The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-04-16
TnE ATTACK ON CHARLESTON.

miFat 10 losed MS plan OIL altAck,, Hhlcn /
sss TO ssa directly up end attack the
northwest face If Fort Sumter at 500 or
800 yards.
About eight o'clock Monday morning
q signal for movement Was given. and the
vessels sartsd slowly. IL consequence
Of the fog. hoWsver. they wsr- Obliged to
pnatpone the intended attack iill mex tday.
During the afternoon one Of Gen Fury's
bigadta worked itS way up Foley ! land.
and established communication with the
Asst, but no portion Of the land forces got
iBto the attack at I'll.
On che Nh. at 4 II P. NJ. tie 1rst got
ander way. and passed M"rri. lsland bat
tsries without being cred upon, pns'iug
rigut on toward >um'e'. The new Iron
sides worked badly. and in consequences
Of the currrnt. w,s obliged to al hor two
or three times. Fort Mouths opened frat
uron the Weeha vixen. which was within
500 yards.
Cummings Point Battery, FortSu'n er
aad battery B immediately op ned. and
ahs sotion became general and terrific -
The Monitors still pushed "n, replying
vigorously. and passed northeast fan- OF
Sumter, when they Giscover'd three ll"es
of obstrucrions holding torpedoss. et.,
cne OF which exploded, but did no grea'
dsmage.
Finding I, Impossible 10 ger across the
ob,;ruc'ions, they turned aboutshd eteam'
ID down the haShor. The P'npsco's
200 onund.r had b-como disabled. and
the tnrret Of the Passaic so b. Mt as 10
place that vessel prAolically Out NJ ua%--
Otter boa,s also passed up 10 the north
rast face Of Sumter ill they aIso were
stopped Ly the distractions and turned
back.
After b,inc and FIRE th.ee quar'ers
OF IN hour. all the Monitors we're ordered
back, aud 81 8 O'Clock the enlire hset wa
nut Of range. and the "ction ceas-d. Ad
miral Dal ont intended to renew tho at
lack next day, bu' on as'ertnipiug tha'
the K okuk and PSssaio were enire|y
disa led. and three others. partially 80.
he concluded to desist. in whioh he was
sustaine ed by al the commanders.
The Monitors were hit from fifty 10
.ixy tunes each. except tie Ksohuk,
which received about ninety shos. and
Was ., nstrard At wat,r mark no less than
nineteen times. She WAS kep, aGoa, Ill
0 mex, morning, whsn she sunk on ',hs bar
Q hcr oolou Aying Al! on board were
Isavrd, Tie irousi!ea was hit about six
,y times. bur rot damau d. Ther- ar'
IcAvrn large hole. in the side Of For'Sum
ter. arp rpnriy running through the walls
The entire firing only amounted TO Isl
o rounds. When our corrsspon icnts lrft
:, Two of TIE Monitors had sil-d for Por
Royal. and others were to follow. On
entire casuallis amounted 10 Ikitecn, d
N whom tn, Two or thee were killed.
> The Times special gives tho folowin
a list uf ,asuaitiss on tho Nahant:
=. Comm ,ndsr Downs. slight confusion |
Y foot; Piht Isaac S-ad ID. sev-ro oon'u
le sion in tie neck sud shoulders. toin
70 well; QiWiermas,er Cobb. oomp'un
10 frastur, Of skull. snce died: lhrse SCI
or men. slightly.
. Ksokuk-Comnander A. q Rhind COT
" tusion Of III. leg: A. MoIntosh. actin
u ensign, d vigorously; r Nicholson. arm
u gltly; three s'amen. seriously. NJ
seven othtrs. .Iigh,lv.
a. New YoaK April IS --Thc Times pu
'ishes All rxtr. containing d-,all ID a
~ count Of tie 6ght at Charleston. tsa.
hs ,hs result Of the Z onunrissanos prov
70 The ute, ipeficlenoy ol III iron clad ae
-sr TO take Ch uleston alone.
\. The Nahant ieos,vsd thirty wounf
several hcing hsd frao'uroS
" The Passsic was alsp wound, seve
-, " In the tur,st and pilot hohaa.
inv The Nantusks,'s trrret was 40 jsrr
,sr that the p.r, could no, be opsusd ,'end
-. ing h l5in ~, useless. None Of
" Vt ar M"ni o's ~er- disabled.
oy TIL. Times corr.Sponirnt s'ys Of
h Q Charloson 6vhI: The iron ships W
Ia "xpo,rd to a oonosnlri" are from five
II. I rent poiuts. unpAr ,lled in the li.lc
- Of w.rfMs. Tn Zoe, found it imPos'i
'"' to pass up beyond Fort Sumter aud
-. 'S"o S"'., :" spPs;h O's;'h ",and.L .s,os.
~ o".uOsC .;'' SS.a".I ~ Hcm snm'sr ,o Moult
w ""' s"' ' 49, M... n.o, ,Lo mid
Ind ',.a. "" 80 w.. ,%,.. o,hsr rows of nj,
! as e'IS%"', W." 49, .'hol I'm oi.gs
All A"S IT, "a a., 80 ". ,.". o'mn.,lcd n s,,,
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