Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-05-13
THE lirACK VP0N CnARIEsfJN

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THE lirACK UPON CHARI Esfds
The ChafeHon correspondent, OF tht = bile Nsgl
gives the following graphite and inter :. is';.iF
OF tho hrst days battle In Charleston bsrter
cnARlfsfoS, April :, isrs - The a., or ui,i
htodto chnrlcsion has At last arrived and ihe
50 long impending over this goodiy Il ~ ~ te ay
Of Damocles, has length fAlen.' Il NJ. taken
one by surprise. however and especia.lv ihs uit
anlhorlti 4. Gen. Deauregard had re ,eyri lsiol
. tion some days ago, from source anl ~ me'n- F
must for the present be namcless, st ~ al
would probable be made to.day, and l.r u tar
\mals. Having already sent you Ia .siemcn'
thc affair by telegraph there Is bat iiu uo tnr ,p
II was observed At haif.pass tro,r.s. 'hsi ne
erAl leet. which had been lying OF the ly 'inc0 s
day afternoon, was approaching In hoAi,e ~
Eight turreicd iron.clRds and the famons lg,t-ea
war-steamor "Ironsldcs,' were put In t,oGln and
yanced 10 the assault, BY what n knowi s ihlp-cl
mel" Gen Bcauregsrd, whose headq az
the city, was promptly notified by teleRArh nom
sumter II may be stated that theic a,l sn-s
Ming from all the forts and batteries in nuj wound
harbOr TO the city, and that telegraph ecumpu
ton t. frequent and expeditions between tho lJrls
batteries, as we'll as with Charleston.
The Ironsides and five Of the Monitor pafi.cip
in the engagement Port Moul,ric was De fr.i ,oy
ire, at iyc minutes past 9 o'clO;k' Tic double
rctlcl Kcokui, the most formidable yess of tl'
fc1 IfL AN L4.'s.H NfaNNN''N' FOEb |NHH
Ac ,tic tul poured @ llo 'ais 1u'o ihs 'ss4l
amalIon ard s1r w7s followed IA turn ~ Fort b
rcgpri and battery Bee ~ sn'iivnns lf'andi
Fort Wagner ana ccuu.ns battery on Morris ill'
In 4 Gw minutes he qau.l became genera! tnd
,aUuou4aioP tnsr.i,. ihc iroac.ads al cptered
owsr ,lrci1 orl,'e ana f3D eyefy ioyt aud i.''.i:
'idci i' 9n-er haih5r ia a'r'ed, l,Nl7 ~ lilel y
.r5at ar1 ID. apd io1incs. re so.lnc Of no ems
wls equally pired, aal Ais drc del.he az. and vel
reulca ag1in1 Sumter, NQuyh M. tbe 90 's rLd ppue
came in for a share OF the ene.y 5 ats i.!op. Lt
shot, as far rs could see, passedover suncr TAei
sides threw monster shells, which bul l9,'3 Jyey n
around the fort with great precision, opd ,nc wol
is that the loss Of life was SO little.
The Kcokuk led tho attack, and took ,..e los' I'D
ger and of honor aud dearly did she pay loe The
tinction as " III be seen in the sequel, ahC0t 70
five minutes after the engagement COZ nepc''
from Fort Wagner took eject IN tho st1. 3i q
sides II IL believed she was also ~
ei-a, AZ steam could be distinctly secu -"
sid 'next to the city. She soon Sithdr
Of orr gunspi.a Tor she remaiW,Df Of
lent spectator of sasscufihiot. tins Was
as she was manifestly locked % 'u "a
Of fFogt Sumter. About5 cIosk sell
drew ovidcnlly badly injured. rne-
soon, andby hsii-pass FIVE the eANre - ~
and when last seen was rounding Afr -A-
soutiward.9
The practice of our gunners, aiterIAi
ge was excellent. The encmys ,yrssel
sunk by pumping in water until the l, s
level with the water were frequent
nearly all their smokc-stacks were perforated. :
too, notwithstanding they kept shifting h0ir P1sit
Occasionally they would steam up wllhut enc q
sand yards of Sumtcr, but for the create Of the
they maintained the tight distance Of httsst hl
red or two thousand yards Late in the evening
Ironsdcs and three monitors wore seen moving
slowly around Morris island, as if thoy M A se 8
10 Port Royal for repairs
The casualties snlc were slight cons lderiE &
nature Of the conflict and the monster prris1u'cs
by the enemy. In Fort Sumter drum ty IAg
men were wounded, two Of the men and ,hg boy scri
ly. One l0-nch colRmbiad was 'disino DttG ans
8inch bursted. Tic former will be mounted to-nl
The Fort was struck thirty four times, ,sG3 The Tag
hole shot through it, No casualties occurTed ems,
vana Island, except the shooting away lS Ls faG-a
and the accidental fall Of man who wa trying 10
place it, and from which he died soon a'lcswarGs
Morris Island, (at Fort Wagner six men we've wos
cd by the accidental explosion Of an am1ur ltioa ia
two of whom have siuce died. Two othera are ba
injured and will probably die before IN fnina.
Gen Ripley, said to be one Of tho bcs' 40 ,lcry
GERS in the world, was in command oil o. q haIbog
fences, and is entitled to NIL the honors q The occs
Col. Butler was in command of Fort Moultgic @2l :
ley of Fort Sumter Lieut.. Col. Simkins o Battery
Capt. Sitgrcaves Of Fort Beauregard, Ma hugcr llI
Wagner, and Lieut.. Lescsnc, with detstchmqn y
Fort Sumter, of the battery on Cummins HolL.-all
der the superior direction OF Gen. hipcs aIs. ~l!
whom conducted themselves with great si.illR.ry
The conflict was witnessed by housaR Is ~ speci1,
from the battery promenade and from iA hougrto9'
Among the vast throng there ASSEMBLE did ooy
counter one who expressed any ioubt .h' rl
II was magnificent spectacle. The VIII 7af ~ t't
issuing from the PORTFOLIOS of tho iron i.a VIZ.
tongue of fire in the centre, the splcr v'. sP-
by these huge monsters as th9y whce!e' rs ne s2'
the fantastic feeoons OF SMOKE that caii1t.1 aaa1
Of the forts and slowly ioatefl oil to the ofl h By