The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-15
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
[Fr0m the New Orleans Timea.l
W WksT GULF BLoOKADiSG SQul

Admiral Farrsgut, and composed OF The Winpebago,
desI and the Hartford (fasshp). brooklyn, Oneida,
lasca, tennessee and Aetaconie, Of tho wooden feet,
VII commences TO- morrow morning TO pour their iron
hail into tne rebel Fort Morgan. .fl rs ste8#l
The bail was opened this afternoon by ths Monitor
winnebago who steamed deaanty up 70 Tho tort and
threw IN shell or two TO give tho rebs tasta OF our
architecture. and b as buoyant cork On her your
the 6sht TO Her officers every one Of them
gentlemen, and have afbrded and win Afford me every
opportunity 10 witness the light.
Captain Thomas stevens Is well known Is an ofncsr
chock full Of hgnt" and be s ably seconded by voun
Chief Engineer Simon shulies First Assistant Engineer
John P1!dy Ensgns Morrissy Murphy and whlworth,
h later asussmau am rdsStsd FOR ayors 10 BE-
remembered hereafter.
OF The ngntius qualities of this noble vessel shall
forward worked BY steam and that they are
terrible 10 execution the rebs viii bear witness.
ON Board s..As,.Ir ..; W,ss.sAeo Angus: lse4
tons the land force under General Granger failing TO
operas, We did no sttsmps the reduction Of the forts
up in front Of Fort Gaines, and a. 4 hsif:psss
shell =. inc trsnsport Nalchsz, which vas unloading
troops and ammunition At the landing 10 front Of the
minute after The shell burst ln neigbborhood the
smoke Of burning bacon and rosin plainly visible.
We gave aud received about dozen Shots but nobody
That you may fully understand the position of affairs
70 ~s o1, m 10 the oas Fer; M0
well known 10 many Of your readers Immediately OPP
posite and about i've mica or the northeast end Of
Dauphin Island 10 Fort Gaines. Running from
Morgan to Gaines is driven tier Of piles fastened
together BY network Of chaus Oppoaite each fort
width for the Of blockade runners 10 the channel
In front OF Morgsn placed lot Of buoys which
for our boys destroyed sSoa. hs Of them lsss night,
Outside Of the piles are placed the torpedoes
and Of 1s .y
Noher Of these have dared 10 show themselves side
while We were srne into their TRANSPORTS but cou.eoted
themselves with throwing shot At long raneesay
about five miles--wbeo they could have no hope Of
hitting W.
Orders have just come board for us TO 70 into the
nsht 70 morrow - from Tie quantity Of fight in the
generally. can assure You VIC shall see fun.
Everything betoKsns success part, and be-
fore this reaches you Mobile, am convinced will have
fallen ,...--,...t.
! s..ss = WEDNESDAY, August s, 1884.
The glory 70 ours. Tho victory with u.s. have only
time soy iha. have passed Fort Morgan and are
anch red W the bay.
gunboas Buchanan, tho rebel commodore is wounded,
and hear Is dy ing. t
the obsrucsious and Immediately All but eighteen
Of her officers and crew went down with her, Captain
Crayens, believe. was her commander.
70 day No have lost about one hundred and nifty killed
The bearer Of the above letter informs US that Fort
Powell was blown up and Fors Gaines taken. We learn
from another shas the eet which passed
consisted OF fourteen gunboats and four Monitors
LETTER PROM AN OFFICER ON BOARD TIE GUNBoAr
PORT ROYAL. s.
The following account is furnished by A. c. Sterrett
who on board the gunboas Port Royal a. the time or
the hght:- 5sr .4e
nond, Iackawanna, 6sspee, Mououg ahe., Oneida. Ca.
ana the Monitors Tecumssb Manhattan, Chickasaw and
wnnebago ana the Admiral's steam barge Loyal, got
under weigh the anchorage on tho Mobile
Bay SUNRISE Monitors In advance and the wooden
lead when within point blank range q Fort Morgan tho
vessels ahead were slowed down 10 enable the line TO
opened nre the feet, which returned from the
one hundred PARROTS placed on the bows Of
The Admiral waited until directly abreast OF Fort Nor
gan when he delivered succession OF broadsides from
the nine neil inch guns Of the Hartford With such precision
siencsd 4. this time The Monitor engaged he rebel
clad Tennessee, which discovered lying In
position TO advance on our noble Admiral.
AZ this moment the Monitor rocumseh struck torpedo
almost instantly Tho lring now became terrific, and
the feet although steamng ahead at full Of speed
made several attempts 70 run our passing vessels
down, bus failed 70 90 So ana IN the midst OF AZ this
s vss r:sd ss.d % ~ Sosr s' Ss y st
and appalling sight 70 witness this boat rowing around
It's sacred m ssion 70 drowning men, with
Of death and destruction striking and rcocheiting all
around i But the gallant ofcer ian ensign, whose
forset needlessly kept on his way and succeeded IN
longing to the Tecumseh.
With the exception OF the Monitor feet had BY this
time 10 passing Fort Morgap only TO bo sub
ject TO CALLING, raking fire. from the three rebel gun
boats-selma, Morgan and Gaines
were now or and the engaacnent became general,
which time resulted In driving the and two
steamed up the bay with evident intention Of escaping
10 Mobile. After chase Of about forty minutes the
Metacome On boarding her The cause OF her surrender
was soon apparentth the decks were covered with ibe
dead and dying and nss were running run nav with
Lieutenant comstock with his bowels out and ly
g across the breech Of gun which he was eneassd in
our language not adequate TO describe the soul
stirring cheers which won't up the tbroass OF
all through this terrible ordeal; and brave, noble
Admiral has exsmplned in this light that his theory Of
"iron hearts and wooden shps, b . correct one 81
At this time. while nees, with few exceptions,
had collected together the west side oe the In the
direction Fort Powell the range Of Morgans
guns the Tennessee discovered s.eaming in tho
fbs Monitors closed with her whsn IN range and one
OF the interesting naval epgae smsnts Of the
succeeded and we In the INHALER wooden vessels were
8sht Of some minutes eusoed. when Admiral Fsrra.
gut, anxious TO close the eassmcnt IN summary man
per- started toward the rsnnessee AZ full speed AZ the
sss Tennessee smdships, and Withdrew IL simc 20 ave
room 70 our Admiral grspple his antagonist Buchanap.
White dag was sssn % wave from shs Tsnpsssce pos
house, 10 token OF submission, aud Captain Jeraud who
went n voluntser the Ossipes roprseeusstive
OF Admiral Farragut, received the sword OF Admiral
Buchanan and that terrible engine OF destruction was
ours, although gained ~ great loss or life. feN
Our loss In this light about hundred and forty
wounded, Including the brave Captain Craven Of the
Monitor and one hundred of his crew, who went down
with him. Admiral Bucbaran. Of the Tennessee, was
shot through the LEG, below the knee aud tho leg viii
have to be amputated.
Fora Powell m Grants Psss, was blown up lass night
alter DARK and FOrt Gaines vii follow rcbel
gunboais which sought protection under guns Nor
gan, viii be destroyed captured by Monitors to-
low. E. Hss aTf Nse.6... IN b aMlTe = f T
We have. by this great victory eectuaIy closed the
port Of Mobie and ts capture Is only question OF time
and Admra Fsrragat ard the gallant officers and men
under his command have sstsbish another claim 20
th SO who love liberty. 7s e.@A IT Y T77T.l
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