New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-27
The Atinck OFT Fort Wagner-k Bloody
Night-Assanit md KcpuIse.
from Our Special CorrY.pct Gent,


FROM Our Special Corfr'pcrceni
MCRms ISLAND, s. c., July 10, 1863.
Aeain For Wagner has been assaulted aud again
we have been rcpulsod. and with, regret 70 sly,
Il much more Formidable loss IN killed, wounded and
missing, than IN the frs. attempt
The first assault failed, us stated in my last letter
on account Of the Hardness Of ihe 10th Pcnnsy
and tic oh Maine to properly support the successfal
Assault Of the 9Th Connecticut, who were left alone
on the parapet and within the bitches Of tie fort 10
battle with the whole Rebel garTison.
In the assault Of tue llth inst. but one brigade,
and that very small one under the command OF
Gen. Suorg, were engaged; IN that Of last evening
II whole division, consisting Of three fall brigades,
were drawn out III line take part in the action,
but on account OF some Misunderstanding Of orde -
but two actually pariio a,ed in the ighi.
Since the engagement Of the llth Gen. Gilmore
bas nj aimed every nerve 10 Strengthen he position
on Morris Island and far as human foresight can
discern, has made his lines OF defense impregnabe-
before advancing TO tie attack.
Three -fourtbs of the irlaud ia in our possession
five batteries have been erected all containing nine
30-pound aud four @ppound Parrots, and ten lO-neh
martars on the Ieft, with Two 30-pound Par
ba,iories Of light artillery on the right. Tho
oarihworks protecting these guns have all
been erected by tie New-York Volunteer Eu-
gineers, under tie direction Of Capt. Brooks and
Lieuts. Mirche and suter of Gen. Gllmore's siAh.
During lie action Of yetlerday, Lieui.-Co JAcAsOu,
Chief OF Artillery on Gen. Gillmore's stld, COM
manGej On the ei, and Capt Lnosdon Of the let
u. S. Artillery, Company n, Oh the night The e1-
IRENE right rests the besch; the extre lei,
on the edge of II swamp, sbou! 800 yards ffom the
small creek separating Morris IslSnd from Jauos
Island The IS hole line Of batteries sweeIs IN the
form Of semicle and IL AT all points about !, 800
ya,ds from Fort Wagner. Nearly all The guns upon
the left are about OJ0 yards form Fort SUMTER but
being Of light calIber compared with the one On
that formidable structure were not brought 10 bear
upon her at any tine during the action.
Gen. Gilmore designed 10 commerce tie lombard
1nent Of the fort at day GIT yesterday morning. but
On account Of "a terrific thundeT-rtorm, which com
menced carly in Tie evening and continued untn
morning. delaying the work Of tho engineers iI.d
damp.ning the ammunition, the action did NOT ofeu
until hal past II. Al that hour Admiral Dahlgren
eignalcd that be was ready, and IN few momtn;r
tie Moutauk lhis fagthip, tie lronsides, tie Cats
Kill the Nantucket, the Weehawhen and tie Pa.
tapsco moved into line in the order in which have
uau.ed them, and commenced hurng their heaviest
shot aud lhel around, upon and within the iori
and, with intervals OF bat very few minutes. con.
tnued this terrible FIRE until one hour after The srl
had gone down. During all the afternoon the iron
feet lay out one mile of from the fort but ust
tie close Of the engagement, aud bat a Few moments
before the fret assault was made by Gen. Strong,
the Admiral ran the Montauk directly under the
guns Of Fort Wagner and, within $50 yards, fired
round after round from his l5-inch gun, sending, as
every elot struck, vast clouds Of rand, mud and
timber high up into the air making one huge sand
heap Of that portion Of the fort facing the sea, and
dsmounling two Of the heaviest guns.
Desertero and prisoners tell us that Fort Wagner
mounts thirteen riHed guns Of heavy caliber, bnt
daring all this furious bombardmcnt by land and
sea, SIZE condescended to reply with but two; one
uron the whole feet OF iron Glade, and upon tIe
entire line Of land batteries. She may possbly have
fred one shot to our one hundred, but tuink even
that number is a large estimate. There were no
Casualties Oh the Monitors or Irousldes, ind but one
man killed ana slightly wouIded within the
batteries. The lIirg was almost entirely from our
oqyn ele. With the most powerful glass, but very
few men could DO seen in the fort. AT half past
two, 81 from one Of our guns on the left cut the
halyaris On tie aagstai and brought the Rebel fag
Huiterng to the ground
In moment apost before We had begun to ASK
ourselves whether they had really lowered their fa9,
and wee upon the point of surrendern8 or not, tie
old red Latllo Tag, which the Army Of the Potomac
has 30 often had dcGanily ebaken in It's face, wac
run up about ten feet above the parapet little
cluster Of men rallied around it, cheered waved
their hats, and then disappeared, and were not
again seen during the day. Fort Sumter, tie mo-
ment the Rebel flag came TO the ground, sent shot
over our heads to assure that had been lowered
by accident and not by design. la this shot
clio alto denied US TO distinct understand that before
Fort Wagner snrrendeIed, she herself would have
TO be consulted. With the exception OF this h,tlc
episode almost profound silence, 80 far as the Rebel
garrison themselves could maintain 1t, prevailed
within the fort. A heavy cloud Of snoke and sAnd'
occs.ioned by our constantly exploding shell, hung