Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-28

OF motion, Just inside the bar, oil our part OF
Morris Island. For nearly two hours had
our batteries been speaking but no signs
of life were visible among the irOn-clads
Their decks were cleared for action a little
past eleven. They moved very slowly as
people walk in the dark, feeling their way
along, but as they passed, vessel after vessel,
their progress was increased. The AIontauk
lie / off, with the admiral's flag fiy4us, follow
ed closely by the Ironsdes, monstrous NOV
ing black mass, with her port holes opened
prOmisingly, such a craft us timid forts must
dislike to see approaching. Then came the
CatSkill, the Weehawken, the Patapsco, and
the Nahant. Slowly they stretched out in
line, one after another coming up in position,
the M0ntauk on the right. They stopped
when threc-tourthS of mile or more from
fort Wagner, and the Monlauk fired the first
gun from the iron feet 1t went ricocheting
over the water and burst Just short of the rebel
work. Then the Monitor on the left of the
IronsideS sent second one, in similar style,
spinning along, the fragments throwing up
dust from Wagner's seaward walls. But the
lronsides was yet to speak. In few mo-
ments smoke pulled from all her PORTFOLIOS on
her port side, and almost every shell, or It's
fragments, touched fort Wagner somewhere.
$ me ri3Uchetcd and exploded directly over
tlG IOGI. Dome Sent illt UlTl uNlllb IrDll Ublll
parapets and traverse or Two and burst in
the marsh beyond. Our land batteries were
all the time working. The other Monitors
were sending in their compliments, and soon
there was such cloud of smoke that, as the
Ir0nsldes sent broadSIdc after pruadside, the
fort had an internal look, enveloped in smoke,
and throwing out tongues Of flame as shells
exploded in the cloud.
FORT WAGNER SILENT.
While our guas and mortars increased the
rapidly Of their fire, and the iron-clads con-
ctntrdted their efforts upon her, few wild
shots in all directions were fired by Fort Wag
ner, those at the fleet going nowhere near
them, and then her firing stopped entirely.
Bat through the smoke and fire we could oc-
caSionally see the rebel flag still flying, so we
knew they had not surrendered. Fort Sum.
ter belched forth as rapidly and furi0uS!y as
possible; like an angry hen with a chicken in
danger, and the other forts chmed in at in
tervals, but scarcely any casualties occurred
on our side AT half-past two o'clock a shell
burst'close to the rebel flag in Fort Wagner,
the fragments flying through and all about it,
The top OF the staff disappeared, the hallyards
were cut, and the cOlOrs came down in the
dust. They did not appear immediately and
some supposed the fort had surrendered, but
al u.
time in many minutes, from A casemated run
on the sea shore side rather dctiantly, but
very inaccurately. Soon a squad of rebels
were seen rigging up a battle flag on a iurv-
mast, stuck in the parapet Then a rebel flag
appeared beside it, and together they waved
through the terrific bombardment ill evening
sometimes torn, but never brought down
again.
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out. Wagner had stopped firing, and her
men were evidently where shells could do
them no harm. Whether as the result of this
consultation or in accordance with previous
Arrangements | cannot saw. it was evident
that the fort was now to be stormed. The
troops for the work had been selected.
and they received orders to move at once
Gen. Strong had orders to march his briua,le
across the omen land to fine beach na,r The
old house at the riubt o( our works. and far
this movement the 9th Massachusetts. Col
Robert Shaw. was added temporarilv +, his
command His other regiments yar,. ti,n an
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Maine, Col. Sabine Emory. the remnant of
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