The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-09-17
From Charleston Details of the Cap
1ure 81 Wagner and Gregg.

Rrom GharIeuton-DetaiIs of the Car
ture % Wagner and Gregg.
Nav YoRK, Sept. 1.-THE Steamer AragC
ffon Charleston on Wednesday evening, ha
arrived. The Ironsides and Monitors wer
still shelling Moultric. Sumter had not Sun
rendered. The Union forces were erectin
works to shell Charleston. No attac6 on tn
city had been made.
NEw York, Sept 12.-The WorlrS Wash
inoton special says: Rumors are current t.
dav that Charleston has been burned bat the
cannot be traced to any reliable source. "
have, however, authority for stating that Gen
Gilmore was determined, if, when we gotful
possession of Morris Island, and zen. Beaure
gard did not surrender, hc would thro" iHeel
diary shells int the city for the purpose o
destroying 1t, as cover and base OF supplies
for the Confederate forces.
The Times has long letter from Morris IS
land. dated Monday, the 9TH,
Wagner and Gregg were evacuated oy the
rebels last night at II o'clock. Gen. Gilmore
must be assigned the honor Of another splen-
did triumph. The engineers have done their
duty faithfully and well.
The Stars and Stripes now float over the for
tifcations.
Seventy prisoners, including a captain,sur-
geon, and navy lieutenant were captured by
a party under command of Mai. Sanford, Of
the 9TH Pennsylvania. The prisoners were en-
deavoring to push off in boats from Gregg and
were intercepted by our men who were also
In boats.
The guns III both forts were spiked.
When our forces entered Wagner, lighted
fuse leading to the magazine was discovered
and extinguished. A few moments and a ter
rife explosion would have ousuf5.
The guns found in Wagner consist Of five
naval howitzcrs two seige howitzers, two col
umbia is, two riHed pieces, three carouades,
one seige mortar, and one field piece.
In Gregg were found three nlortars and Two
field pieces, making a complement Of nineteen
guns Of various casibre III the two works. But
few Of the guns were in good condition Most
Of them are completely and forever disabled
The boinb-proof Of Wagner has not been
penetrated.
Inside was discovered a man dying from
wounds, and near him two dead bodies
The garrison, numbering fifteen hundred |
men escaped in boats, with the exception OF
the persons above mentioned.
The first intelligence we had OF the eVacua-
ton was brought by three deserters, who came
into our lines at l O'Clock III. Numerous
torpedoes are scattered over the premises but
as yet they have caused no injury. Dead and !
mangIed bodies of men and animals pave the
causeway from Wagner to Gregg.
LATER.
SEPT. 7-Noon.-At $50 this morning, Adj
miral Dahlgren dispatched flag Of truce to
Sumter, supposed to be for the purpose Of de-
handing the surrender of that fort. If the de-
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will again lombard that pile Of ruins.
The amount of ammunition left in Wagner
and Gregg was considerable Numerous fierce
looking pikes.having hooks near the end, were
fixed in the sand on the slopes of Wagner, for
the purpose of resisting an assault. Wagner
and Gregg are each occupied by a regiment
There is no firing of any consequence at the
present moment. The iron-clads are in posi-
ton to open on Sumter. Il
FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. 12.-The steamer
Massachusetts, has arrived from Charleston
bar, which she left on the evening of the 9th
On the 6th, Weehawken sent a shell into
Fort Moultrie's magazine, exploding it. The
Ironsides sent shells into Moultrievile, firing
and destroying half the town.
The Monitors and Ironsides bOmbarded Sui
ivan's Island four hours, doing extensive dam
age.
The Massachusetts leaves Immediately for
NEW York, Sept. 12.-We have received
additional particulars, by the Arago, Of the :
of Fort MouItrie by Gen. Gil !
more and Admiral Dahlgren The firing had i,
continued all day on Tuesday the 6th and
lp to 6 o'clock on Wednesday, the 9th, with
great fury, and the injuries to Fort ALoultric
we're Of a character to Indicate that the rcduc- :
ion of thefortress would be effected with com p,
1arative ease. The bombardment, which be-
gan on Tuesday at daylight, was kept up d,i-
ing the day. Though the facts are not pos
lively known, there is no doubt III the minds
If persons who witnessed the p.osion of the
magazine, that even if it was rot the main one
If the fort, the havoc made inside was such as
% materially lessen it, capacity for resistance.
The firing ceased. Oh Tuesday night except
rom the rebei batteries
On Wednesday morning the fight was re
3umed. Two or three Of Gen. Gilmorcs bat
.eries which were i'll range of Fort Moultrie T
assisted in the cannonadng, but only part :
If the Monitor fleet renewed the conflict. The :
which has performed great service :
steamed towards Moultric, ami );
vas firing rapidly when the Arago left, The =
INJURIES on the walls Of the fort were inpor-
ant. Observations were made late IN the at .
ernoon of Wednesday by passengers Oh board y
he Arago, who were OH Morris Island, and it
,ould be seen through the hazy atmosphere
hat the parapet walls were broken, and two
guns had been dismouuted. This fort it was
ully shown, would bear only small amour f.
# canuonading, compared with Sumter. The
eduction will Immediately follow, and the
planting of batteries at CUNNING g Point &c a
work which will soon be accc' nDIished
A novel mode ofremov; no Instructions has
been adopted by Gen Giimore namely the
Employ lGn' u ~ Del prisoners i'll this duty
L Is justly supposed that the rebels know
Iul'o Do well ii not better, how to handle their
wv internal machines than do our own men,
ana Rhus their risks may possibly be less
Our soldiers and sailors are enthusiastically
in favor of the new arrangement.
incidents attending oar capture a nd Pos
session of Chaitanc ga.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, September y.
l have received the following dispatches
from Chattanooga. They come through with
some interruption:
'CHATTANooGA, September 9.-Generals
Wood and Waggoner occupied the city stimuli
taneously at ten minutes past IL o'clock. The
enemys rear guard of cavalry under Pegram,
left am hour before. We have taken two
steamboats,, one horseboat, and thirty pontoou
boats We got very few stores, aud no artil-
ery nor prisoners The works are unusually
strong, and could only have been taken by a
flank movement. The campaign is one OF
the most glorious of the war, rejecting honor
on Gen. RoseCrans.
''Rosecrans' casualties in the entire CAM
paign, only one man killed.
Bragg discovered the thanking movement
of McCook and Thomas on Monday night, and /
Immediately began to evacuate withdrawing |
ON the road to kome where they say sMek viii |