The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-05-06
PARTICULARS OF THE RE-
CENT FEDERAL DISAS.
TER IN N. C..
Plymouth Assaulted and Captured by
the Rebels.
Upwards Of 1000 Men and 80 Cannon
Taken.
Correspondence Of the N. Y. Herald.

Correspondence Of the n Y. Herald
Nvwbern, N C., April 90.
Since my las, dispatch have been en-
abled to OBTAIN tull particulars of The con-
,iiiioD Of affairs At Plymouth. On Sun
day at half-pas. o'clock in the after
noon. the plcket> were driven in. not
wi,hcu. much skirmishing, and resulting
in Lieu, Russell, Of lhe l2th New York
Cavalry, berg severely wounded. ard one
private killed The United States stean>
er Ceres, Acting Master Foster commxnt-
ing, was at once dispatched up the Roa-
noks River TO communicate with the
Whitehead. Acting Ensi,n Barrett com
mandlng, who wa. stationed below Hy-
ner's Ferry. watching for the r-bel ram.
known for some time pas, to have been
built, and for hi. purpose
In anticipation Of a visit from this ram.
obstructions had been placed in the river,
opposite Hvner's Ferry.
As the Ceres passed For. Gray, a strong
tortiication two and half miles above
Plymouth, The enemy opened on her from
battery OF six guns. the Ceres a. oace
responding with her small Parrot rifles -
The casualties on board the Ceres in this
affair were two men killed and six or seven
wounded, including officers, none Of whom
were seriously hurt.
By this affair the position Of the enemy
was dis. Iosed to Cap, Brown, the com
msndant OF Fort Gray. who ,hsreupon
opened fire from hundred -pounder Par
roit aud two smooth bore of less caibr-
The firing of both parties became brisk,
the rebel practice being excellent, and one
Of their sho's carried away the flagstaff Of
he fort, but which WAS almost instantly
re elevated TO the top of Tree.
| THIS artillery duel, lasted until eight or
nine o'cIork in the night, the ca.ual,ies in
the for, being up to ,ha; time slight, while
Their ire must have done good execution
on the enemy
The garrison at the fort were in excel
ent spirits, aud corsi.,sd of a company o.
the "a Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, un-
der the command Of Capt Fiske. and a
detachment, of The Ssh New York, the
whole under the command Of Capt Brown
Of III. Ssh. On Monday morning about
day ybresk, the enemy, under cover OF their
guns, attempted the sssaul, Of the fort, but
were repu'sed with heavy loss.
! About ,his tune The army gunbos,
! bomoshhee!!i, under the command OF Acting
, En>ign Stokes, of the navy, moved up 10
communicate with the fort When with,
in range Of their guns the enemy opened
on her. and succeeded in rik,ng her some
eight or ten times ~ounding one man
and damaging her hull to such an ex,en,
! that. on reaching the dock of the town
she sunk, wi her colors flying from her
mast During the night of Sunday Gen
Vessels dispatched The transports Massa
soit and Dewitt! Clinton. with the women
and children, whom lie had caused to
leave the town, to be forwarded to Ros,
noke Island. This wss done as precau-
tlonarv measure, in anticipation of the
rebe's making a demand to ,ha: purpor,
and to prevent giving them the time to
! make An advantageous disposition Of their
forces, and the General took promp, al,
ll"n towards making n desperate rssis.
lance.
All sh, ough the dav, Non!ay, our men
skirni>hed briskly with the rebels, who
had taken possession OF the woods IN from,
OF the town, and extending around on both
sides. The enemy during the time were
also engaged in Telling trees and erecting
lines OF Notifications IN p ain view OF our
troops. AT intervals Forts Williams
Wes-eIls, aud Gray opened fire and she'll
ed the woods. and further up the river Il
water bs,tery-Bs,,ery Worth-kep, up
an incesssnt FIRE. directed princlpal Y
against battery erected b, the rebels.
| and bearing especially on Fort Wes.ell,
In the evening. At about six O'Clock, the
enemy made grand and vigorou. ass4u!,
| along our whole line At this jnnc,ure
the gunhoars Miami and >outhfi4ld,
which. under the direction of Capt Fus-
ser had been connected together hy chains
and spar. TO work As one boat, we're Gu,
apart 'ook their positions respectively be-
hind The Cu-,om-house and picke, s,a.
ton on the river and commenced to shell
the rebels.
simultaneously all the forts and gun
beats oDened on the rebels and were b,
them brisk'y responded to By upwards OF
twenty guns; bu, the intensity of our fire
was such that the enomy's batteries we're
slenred for the night. During ,hi. en-.
gagement The gnnboa;s did exceIlen, exc
rution ard rapid firing The Sou,hfeld
threw upwards Of two hundred shell and
the Miami above thirty, and. although the
snemy's range was generally good, re
ceiv-d no damage. f.
During the night the guuboat White
head came down and reported that the
rebel ram had succeeded in passing the
ob,ttuctions placed across the river to
prevent its progress, and was lying close
to the rebel battery above Fort GRAY
Lieut. Commander tlusser. of the Miami,
and in charge OF the SOU dron Immediate
" ordered the SouihfsId TO be secured Il,
bis boat as before But his orders he,
onlv been partially executed before j, ua.
announced that the ram wa coming down
the river fi'i'o bu, 20. ,e;rrsed Ly our
I, pal,ssies. at GRAY and Worth. Cap,