The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-06-04
The Nays al Fight at Grand Gulf
LYING Orr GRAED GtLFl
on BJARD GUNRoAT TuscUMBIA,s I
Nav q. 1868

4
to this vessel i,
April 90 Received orders TO raise
steam and prepare Tor action got under
way at seven O'Clock and fifteen minutes.
cugagements opened at ton CLOCK by the
tgunboals Piusturg' Carondolet, Louis
vile. aud Mound City, on the lower bat
reres the guoboa. Lafayet enters tie
engagement and opens fire on the middle
battery. ganboats Benton and Tuscatnbia
ent red the engagement the latter eOga>
ges upper battety, opening a brisk fire
with h'r eleven inch guns at four hum
bred yards; the engagement becomes
general; a shell cnt RS the ferwsId port
hole, Exploding in The turret, killing three
men and wounding eleven; engines work
ing we'll; steam one hundl ed and lwcAiy
pounds; First Assistant Engineer Perry
South and Thir Assistant Engncei Bull
at engines.
II O'Clock, Engines working well;
strsm | Is pounds thermometer lO5 10 en-
gineioom. Shell entered the upper pilot
EoMse, wcunding Mr. } oseph McOammant,
pilot. Bog chains all shotaGaway but one.
she'll entered port side passing through
cylinder timber. and setting vessel on fire;
Ere soon extingushed; First Assistant
Engineer Joseph billiard agd Third Assis.
tanl Engineer William MiIcgan at
engines. 1894
IL O'clock. - Engines working well ;
stram 20 poundij thermometer 1O7 de
grees in en- Inc room two shell enter onr
port side, exploding between The cylinder
timbcrs, tearing Mr. Perry S elh's room
to fragments; no Que hurt shell enters
our port side. exploding in after turre
killing Two men and wounding ninej Sec
ond Assistant Eogineer Mr. Homan and
Third Assistant OlV,r Gaugh at EN-
gines.
I o'clock P. M.-EOgines working well
st'am no pounds, thermometer lUb de
grees in engine room; she'll enters our ar
board side, exploding between the cylin
, d = imbers, firing fIom guns very heavy
sc .ond shell enters stsrboard side, explo
ding between cylinder imbcrsr ~ Assis
IanI Engineer Perry South and ~ Assis
; Iahl Benjamin Bull at engines.
2 O'Clock P. M.AshelI entered wheel
, house. carrying away all wheel chains
engines working well; steam 20 pounds
shsil passed through pilothJuse sho
: away all bell wires and starboard speaking
lrumpe' handled ergiues BY passing order
0 through port speaking trumpet; lst Assis
, taut Engineer Joseph llillard and 8
, Assistant Wn. kil.egan at engines; por
pston bre'king, caused by the steam o
the vessel Dropping, but working as We
0 as can be expected.
I 3n'clock P. NJ, Stsrboard engine i
= good order; port engine out Of line. bu
o not disabled; sleam leo p,uods; ther
:, momctcr lo8 degrees in engine room
= slleIl entered starboard side, explodin
v between port cylibd lmb-rs, disablu
d port engine by breaking full stroke car
$ yoke; started propeller, bat corld &c
handIe hevessel, came TO ancsor to repul
:, damages, repair damages by changing
y GU, of yoke to full stroke yoke; got undc
Q way in half an hour; worked engine fuI
stroke, ready for actin sgsrn, engngGmcr
>. ended, aud We lsaded crposie Gran
!, Gulf JOHN W, , HARIUPEE,
y hctius Chief Engineer.
Tic engag' menL lasted five and on
'S iall hours. The Tuscumbia receive
6 eighty,lwo solid shot, aud il is impossib
to count the shell that exploded in lie
Her upper work is complete wrecl
=" No man could have lived on her dec
u Ior minu'e. II ia behaved here that "
3, were under the heaviest fire ever know
IN TO naval warfare. The rebels conccnlr;
;, TED all their Gre upon us for at least Nv
hours. NJ ,ro thm oae-half the tin
during tn. fight we were not more lha
o' fifty yards from the maGzles Of lhirl
10 guns. and some orlhese guns lU0.pound'
y PARROTS u gun which throws projectll
,t with greater force than any gun now
" use. But oil would not do, They Cou
. not penetrate tha iron sides Of the Tu
y cumbia. il is believed here that We we
0. under heavier fire than ever wa0 know
of before not excepting the X okuk at Chal
Stou. We received more shots than .
the other vessels combined, But o.
~ plating proved perfectly :nvuluerab
Ok against all efforts To penetrate II.
n There was ona great blunder commit
ck in building the Tuscumbio, and that is
r. tile location of hsr magazine. To gi
49, you an idea Of this. | will just say, tn
10 il action tie hAtChets are 10 ,s 4arily 10
's' open When tho she exploded in h,
nd turret the fire. from burned the b
be very badly in tho face who was station
in the door Of the mageziue topa's powd
!. up. This will bo altered before /
'"H.' vessel is pronounced fl, for acti
w again.
he You must not think that the Tuscuml
ci, is disabled beyond repair. She will 80
;cL be ready to 60 in agaiL; her fngines'I
" ready now. All shs wants is To raise
nS wheels aud weld her whcel.chains, q
Or that is short job, Think you will he
ov- good account Of her yet, We took 4
on. prisoners, aud think from what one
20; them said, when he saw the Tu cumb
- that we gave them as good as they so
Oo'' Said he, "shsre is the damn square /
Ait that gave US hell, and she does not l.
ose as sRe was hurt" Since the fight
ned have buried three men, who died lr
+, the wounds received, making in all eli
' killed. lam happy 10 inform you I
The we are all enjoying good health. alTe