New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-02-10
The Capture Of Fort Henry.

The Memphis Appeal of Friday says .s,..
We are enabled to state, from onr own knowl
edge, that the amount of stores and ammunition
taken was small. The fortwas located on the easl
bank Of the Tennessee river, twenty miles below
the railroad bridge, and was purely an earthWorb
defense, though, of considerable magnitude. Il
was surrounded by deep ditch and strengthened
by rife pits in the rear. .ss84 sseSil~-G :
Only small portion of Gen. Tilghman,s com.
fnand &probably. some 500 mem were stationed
imme ediatey in the Fort, the remainder being with.
IN supporting distance. & 4a 80
The armament of the fort was very Inferior, con.
slsting of fourteen gnns of the following descrip.
ton: One 12S-pounder, not properly mounted and
rendered anseryiceable after being fired twice lasl
Tuesday. One 32pounder, riied, the only one thai
could compete in range with the l0-inch guns oj
the enemy. The others were 42 and 24-pounders
.Uny t iear 20 Of our guns were in position SO as tc
range with the ascending boats. 4s
submarine batteries were planted below on the
east OF the island, and were being laid in the
west channel on the day of the enemy,s approach
but our plans were disturbed before fully perfect
ed. e., ,s = {s - - :
The Appeal of Saturday has the following fur.
ther particulars
From passenger who left Danyil,a at s o,elock
Thursday night, on the freight train and who left
Paris at half past one yesterday morning on the
down passenger train, we learn the following par.
tlcnLars ml s regarding the capture of Fort Henry
ahe hr1ng rom the Federal gunboats on the fort
bombardment) at l2a P. NJ, and lasted one honr
and halt, when the cannonading ceased. "a =
me three Federal gunboats which had been
iying broadside opposite the fort then headed into
lana IN front Of the fort. In the meantime, two
mortar boats which were occupied throwing Shells
into the fort from the head Of the island, about d
mile Ne, and halt distant, stopped firing. .ts5s
When the firing ceased the Federal transports
DeloW the island commenced raising steam. ,a.
A short time after, our informant sals that a
ssharp and continuous fire was heard from the in.
fantry, which lasted half an hour and stopped,
Nothing was positively known to the fate Of our
.erces 10 me tort, but it was believed up to latest
adylces that they were falling back on Fort Donel-
son, twelve miles distant on the Cumberland river
Nothing heard from them since. -
Gen Ilighman crossed over from Fort Heinlan,
On tRe bank Of The river opposite to Fort Henry,
Lhe three regiments stationed there being trans.
ferred to Fort Henry. Only three companies of
cavalry remained who, arrived at Paris, Tenn,
;thufsoay nlgnt under command of Capt. Hub
There were no guns mounted at Fort Heiruan.
earthen breastworks only having been erected.
Inc enemy had landed a large cavalry force on
the west bank of the river. with view Of cutting
of all retreat in that direction. p 's
The telegraph operator at Danville left with his
dispatches and instruments for Paris when the gun.
boats approached toward the bridge.
1t 10 stated that only one gunboat had arrived at
the bridge when the train left.
On Thursday at o'clock p. NJ. the Confederate
steamers Dunbar Time, Appleton Belle, Lynn
Boyd and Samuel Orr arrived at the bridge, when
soon afterward all except the Dunbar left for the
upper upper. river; y A gunboat approached about s
O'Clock L. NJ. and fired three shots at her, when
she :" hngged tie shore" and followed the other
boats; Being very fleet packet, the Dunbar may
possibly have escaped, although reports prevail
that she was sunk by one of the enemy's shots,
Our Informant asserts that the cars left just as
the Federal boats came in sight, and up to that
time q o'clock) the railroad bridge treported by
our aispatcn yesterday morning as destroyed, had
not been injured The guard, he says. were stl
standing on the bridge at the time the train moved
OIL, and nothing certain was then known regarding
the movement of Gen. Tilghman's command, or
the particulars Of the fight, further than above
stated. =
LArER.-0ur correspondent who telegraphed us
night before. last from Paris that the railroad
bridge over the Tennessee river has been destroy.
ed. thinks now that he was mistaken. Just as the
train left Danville, Thursday night at O'Clock he
saw the shots from the Federal guuboats strike
the bridge, and their object was to destroy
it, He is now satisfied that the shots were intend.
ed for the steamer Dunbar, which was above
Up to the latest advices received by our cores.
pondent last night at Paris the bridge was not
DESTROYED 1 , ~ % -