New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-27

fallen and the list send yon will tell how many
other brave officers fell with them. S'ores are
hying about that this regiment and that regiment
broke and run; that but for the frightened o'th
Massachusetts (negro) we would have carried the
fort that the 9th Maine did not reflect much honor
upon the gallant State she represents and thousand
other reasons which care not to eDumerate. Ii Is
absurd to say these men did not night and were not
exposed to perhaps the most deadly fire OF the war,
when 70 many officers and 40 many of the rank and
file were killed II must be remembered, too that
this assault was made in the Dight-a very dark
nipht-eveu the light Of the stars was obscured by
the blackness Of a heavy thunder storm, ana the
enemy could ne distinguished from orr own men
only by the light Of bursting she'll and the hash OF
the howi,zer and the musket. The 9th MGssa-
cluset,s (negro), whom Copperbead officers would
have called cowardly if they bad stormed and ear
red the gates of hell, went boldly into battle for
the second time, commanded by their brave Colonel,
bat came out Of it led by higher officer than tho
boy, Lieut.. Higgnson.
The let Il. igade under the lead Of Gen. Strong,
failed to take the fort 1t was now the turn of COL
Putnam. commanding the III Brigade, composed OF
the lib n. H., the 62l Ohio, Col Steele, the oHh
Ohio Col. voorhees,. aud the Tooth y. Y, Col Dane
". to make the attempt. Bat alaf . the task was
too r.uch for him. Through the same terrible fire
Le led HE men to- and into the fort, and for an
hour held one.half Of it, fighting every moment OF
Tia, time with the utmost desperation, and "a w'ih
The L.. Brigade, it was not until he himself fell
KILLED.. and nearly all bis officers wounded, and 10
rcenforcements arriving, that hls men iel back, and
the Rebel shout and cheer OF victory wa heard
above he roar Of Sumter and the guns from Cum
ulingt Point.
Iu this second assault, by Col. PGtuam's brigade
Col. Tuner Of Gen. Gi.imores stan, stood al tie
side Of Col. Putnam when be- fell, and with be
voice and sword .ged On The th.nncd ranks 10 The
final charge. but 1t was 100 late. The 81 brigade,
Cen S.eveuson'-, not ou hand. It was mad
ness for the ID to remain longer uuder so deadly Il
fire. aud the ihoa,ht Of .urrcGdcr.ng in body TO
ihe enemy ud not for moment be entertained
10 fight their WAY back 70 the iIsrenehments w's
al ,ha, could be done, aud in this retieat many "a
poor fellow Tell, never TO rise again.
Wlhou, n doubt, mnny Of our men fell from our
own fire. The darkness was 20 in,enee, the rodr Of
artillery 50 lood, the flight of grape and canister shot
20 rapid and destructive, that it was absolutely lm-
possible 20 preserve order in the ranks Of individual
,omranicr, To say nj,Ling Of the regiments.
More than half the time we were IN the fort, the
Gght Was simply a hand TO hand one, as the
wouads received by many clearly Indicate. some
bavr swosd-thrua;s, some are backed on the head,
rome are stabbed with bayonets. aud n few were
knocked Gown with the but,-oud Of muskos, bat re-
covered ia tine to get away With swollen heads.
Thsfs Vas Il able lghing ID get toto The FORT snd
terrible Gghung 10 get out Of i. The cowardly
ood no better cnslcs Tor tlc.r hives than the fear
les. Even II they surrendered, the shell OF Sumter
were thicEy falling around them in the darkness.
and, as p,isonsrs they could be safe. until vic
tory, decisive and unquestoned rested with one or
the other bciligerant.
Tho bate i, over; iii midnight; the ocean beach
!. erowdei with the dead the dying aud the wound
ed. IL with difficulty you Gun urge your horse
through TO Lighthouse Inlct. Faint lights are Gin
mofng in The sand holes and rifle pits to the right,
n you pass Down the beach. In these holes many IL
poor wounded AMI bleeding soldier has laid down to
hi- last sleep. Friends are bending over them to
s:aunch their wounds or bind up their shattered
limbs, but the deathly glare from suuken eyes tells
thnt their kind services are all III vain.
In this night Assault, and from its commence
meut 10 IT. cofr, General Gilmore, hi. stall,
and bis volunteer aids, consisting Of Colonel
Litlleleij, Of tue ilh $. c., and Majors Ban
4 rrer aud Stryker, Of the Paymafters Depart
ment, were constantly under fire and doing all IN
their power TO susain the courage Of the troops and
urge on reiniorcements. All that human power
could do to carry this formidable earthwork seems
To have been done. No would have imagined
IN the morning that 20 ierco eannonade from both
the navy and the batteries on slore could fail to
Destroy every bomb proof the Rebels bad erected.
But the moment our men touched the parapet- of
tho tort 800 strong sireaed from their safe hiding
place. where they bad been concealed during the
day. and fresh ana strong, were prepared 10 dive us
Lack. We then iouud 10 our sorrow that tho lJ-nch
shot from the monitors, even when Erred at dis
tauce Of bat $50 yard. bad not injured them IN tho
least. Only the parapets oil the font had been
knocked into sand heaps.
In their proper places forgot to mention that the
punboals " issahickon, Cap,. Davis, the Chippewa,
Capt. Harris, the Paul Jones, Cnpt. Buyer. and
tie Ottawa. were also engaged in tine bombaldment
at long range, and that during every day OF the
week, irlm the 10Th to tho isth, had been more or
less Engaged with the work.
The amount of shell thrown at Fort Wagner would
almost build another lronsides. N. i.
BEAUFORT, 8. C., July q. 1865
left the Naitefeld last Monday 10 visit the hos
p,als in this city and at Hilton Head upon nearly all
lie wounded have been brought.
The large old mansions neary all full, and if
there to be wounded and dying no better accom-
moJatious, DO far the main buildings are con.
cerI.c1, could DO found. But in other respects, /
regret TO say. tho medical department not pre-
pared Tor NJ large a demand upon their time and
rkilI. Soldiers are still lying in their Gotta who have