The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-06-22
An IrOn-Clad Engagement I'm
the Georgia Waters.
The Atlanta Goes to Attack
Fort Seymour.
The Weehawken and Mon.auk Take Her
After Thirty Minutes Fighting.
REBEL ACCOUNTS or THE AFFAIR.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ATLANTA,

mo Richmond Dn,asA Of the 2oh tho follow
ing
Dispatches received IN this oy yesterday from savsn
ciptnre by the enemy of tho Confede
rate ron-cLd steamer Atlanta
she formerly the English stssrnsr Frugal. and was
commanded by Captain Webb 1hs Atlanta steamed out
habor and attacked and captured aftcr
tion Of thirty miaa.o. by two federal iron clA.s.
We have the best authority for saying that the ankA
pa,ed raid expected time since, ana that Ad
mrai Dupont the necessary precautions TO
rebel when she should make her appearance and at
once despatched tho Monitor batteries weeha~ken and
| Nontauk TO perform the service
The object Of the ratd Undoubtedly 10 pture Fort
Seymour. locatcd ossabas Island Earrisonc by
the orty enth New York state voan,c and ITO
cf doug 10 should be olosey pursued by tho
Union cadr, could scok sheter sboye Fort Nc
Ascr uLt opportunity presented ffci for her IN
again get cut ard return tosaysnrah
Tho Atlanta formerly tho tlyce built steamer FiD
gal, aud cnlhyed In the West Highland trade, and
purchased Gi,sgo& for VI osade ~ 1901.
| She rhlt port bound for rebel port, having GA
hundred pieces a,hery eight thoasand nve
hundred Fnnoi rnos. twenty thonsand army psson.
lnesa ht us sibro. nrndrcd thousand blankets,
sixty Ave thousand shscs. two miion pcrensr'on
cars f ganpo~der, bot Of quinae aud other
articles then much nedcd by le rebels. sbo arrived
safely the II 1892. and hDdipr that
abe could not 10 without great rvk being
| capture d, u oiGed 10 convert bsr into vessel o.
| war.
| Many months were occupied cutting bsr down and
putting her into tha, not unlike ucrrmac aud
covering her with What believed 10 he IN nssguable
| arnor, and, providing her with huge b~sh ram.
which the rebels sad would snk any vessel abs IN
| contact with
90 the aist u July 1902, she made bes debut, ssd
within The Of The glasses VI port Psssh but
dd pa, tbs ts~s of tbs ssns of
the fort. few days later she r-,r'ued 10 savsnaah,
aud " unasrslod that 'bs vas faiafe. being up
heavy, drawing too water and leaking badly
wbetaer there sny truth these shs
sf,erwsrds In the vicinity II the fort
The nert hoard ~ In ihr istiss pus a
| winter sbcn che reported 70 be ready sh
SaShvie in getting b. from ,hs p.se bss river.
Nothing. however. bat her smoke s~en, al.
thoash the hontaas and PasAc iookcss for
bor for mouths.
sbo u an Iron steamer and those wbo had her
at different say that she fc,rnstabe essf,.
| Her armament has bees ssilms,ed q, from
| 10 fourteen guDy refugee stated that u
| consisted H ,wo one bnDdred. .vrgncsr riass tour
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