Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-07-30
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Although we published Tuesday detailed account Of
the battle at Fort Wagner Saturday the 18th instant
the following passages from correspondence Of the New
Tribune relating particularly Of the incidents
and results Of the conflict will be read with much nteres
PaELIMINARY REMARKS.
Again Fort Wagner has been assaulted and again we
have been repused and with, regret to say,
formidable loss III killed wounded and missing than in the
first attempt
The first assault failed stated 10 my last letter on
OF the hardness of the 10th Penny aud the
Maine to properly support the successful assault of
the eth Connecticut who LETT alone the parapet
aud within the bitches of the fort battle with the whole
rebel garrison.
In the assault Of the lh instant but one brigade and
that very small one under the aud of Gen Strong
engaged; IN that of last evening whole DIVISION
,stug OF three full brgades drawn out in line to
take part in the on, but Of msunder
standing OF orders but two actually participated
the fight.
1hreeiourths Of The island is in possession five bat
tees have been erected IN all containing nine 3Opound
and four 20 pound PARROTS and ten l0nch morars
the left with two 30pound PARROTS ten l0uch mortars
and three full batteries of light artillery ON the right
THE ACTION OPENS.
At twelve and bali O'Clock the ternoon Of Satur-
day, the 18TH Admiral Dahlgrrn signard that he
ready and in few moments the Montauk (bis flags
the lrOusdes, the Catski, the Nantucket The Weehaw
ken, aud the Patspsco moved into line, aud commenced
hurting their heaviest shot and shell around upon, and
within the fort and with OF but very few minutes
continued this terrible fire until hour after the had
gone down. The gunboats Wissahickon Chippewa, Paul
jones' and Ottawa also engaged ia the
long range During all the the iron fleet lay
about ne of from the FORT but ut ut the close Of the
engagement aud but few moments before the first
saut made by Gen. strong the Admiral the Mon
tauk directly under the guns Fort Wagner and within
two hundred aud eighty yards fired round alter round
from his l5inch gun seuding every shot struck
clouds OF sand mud, and tImter high up into the air.
making huge sand heap of that portion Of the fort
facing tho aud dsmountng two OF the heaviest guns
EFFECT or the FIRING
Deserers and prisoners tell that Fort Wagner mounts
thirteen nhed guns of heavy cabre but during thi. u
land aud she reply
with but twoune upon the whole fleet Of cads aud
upon the entire line of land batteries She may possibly
have fired shot To hundred, but think even
that number is large estimate. There casual
ties the monitors Ironsides, and but killed
and slightly wound, within the batteries The firing
was almost entirely from our own side With the most
powerful gass but very few could be in the
heavy cloud Of snoke and sand occaoned by
staoty exploding she'll hung the fort all The after
aud II only wben ,he wind drted it away that
nble 10 the amount Of dam ,ge had done
10 few hours what had been the regular lines Of
the engineer, and the beautiful sodded entertainments be
rugged and irregular heaps Of sand with great gaps
and chasns III all the aides OF The fort exposed to e
CESSATION OF STRIFE
The afternoon passed aud the heavy roar of the bic
guns land aud gradually ceased Slowly aud sui.
ooy the monitors, with the exception of the Montauh
moved back ~ the anchorage ground of the morning The
music Of the sublime bows forever hymning their sublime
chants b-a along the sbore sun went down
not IN golden glory but in clouds # blackness aud dark
aud muterings Of thunder and flashes Of lightning
In the slight int, rival between the cessation Of the can
honsde aud the assault at the point of the bayone the
artillery Of beaten opened all along the western horizon
and in peal after peal demonstrated how ia
the power 81 man when compared with that OF Him who
holds the elements in the hollow Of Ills hand.
THE FORT TO ne sToRMED.
For eight hours the monitors and the Itonsdss have
kept up continuous Ere, and Fort Wagner has not vet
surrendered. For light hours fifty flour guns from the
land batteries have hurled their shot and she'll within her
was and still she asunt the red battle flag in our face
Something must be de- and that too quickly or in
few days sha have the whole army in Virginia upon
us" said officer high in command. [" We mn { storm
the font tonight and carry it at the point Of the bsyone
In ew moments signals made from the top Of the
lookout and aud colonies commanding dvi-
SONS and brgsdes gapng to the headquarters
OF the commanding general A lew words in consuta-
ton and Gems Seymour Strong, Stevenson, and Coils
Putnam and Nj ntgmery Fastening back to the
respective commands officers shout bUges SOUND, the
word OF command given and the soldiers around
upon and uder the sand bills Of Morris Island spring from
their hiding pac-s ial into -e march to the beach
organized into new bgsdes ard in solemn column stand
ready to move TO the d -adly assault
THE FIRST ASSAULT
Cen Strong who bias frequently since his arrival in
this department braved drath in it's many forms attack
was assigned 10 the command OF the frat brigade Col
Putnam, Of the 7,b New Hampshire, took cuo,s,pd OF
the second and Gen Stevenson the tn I'd constituting the
reserve The 54th Massachusetts (colored regiment I
Col shaw, was the advanced regiment of the fret b
and the I'd south Carolina negro Col Montgomery was
| the last regiment Of the reserve
Just AS darkness began to elise upon the scene of the
afternoon and the evening Gen Strong rode To- the from,
aud ordered his brigade, consisting of the 5ith Massachu
sets Col shaw, (ctorcd regiment y The 9th
Col Chat6eld the 4oih New York Col Barton the 80
New Hampshire, COL jackson; the 10th Pepnsy
and the 9th Maine, Col Emory to advance to the assault
At the instant the ioe was slowly advancing in the
du.k toward the FORT and before quick had beer
ordered tremendous fire from the barbete guns on For
umter from the batteries Cummings Point and from
all the guns on Fort Wagner opened upon it, The gum
from Wagner swept the beach, aud those from Aunte