Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-06
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Sunday, 10 clock AN. h
All day yesterday the rebels kept up q
hot Ere on Gen. Porter Division. Noohe
2Wss hurt! Our PsrIott gun ct FsrnhblI
Courthouse Oeoasionelly answered them
all last evening sad Up 10 midnight live.
ly firing was keptup., About that. tihe
their IRE Tslaoked considerably ? and ct tVo
O'Clock stopped We 1ied one or.tWo more
batteries ct them, but got no answer
About three o'clock this morning build.
ing at yorktown was fred, and Prof Love
and Gen, HeintEleman went up In 8 bel
loon and found it was thSir storehouss al
Yorktown wharf At daylight they 10.
ported the Fort empty. .-sl---q-TT
At seven o'clock We occupied Yorktown
without . gun being fired. OF the guns
Of the enemy nearly all remaining were
spiked and dismo1ntei. By the side Of
the river battery were large piles Of am
munition, pow Ter, balls and shells.
Eighty guns were in Yorktown, RhiOhis
surrounded by q semi.eirole.
The esrthSork we're ell constructed to
cover one another in every position, but
they must have eventually yielded, could
We have got around them. -r
The gun We dismounted the other day
killed and wounded IA rebels. ~
The fort has been occupied BY the Ist
battalion Of New Orleans artillery, the 9Th
and S0lh Alabama reg ments, i8A and 14jh
Louisiana, and the 18th snd 18th Georgia
regiments. +si-r W. ,r--w ~
These troops were ordered 70 report ht
HeWard's GreV, four miles from Riohmand,
and left the fort at midnight, e ei ieei
A rear guard Wss left who waited for
our appearance and then retired 10 great
hsstea Two dessFtsrs who left their, regi-
ments ct Williamsburg at daylight, they
say the whole rebel army was In q panic.
Prof. loves bsIlon reconnaissance dis
covered their rear guard ct GA. N, to be
miles out. eL ~
General Mcclellan Immediately ordered
out the artillery and cavalry, and they are
pushing after them at full speed.
Our gunboats came up ct clock and
landed acme marines ct Gloucester, who
raised the o. 8. fsg amid cheering that
could be heard ACROSS the river. The boaks
then left, and are now running up York
river shelling the banks on both sides
Anumber Of mines had been prepared
for our troops, By placing psroussiOn shells
under grount IN the roadway s1d entrances
to the forts. ~ j.. .7.-,,-. ..r,ru
No whites we're to be found only 8 few
negro women and babies. Ir - .strr.
"a The totn. Wss lsquslled aud filthy; few
days Of warm weather would bred & pes
thence
An abundance Of four, and o lsrie
quantity Of meat, sat and fresh. Vas left.
All the tents were left, but no horses Or
WagonS, --. ~ ~ n ~
Reports cohour that the rebels consist of
q mob of about 100 900 men, ill,fsd, dirty
and dishearteued F
The road from yorktown to Hampton, On
which We were enoamped, was guarded BY
Fori Magruder, mounting large nambsr
of guns,spar Of WhiOh were taken away
and part spiked, Some Of their works
were veil built and well laid out others
were Wretohed oontriVsaoesro 80 .5-Sa
The work upon them Was finished on Fiji
day highland the slaves sent 70 the rear
under guard. 30. % IS yrH...l iite7
The rels have nothing behind on which
they can make q stand. ------.
.eLast night their camp dres ell along
were the sRms as usual. The dense woods
along the Peninsula enabled them to lsaEe
without being seen fran the balloon.
The large guns Of the rebels we're mostly
columbiAds taken from the Norfolk gNaJy
Yard. Some of than hare basn- -nsosntly
mounted. The fortidcaGOnB, although 81
the roughest character, we're very formida.
bic, being surrounded dEby deep gorges d.
most impossible to pass FnF