The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-09-07
HEADQUARTERS McGINNrs Layout,
LAxEpoRr. La, Aug. 16, 1861,

HEADQUARTERS McGINNIs LAYOUT,
LAxEpoRr, La, Aug. l6, 1864,
DIAN Col. Since writing to you at
A,o;ers Ia. we have mad another dart at
-. ..uv and not ,,thout fatally making
nv ~ . .ware Of IT, effects of northern shot
"a .h.n On the goth of July We left
A,-,.as on board the steamer st. Charles
and stood away down the river, arriving at
the mouth that evening at shutdown. The
wsathsr vas rough and stormy and
the pilot said we would have to wait until
morning; but the first dawn Of day on the
following morning found us on our watery
way and once more my feet were off the
land Of my home, and the beauty of it was,
That no one as yet knew where we were
going: we had sailed with scaled orders ;
but soon the General broke the anchor seal,
and 10! what was written "You will
land your forces on the west side of Dolphin
Island in the rear of Fort Gains, and pro-
coed at once to lodge yourself and siege
pieces IN the rear Of the fort. Fail not at
your peril" This made things look rather
"a The tightly. But the General was not
surprised at this, he had expected as much
from what Gen. Granger had told him, and
II commenced cutting his notches accord
ingly, 50 that the morning Of the Sd Of
August found US laying off the Island Of
Bette Boyes. The following steamers con.
stituted our feet Of transports St. Charles,
Battles, Tamolepas, Lora, Kate Dale, and
the Tall Marian, with an escort Of five gun
boats:snd ships Of war. At 2 O'Clock the
signal was given for us to advance, so the
Ave aforementioned gunboats that were
playing the agreeable for us took the ad.
vance and We followed after. At % min
utes before 5 o'clock we arrived at our
place Of destination. This was done by
running The steamers as close to shore as
possible and jumping overheard and wading
ashore but in few moments the light
boats o. the feet were alongside and took
most of the men in them. The next thing
was to get the heavy siege pieces on shore,
(which was accomplished before daylight,
under the supervision Of Capt Linsey, A.
A. General. AT midnight the advance of
the infantry was made up the Island, and
by o'clock we astonished the rebs by
letting them know that we were within 400
yards Of their works, and the next evening
under the cover of the night we had run up
six, light, 10 FOUNDER rifled pieces and two
83.pounder Parrots, which made the thing
still more close for them.
s.AtSo'clock on the morning Of the 9th
Of August, "a day ever to be remembered,)
could be seen steaming up the bay Farra-
gut and his feet. l will not attempt de-
scription Of this spectacle, the grandeur Of
which will fill many pages of our future
history, and in less than twenty minutes
from the time of their opening fire the
deafening roar Of cannon, with the bursting
Of shell, outbattled any thlng Of the present
war, and doubt If history can produce its
equal. The fight with the rebel ram Ten.
nessee was thing Of no mean proportions,
and think it might be said with all truth
that it, too, was. q big thing. After the
taking of the rebel ram, the fleet came to
aschor Al except the Monitors, they still
kept up the shot at Fort Powell, which was
soon made % run up the white rag, and ON
the morning of the 9th our forces occupied
Fort Powell. On the morning Of the It'll
the rebs at Fort Gains offered terms of s"r-
render. After caviling all day Of the 9TH,
on the morning of the 9Th the surrender
was made Internationally to the army and
navy, and at Q o'clock the old Starry Ban
ner was flying from the ramparts as in days
gone by. On the night Of the 9th our
forces succeeded in making landing in
the rear Of Fort Morgan, and in short
time it must share the fate Of Gains and
Powell ls,-rs,
On the 10th Brig. Gen. McGinnis was
relieved from his command and ordered to
report to headquarters New Orleans to take
command Of his old Division, now at Nor
ganzas Bend, and hope in few days to
be once more with the 2lst Iowa. have
been away from them, it seems almost a
year. We are having nice resting spell
nothing to do bu, go in bathing every day
and then take ride down to the city on
the cars, by way Of change. Hoping tt
hear from you soon, j. as. aaaaszs
$50 e1 remain, @@a".+
- at.' '.aa LINE MCKENZIE.
S.-Among the prisoners that wa
taken at Fort Gains was two companies
from Mobile, among them was thirty o
more that was well acquainted with the lat
lamented Hiram Lampson, one of them ha
worked for him, for long time previous 7
tie var. They every one spoke we'll q
Hi, aud could hardly believe him to b
dead. 'srra tlt srsak aans
News Of the Week. a -as s'g @-@4
The principal news was the Chicag
Conservative Peace Union Convention, an
the nomination of Little Mac and Pendl'
ton. The absorbing interest surroundin
these events destroyed all other tconsider'
lions. The market was not very chang
able, though Goldran down and up betwee
900 and 252, settling each day at son
? point in the 80 or 40 figures. .sr- /;
The Army news was not withou. interes