Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-04-16
THE SIEGE oE cHARLEsToN.
Operations by our Fleet-The Har-
Dor Distractions InsIrmountable.
List of Disasters to our Fleet
Their Withdrawal Likely for the
Present,

New York, April l3.-The Newly ork
Tri6une's special account of the Charleston.
fight, says: .-.
The squadron arrived off Charleston on
the morning of the 9th, and spent the day
examining the bars and channels. the wind
being too high to cross that evening. The
Admiral disclosed bis plan of attack,
which was to sail directly up and attack
the northwest face of Fort Sumter at 600
or 800 yards, AT about o'clock Monday
morning. the signal for the movement was
given. and the vessels started slowly. In
consequence of log. however, they were
obliged to postpone the intended attack
till next day. During the afternoon, one
OF Gen. Fur,'s brigades worked its way up
Foley Island, and established ncommuni
cation with the fleet, but no portion of the
land forces got into the attack at, all.
On the 7th. at 4:15 p. m. the feet got
under way, and passed the Morris Island
battery without being fired upon. pushing
right on towards Fort Sumter, The New
Ironsides worked badly, and in conse-
quence of the current was Obliged to an
cher two or three times. Fort Moultrie
opened fire upon the Weehawken, which
was within 5000 yards. Cummings
! Point battery. Fort Sumter and Battery
q immediately opened, and the action be-
came general and terrific. The Monitors
still pushed on, replying vigorously, and
passed the northeast face of Fort Sumter.
when they discovered three lines of OBJ
structions. holding torpedoes, etc., one Of
which exploded. but did no great damage
Finding it impossible to get across the OBJ
structions, they turned about and steamed
down the harbor. The Patapseo's 200
poundsr had become disabled. and the tur-
ret of the Passaic so bent that the vessel
was practically out of use. The other
vessels also passed up to the northeast
face of Fort Sumter, til they also were
stopped by distractions. and then turned
back. ....ltl
After being under fire three-quartcrs of
an hour, all the Monitors were ordered
back, and at o'clock the entire feet was
ont of range, and the action ceased. Ad-
miral Dupont intended to renew the attack
next day. but. on ascertainisg that the Ke
okuk and Psssaic were entirely disabled
and three others partially so, he conclu-
by all the Commanders. The Monitors
were hit from fifty to sixty times each. ex-
cept the Keokuk. which received about
seventy holes. and was penetrated at water
mark no less than nineteen times. She
was kept ahoat till the next morning, when
she sunk on the bar. her colors flying. All
on board was saved. The Ironsides was
hit about sixty times. but not damaged -
There are eleven large holes in the side Of
Fort Sumter. apparently running through
the walls. The entire firing only amount
ed to $50 rounds. When our correspon-
dent left, two Of the Monitors had. sailed
for Port Royal, and others are to follow
Our entire casualties am cunt to Thirteen,
Of whom but two or three were killed.
r. The New. York Times special cores
pondent gives the following list Of casual
ties: qii3 .a- sa. li - eta.gH,
IL ft4 rs on THE NAHAST. .afa.. $50
Bm Commander Downes. slight confusion
in the foot. .s3 lsftniIl~o .iF4ae
! Pilot Isaac Scofeld, severe confusion in
: the neck and shouders--do;ng we'll.
t. Quartermsster Cobb. compound fracture
of the skull. since died. ala laeinoa
l. Three seamen. slightly. -ioa7a
T. ailF on THE KEoKuK
! Commander A. @. Rhind, confusion in
the Leg.
A. Mcintosh. Acting Ensign, danger
ously.
r. Nicholson. Quartcrmaster, slightly
Three seamen seriously and seven 9th
crs slightly
The Herald's account says there WIS., a
rumor in circulation. both at Port Royal
and at Charleston Bar. that our troops
were rapidly gaining the rear Of Charles
ton. -t4t
The New York Times correspondent
lsays ofthe Charleston fight: "The iron
ships were exposed to concentrated fire
from five different points-unparalleled in
the history Of warfare. The fleet found it
impossible to pass up beyond Fort Sum-
ter. and assume the appointed place. ow-
ing to the distractions. which extended
!. across the entire channel from Fort Sumter
to Fort Moultrie, while above these, near
the Middle Ground, were three other rows
of piles, and above these three rebel iron
clads. The feet was thas compelled to
sustain this terrific FIRE. and nobly it did
so for thirty minutes. During that time,
not less than 8. 500 shots were fred by the
enemy, I60 being counted in single min
ute" = -. &
d2'a LATER. =,
| BALr1MoRE. April Is.
The gunboat Flanlbeau arrived at Old
4 Point Saturday afternoon, bringing the Of
icers Of the iron-clad Keokuk. The fol.
lowing is made up from an interesting ac-
count furnished the Baltimore American
by an eyewitness. who was in the fight:
/ The ,Weehawken was assigned the i'm
portant duty. which was faithfully per-
formed in the midst of the fight. to exam
| Inc, and if possible, to fire the obstrnc-
lions which the rebels have. extended
across the harber from Sumter to Moul-
trie. Protected by a scow. and the "Dev-
il, in front of her. she pushed straight up
towards the distractions, They were
4 found 10 consist OF q, net work of chains
and cables stretching the harbor. over
which it was impossible for the Weehaw-
ken to run without fouling her propeller.
and which she found it impossible to force.
In this net work the rebels are supposed
to have suspended torpedoes and other
submarine explosives. She completed the