ten badly
!
CT, burst during the engagement, badly "oun~
ding one Of their gunners, but killing none.
Capt. Taylor Of Nashville, rebel commander
Of The fort artillery company, {now our pr1s-
oucr,) says tlis 32-poundcr is the gun that did
'S Watts, formerly ] Of tincinnatti, and Of Ma
r son county, KY, Of thp firm Of Watts & Col
n burn, was their -ot11tzace officer. He is now
r, our prisoner.
o The infantry fed from their quarters, 1cav-
ing bag and baggage. 4 vast deal OF plundcz
u has fallen into our hands, and large and val
u uable quantity Of ordnance stores.
- - Gen Tilghman is lishcartened, and thinks II
~ ~ one of the most damaging blows OF tue war.
- In surrendcring to our flag officer, the rebe
80 General remarked: at am glad to su1Tendc
or to SO gallant an officer"
i'll The flag officer Foote replied: "You d
Il pcrectly right, Sir in surrcnde1ing; but yo
ch should have blown my boats out Of water DC
C. fore would have surrendered to you-
u The land force under command Of Gcncrt
~ Grant did not arrive at tho fort till alter u
its rebels had surrendered, and their arm
TX, escaped. =.
[us Our cunboats did splendid fighting. v
its can make no distinctions. The Clnclnnas
ing however, vas in the lead and tyu
'es, the Flag Officers pcnnant, the Chief mar
ock Flag Officer Footc and Capt. stombcl cro"d'
= her dcf,ntly into the teeth OF the enemy
10 guns. She got 81 shots, some Of them s5oll
~ ~ through and through her: She expended
o shots.
Prinslc Carradicc, seaman, Of Hamilton,
LEU W. was killed outright; Vim. Iakeinan, 81
:. man, badly wounded; Alartin Hussey, GcoF
8As Massey, VIM. Curtis, Michael Dalton ana
n. Ari1la, all eeamen, were slightly "o"noe
Capt. D. H. Pratt, Second Muster OF the 20
was slightly wounded
The Essex was badly crippled When ahe
H. half through the fight, and erowdins VII
reat splendid heroism steadily against the enen
, for a ball went in at her port side forward pc
ii = through one Of her.boiers; the escaping ste
ont. sea1ding and killing several Of her crew, 4
body wounding many more. Capt.. 1of
and his aid, S. P. Britton, Jr:, and fayna:
rom Lewis, were standing Oh direct line OF
snn- balls passage, B1itton being IN the centrs
,,raa tile group. TIC shot struck poor brltton
, scr. the top OF the head, scattering his brains
blood in every direction, The escaping ST
ac;6c went into the pilot house, quickly killing
r +bo two pilots, Ford and Mcbride. Many OF
rcsnt sr sailors, at the rush of steam, jumped Q
= X. board and we're drowned.
- Here is tho complete list of the Essex d
go wounded and missing. This casualty to
est Essex has cast a gloom over our feet,
eon' ' somewhat da1upens the enthusiasm Of
eseu victory.
i l's' Eu1Ep-M, Il. Ford, Jas. Mcbride, p1
= se' s.: B. Britton,. Quartermaster's mate; -,
u ul" Muson' cap1am o1 gun o. eoAe'' 'a-f>
nu" olTua GrF1acFns WouSpEp- Commander "
Porter, Thco. r. Ferry, Sd MASTER
~ W. sEAsES MorSpE2 toaa1f;mSG9nEE n,;to
y tau NEWS; r1al n: Mc15, Ratcr ~ harrington
no ap" U'Rrien. ~
s..lvn. sEAMEs WoCSDEp lslightig; Gyohimr A.
on ane cIs Francis M1ison, ahtTess sn'?,yan n, jo1
'o Ut fIu Hara iohn CASTILLO. J. j. Phillips B. So
M1ss1So.-A b. Waterman, Jno. La
ast. A detachment from one Of The Indians
- sars. "en1s' '''Asu Va oo'1 '.1 - sso.e eho
= engaging the enemy, 10 aet Us slaap euo
mon IS under command Of Dan1 Trotter, lost
ssee; 1t Of their men, as follows:
Kn1ca-Ch,s Stacker. Lewis Gantz.