Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-03


HeRbardmezt Or Eors samss
The bombardmsnt Of Fort Snm.sr has con
Hnned hercely since our last report The stub
bonn aud gallant endurance Of Efaior Elliott
and the brave, indomitzbie garrison now angsgsd
in the sacred duty Of holding and defending
the fort has won for them a gioyi9us name, au3
vail furnish another ilustriaus psssi in the fatur3
history 81 the Defence Of Fort SuEntsr aud the
harbor and city Of Cbarleston.
Notwithstanding the terrible and constant Ere
rom his monitors and lsnd batteries, wiki mis-
siles OF every conceivable invocation, sizs and
power, ghoweZed ike hail from Parrot, Dahl
gren, naed guns and mortars, upon the devoted
fort ess aHd IFS garrison, the enemy has been
f0ilod in bis ebjsct and is still unsuccessful IN
bis designs.
During Friday night 4ho snemy's Ere was
ehisfy maintained by Battery Gregg aud his
mortar OF CnmminS point battery. ~Sixty-eighs
shots we're cred, bat eight of which missed AID
passed over, making an aggregate Of slsven
hundred and twenty shots fred ia sWeHty-four
hours.
At three o'clock on Saturday morniBg q dePlo-
rable disaster occurred, resulting in the iBslsnt
death Of thirteen Of the hsrsie garrison, detailed
and posted IA the barracks, near the sea wall, 10
readiness for Immediately mounting to the crest
in case Of 81 attack from The outside. The mel
ancholy Occurrences wss caused OF a three hun
dred FOUNDER PaTT0tt shell striking an iron
giTder in the sea wall Of ths barracks, csving in
the root, crushing and 5UryiBg the msn Donesta
the ruins. The position was considered cem-
p%sIasvely sale, the roof having previously 10
sisted the %ontinu shocks of the falling debris.
The following is the official report Of the names
Of lie killed:
Fort SUMTER, Oetobar 81, 1868.
LIEUT. BoYLsTos Sergeant ". s Ovens,
Ssrgt. J A. Stephens, PdvAtss S. L. Burrows,
+ M Burrows, j ". Anderson, James Calder
. j. Burn, ". Z. GibsOl, J.. ". Jones, L. s.
Les and ". A. Patterson, all Of Washington
light infantry, company A, Captain ]. N. Car
son, 18th regiment South C4roiila volunteers;
W Martin, of tho 12.h Georgia battalion, and
mr. Matthew'S, an o~Ysrseer, were burled tnls
morning By the falling of the barracks on the
ssa fsce, where they had been placed in a posi-
ton for mounting the parspst in case of al as
sault. S ELLIOTT, JR.,
MAJOR Commanding Post.
This 2ainful news reached The city st au early
hour Saturday morning, and created q general
feeling Of sadness and depression IN the c0mmu
nifty The brave and gallant mon, so suddenly
cut of, were mostly natives ana residents Of tHiE
city, aud their deaths Bsya brought mourning
80 = large nEmber Of households and diairessst
relatives and friends. Ths bodies were brought
30 the city Saturday evening and taken posses
sion of by their respective families. On Sun
day afternoon the funerals took place from the
various residences Of the deceased, followed BY
largo crowds of s0rroWiBg relatives and sympa-
.hizing friends.
The scene in Tradd street, where three fu-
neral PROFESSIONS followed ia succession, was
peculiarly sad and painful TO witness. Tbs BE-
resved families lived side by side.
On Saturday the bombaTdment again ragged
furiorfc1w A afnrHu Sra agaH kent mn hw two ]
monitors, two heavy and two light rn1sd guns
at Gregg, three hssvy nfed gUu8 and t0ur Ten
inch mortsrs ~ the middle battery GRd four
uhsd guns at Wagner. -Four hundTed ard fsrty-
three rId5d shets wa-o fired iTsm the lana bat
teTies, Of which siL-y-Oua missed; sighty-six
from the m~iuitors, all Of which struck; aud lhZee
hundred aud ssventy-;hree from the m~0rtsrs, 81
which one hundred and twenty missed.
The mOTter fuses, we i0arn. are 50 eut IS to
the shell a second OF tEO 2iser the re-
ports.
During Saturday night seventy rifa3 saots
WerH fred, mostly with lime fuses, OF which ten
passed over, aad thirtT-three moItar SMELLS, OF
twelve failed 70 strike. The ire OF the
and bsstsgiss was directed chiefly 81 the South
west angle of the fort.
. Fhe flagstaff was 5ho. away twice Saturday,
and replaced By S~srrsau5 GUhzn, Corporal
and private e. Swain, al OF company T.
L@-I NHHHElA tUt-Eall- Aaa AH.E-aA HaEl 81 O.
5u5 up ibAg it was tUdul necessary 10 raise
.he bE.tlehag Of the I2lh Gsorgis IN its place.
The following is a lss of the casualties during
Saturday; Private John Myers, company i,
L3h Georgia b-sttzlion. kiilsd by q mortar shell;
Melton Gibbs, same company, killed IS
he sauna time. Wounded: private M. "
company D, 10Th Georgia, fracture Of
awsone; private Daal Hughes, company I,
oh Georgia, severely in back; corporal F.. 4
Honour aud private A HouUGr, company 4,
South Carolina (Eatsw} regiment, al
by mortar shells.
On Sunday the firing was sill kept Bp by
he monitors and the lana batteries. and ia the
%fteTnoon, az intervals, tina Shots 1ere estimated
" some to be discsrged Al sao Taie OF iOur q
minute. We have not heaTd whether s1y casu
tiles occurred Sunday.
The firing IS still going On hot and heavy at
lo closing OF cur roport-tsn o'clock Sunday z
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