Daily national Republican., 1863-08-24
neaih Of Fleet Captain Rodgers,
Satisfactory Progress of the
lBombardment.
THE OPINIONS OF DAHLGREN AND
GILMORE.
CONFIDENCE IN THE FINAL
RESULT.
Arrival Of Prisoners and Wounded
special Dispatches to the Baltimore American. !
oPsninS Of the Assault On Sumter.
fLAosaIr AucrsrA DIksNoaI,

special Dispatches to the Baltimore American. 4
oPsninS Of the Assaslt On Sumter.
fLAosHIr ArersrA DIksMoar,,
rues ny Morn rg, Aug. la
The attack on Sumter was commenced at
daybreak yesterday morning by the siege bat.
teries OF Gen. Gilmore and the naval battery
on shore. At six O'Clock Admiral Dahlgren
proceeded on board tho wechawken, and with
the Ironsdes and tho entire Monitor feet At.
tackled Wagner sud Gregg with great fury,
completely silencing Wagner and almost
silencing Gregg. The wooden gunbosts, seven
In number, also Joined In the assault and en-.
soled all the shore batteries to pour their shot
and shell into sumter.
Al loo'clock Admiral Dahlgren changed his
flag 10 the Passaic, aad with the Patapsco pro-
cceded 10 within about fourteen hundred yards
Of Sumter, and shelled the sea wall with the
rife guns Of those vessels for about an hour,
With marked effect.
Fort Sumter fred about my return shot.
doing no damage to ourselves, whilst the wall
Of Sumter was badly SCARED.
Flect Captain George W. Rodgers took com.
msnd Of bis old vessel, the Monitor Cattskill,
and went up into the fight, going within one
hundred and my yards Of the beach in front of
Fort Wagner. Aftsr firing number of shots.
ball from Wagner broke q piece Of the inte
rior lining, which struck on the head Of Com
mander Rodgers, instantly killing him, as well
as Paymaster Josiah q. Woodbury., who was
standing At Ills side. Both Of their heads were
split open. Thess were the only persons in.
jured on land or water during the six hours
engagement.
Tho damage done to Sumter by the siege bat
teries Of Gen. Gilmore 10 visible without the
aid OF giass. The rebels had erected false
vail against the wall exposed to our batteries.
1t extended to within ten feet Of the top Of the
wall, and was over forty feet high and ten feet
thick. This wall is now a msss of ruins.
whilst tue old wall is bored full Of deep holes,
the Parapet crushed aud ragged, aud the north
west corner gsshed aud cracked down almost
10 the waters edge.
The harbor and Stono river ars filled with
'crpedoes. About dozen of them have been
picked up In the Stono, and ono was expIed.d
under the Monitor Patspsco, raising her foot
cut Of the wster, but doing no harm 10 the yes.
sel. None of the Vessels were injured In the
least, snd Admiral Dshlgrcu and the officers
ate condieu. In the ability OF the Monitors to
batter down sumter. He is, however, anxious !
10 save the vessels for the heavy work required
of them after sumter 10 taken, and 10 let the
army reduce Sumter II possible.
The feet, except tho weehswksu and Nshant,
III retired before two O'Clock. The latter re-
Ensned to keep Wagner silent during the after
noon, and TO prevent the reuoupting Of their
suns,
me SHORE batteries continued nring sil the
afternoon and night on the wall Of Sumter,
with good effect
Second Days Bombardments,
This (russday) morning is cool and elsar.
and the shore batteries are steadily at work.
The Weshawken and Passaic are keeping Wac.
ner and Gregg silent, and up to noon when The
Arkansas sails, tho remainder Of the Ace, are
lying at moorings.
The bodies Of Commander Rodgers and Paw.
N aster Woodbury. have been embalmed, and
10 North in the Arkansas.
Con. Gilmore announces that the work thus
f,r has been entirely salts factory that the fort
Is greatly damaged, and tho work Of the reduc-
lion progressing finely. Admiral Dahlgren Is
much depressed by the loss Of his nect captain.
,ut Is highly grstided with. the operations Of
hs nsst and army, end ls vu'y hopeful Of ulti.
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