The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-09-17
From Charleston.
Details Of the Capture Of Batteries
Wagner and Gregg.


Details Of the Capture Of Batteries
Wagner and Gregg.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O.-The follow
ing was received here this afternoon :
DEPARTMENT OF THE Souri,,
HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, Sept. T.
To Major General Halleck
have the honor to report that Fort
Wagner and Battery GREGG are ours.
Last night our sappers crowned the
crest of the counterscarp of Fort Wag-
ner, on its sea front, masking all its
guns, and IN order was issued to car
ny the place by assault at 9 o'clock this
morning, that being the hour Of low
tide.
About 10 o'clock last night the enc
my commenced evacuating the Island,
and all but seventy FIVE of them made
their escape from Cummings Point in
small boats.
Captured dispatches stated that the
Fort was commanded by Col. keitt, of
South Carolina, and garrisoned by l,
400 effective men, and Battery Gregg
W OCIWCSh 1OO GNU wv
Fort Wagner is work of the most
formidable kind. Its bombproof shell
ter, capable of holding 1900 men, re-
mains intact after the most terrible
bombardment to which any work was
ever subjected.
We have captured nineteen pieces
of artillery, and large supply of excel
lent ammunition.
The city and harbor of Charleston
are now completely covered by my
guns.
/ have the honor to be, General,
very respectfully, your obedient SER
want, q. A. GILMORE,
Brigadier General Commanding.
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
| WASHINGTON. Sept. 10, 1863
The Richmond papers, of the 9Th
inst, have reached here with most i'm
portant intelligence from Charleston.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 9Th
has the following: mis-
CHARLESTON, Sept. morris Is
land was evacuated yesterday after
noon. The enemy had advanced their
sappers up the mouth of Fort Wagner,
and it being impossible to hold it, Gen.
Beauregard ordered its evacuation,
which took place at noon. The enemy
now hold Cummings Point in full view
of the city. Heavy firing is now going
on between the Monitors and our bat
teries on Sullivans's Island and Fort
Moultrie.
The Richmond Wing of the 9th has
the following particulars
! CHARLESTON, Sept. THE bonn
bardment was kept up without inter-
mission all day yesterday and far into
the night. About one hundred and
fifty of our men were killed and wound
ed in Batteries Wagner and Gregg.
An attempt to assault Battery Gregg
was repulsed before the enemy had
completed landing, and great havoc is
supposed 10 have been made in the
enemy's columns by our grape and can
lister.
At dark in the evening having ad-
vanced their sappers into the very
moat of Wagner, and it being impos-
sible to hold the island longer, Gen.
Beauregard ordered the evacuation,
which took place between 8 o'clock p.
m. and a. M, with success. We
spiked the guns of Wagner and Gregg,
and withdrew noiselessly in barges.
Only one barge containing twelve men
was captured, and the enemy now
hold Cummings Point, in full view of
the city. All is quiet this morning.
CHARLESTON, Sept 7th-Noon.-A
dispatch from Stephen Elliott, CON-
handing at Fort Sumter, announces
that flag of truce, demanding the inn.
mediate surrender of that fort. has lust
been received from Admiral Dahloren.
by Lieut.. Brown, of the steamer Pal.
metto State.
Gen. Beauregard telegraphed to
Maj. Elliott to reply to Admiral Dahl
gren, that he can have Fort Sumter
when he takes it and holds it that, in
the meantime, his demands are futile
land unbecoming tssl'