The weekly sun., 1862-02-22
The capture Of Fort Henry.


Washington, FEB 12.-The fuilowing il an
Official ccpy Of the report OF Flag onicor Fr,te to
the Navy Department. relative to the capture o
Fort Henrvi
Cairo H., FEB. Z, 1SG2.-StR.-I have the
honur 10 tepot that on the Gen instant. AZ llI
o'clock, p. m, made an attuck on Fp,t Henry, nn
the T,ni eHe river, with the iron end gunDuJts
Cincinnati. Cnmmander Stsmble, the Il tg- nm: tas
tsssN CnnmandeI Porter; the rlrohdnlat, COM
marder Walker; and the St. ls1.is, Linr tenant
SJnmandIg Ptulding; also taking with me the
th h'ee old gunbusts-Cunestoga Lieutenant Com.
IN tnding Phelps; the Tyler, Lieut.. Cbmmap,lnR
q vim; and the LeXinston, Lieut.. Comu. .,pdiag
Shuk, a. second division, in charge ~ Lieutenant
Commanding Phelp9, watch took ppR tiuu asteru
and In shore oithe aimed boats, doug god exc
Cutiln there In the action, while the armed GOATS
were PLACED In the first order - 5tcnlu, approach.
ing the lori ia parallel line
The fte WAS opened at LOO yanis dist lnce, from
che highhp which was followed by the utt or gun.
boats, and resp~nded ~ by the frt As We ap
preached tho fort, slowly stelming Ill We reach d
Within siX hund red yards the reD.l batteries the
hTe bah from the gunOuats and tie fort inore lsed
IN rapidity and accuracy of rance.
Al twenty minutes before the n ~ wls struck the
Essex uni, nunately lived a shot ia lsr boil srs.
which resulted in the wounding aud scalling -
@tnty-nins oih5ers and men, lncluding Commander
Porter.
Ahsr the n q uss lowered General LI,yd r lyh.
man, The nander = tte fort, came on ho ard II y
Isgship soon after the Cnlon hd beer ustitut.d
ioi We Itue Nag on tke font, and p'ssasion taken
OF IT, received the General ana his s,an and
sue sky o. seventy mei- prisoners, aud h, g.
PNN Sup o9htallltE sixty invulids tpgethCr = th
tht 'it ana aa gu cts, mounting 20 yuma IN 1t Y
Of heavJ cahe, with baiTack kg AMI ,.,t, c,,,.i Ia ~,
aocowu, dau lhOOO men '0'''' ''i'''o VI
The llan Of the attack Far AZ regards tbe arm,
Tsachlng tfo rear ot the tott'o make a darnonstr,.
Non simultaneous with the navy was frustrated nv
the eS"e4esIrly muddy road, and the nigh stage d
water preventing the arrival ~ bur To-, ps Irti
some time AFTER had taken pusssss, n NJ the firt
On securing the pr1soneia, aud making the neres-
Bary preliminary arrangements, dr-pstnhed Lieu
uh"nt oomnAhnlhg fhtlPS with us d.usin up
the Tennessee river, ~ hGd previously III e,ted,
and will be seen In the enclosed urdrrz to hi "a "a
the rails, and far render the bridge uf he
railroad for transportation and coumttnicnli, IN be-
tween BDwlifg Gresn aud .lumbua useless, and
afterwards 20 pursue the rsOel gun Dlats ald secure
their capture 4 sslhle.
Tais IL Ing accomplished, and the army In posses
ri ~ the forts, and my presence being indisyel.
sable AZ Chiio, eft Fort Henry IN tie evening al
tue same day with the Cincinnati, E,sex aud 81
Louis, and arrived here ttis nor ~
TIE armed guuho Gts rosistfd ef,,rtnll, tl,s sl.l
Of tue enemy, whsu strikiug he oasrm,te
The CnCiunlt, tie tg-,Aip, received tbi,tv
one shots the LsseN hhren' tie St. Louis seven
and the Caroud1et six, killing 0p- and wllndtng
nine In ihe C,u ingHti, aud kIiag unc in tut
EfseN, whle the casualties In tue later from
steam, amounted to twenty eight in number. Th-
Car N 20 ct and 81. Louis met with NO casualties
The steamers were udGulfpNly huBdl-d 10y the
commissluuors aud m rIs, present ug on'y thei
low-guus 20 the eLomy ~ avoid tho eNpu3uro o.
Tie VulnTnlc parts ui their " sscs.
Fort Henry was defor ded with the most deter
mined g.llautry by Gen. III gilman. WORTHY oi ,
better cause, who from his own afyouut, went
into the action with eleven guns { henvy callhr,
be ring upon onr boats which hs fought un'l scvci
= the number dismanIlSt or otherwise reu
ueltd useless ] have the honor 20 ha,
Very spc,. Your y t. Seryt.
II, II FoOTE, Flag o i1er.
"H G'"'oS wFtLEA sec'y Navy, Washington
k'ILEp AND WOUNDED oV neE EssEx.
sEi--As Capt. Porter Is unable 70 write. he ha
1liSc'td me TO serd Sou List Of killed, wounds
ga h'ssinr IA tsis iCssd,