The weekly sun., 1864-08-20
protected by our glorious tanner ou'spresd oy she
breeze, ~ the brave crew rowed through the hre
and smoke Of the battle.

Grail from for, and fleet. Fort G.incs, two niles
Z, the westward. had opened fire; and al the
Monitors pass.I int, Noble bay the rcLc ron-
,i,I I,pncs.co, and her cuAslrta Selma, Morgan,
md ,,,.n,.. cpegea heavy are Lp.u f..su. TLc
,rnu..lads went over towards Fort Uancs and
or.ol FIRE upon ,La, for, and batteries. Meantime
General Granger, in command Of or Ian fior',
rc,iolsly landed on Daupliu Islan :, orclcd his
b,,.cries ou For, Gaines, About t,,.s tnc Admiral
F,rragu,, having passol Font MofsaA w.'A us
,,o,,,cp vcs,cl, fastened t,g,,A.r ia pair, Or
det,i them tn serar,c VII lie - ,na FJ~. Ga Lee.
For some moments q 10 fort ltuvtrtu suihs "'"
through which GIr ient ai.el' f''u h'h' 't' '''i
compliments with n't.t l. on'r "Ac '1as'' ''e .
Oneidn lc,ug lsiblct SIC ww ie"cI ~ pace |
o safety. The ilcc, Ea''rr Hill9 prac1 'h' MOI
! formidable works o. ne guemy' Ls al 'pei""'nh
! upon TIE batteries ly-a;el oA tie n"f'h-sde h
| Dauphn island. iId upon nom Fort r0"c''
| which did Injury, bc'ng too Lar 10 'he
west YARD. Tue r"Ocl RAIN Ienh's'e no"
came Up 'HnruH battle 10 the MONITORS w &c
| the wooden shifs 'ookei On for some hue hu@
when our gallant Admiral ordered "ll steam 10 ue
| put ou the Hartford, aud ran DOWN upon the Ten
nessce. Before the Hartford struck, Tie MouphRa-
| hcla had given III. rctcl dash just iorweri oil
am,dship, aud drawn or IN time H. sflr the Ad-
rnf,'s vesse m opportunity VI "sail.u' Ia" " the
enemy. A. the smoke litcl, aud the vessels s"pc-
ra,cl, a white n,g waved rom ,hc plot house of
the Tennessee, indicated her surrender aud soon
nnci the sword VI Buchanan, her commander, was
surrendered To- M ofliccr d.sI a,ched "n board by
Admiral Farragut la the engagement TIT rebe'
commander received a sho; III hs les, which has
since been anputatcd. Tho reNcl ram was aso
'aEen PoH4'ss'oh "' "" p''e '''"' we '"-''
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o't LOSS III Tue eh''r' enR"s'h'.'' - ~,
-'' III sH'eh anu "ounu''' 'n'''O'"e "'~' "
lost Vi u'e iecuthseh' """' '"' ''''' "'"'' VIZ
se'' "' ou' meet were u"S'ns care o' 'Ae ''""'
'ne nsh'ef o'"usu' "o'' "u' wan '''
meet o' 'ne enemy ur'''hs 'n' nun 'n '"u
uhdef 'he guns VI r''' "''s""' ""' Wv
MoDho my "heH "',s '''''
diseo'ereu fe'reauhs' 'he Me1''o"''' e"'Seu' "N'
ahor s'esInihg uree-qu~'sfs :" "" "oui' "'''
hauled Ler "hen she 'o"efe' hef mug u'' su'''',
d"red' Her decks were 'o"io h'c'"N' cover.
,h.,.s. our ,,.yo tar. snv, ,,,,, ,ous,n, .becr,
for the ve,orv. before a,,cup,,pg the humane task
a., ,.r;nu f,r m, wounded opd prcpariug the dead
! n, bu,.I. u.,rp. M clos, ,bis letter. TIM, For,
h Powell bas teeu blown up by the rebels aud
For, ,a,n.s is ,r,re 10 be cau,ur,d or DESTROYED
= I, Gamma, nossillv hold on, svanst our land ba,
e ,.r,.s aud u,or,ors Fort so-yau will miphl,
p,, as il can h. eoupletely Gu, Of, from supplies
d A, al, eve,,s ,,, ca,,,,r. Cd. he. forts /, only
u ,ns,i,, AZ ,i,n. and q, my nsxt letter hop. I,
- ..,, vo,, ,h.. ,.,,utsrs j.
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h '" '''
?. Ns~ 'rttdhs aug '.-ihs '- once was ''V'''e'
Vt at hcaiqrar'ers' YESTERDAY, ANNOUNCING 'h' 'h
', fleet undcr Admiral FarraIut passed the iorss y
e the entrance Of Mobile Bay at a. M 9th INST
:. The monitor reeumseh was oo"n up oy a reos
IS torpedo. No other vessels were lost. Ihe reoe
&c ram Tennessee surrendered aiter ah obstinate re
ie ss'an'e. Rebel Admiral buchanan lost leg II
~ the action and Is now prisoner. The land ioret
r under hal'-den' "oruoh "fahsef' 'h'esleu Fo'
es Gaines and with light batteries opened siinu''
ng neonsy with the passage of he 'or's " tue hee
nd taking the water batteries II REVERSE anu 'nee'n
u them. Our losses are not reported.
he IArvp
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W Later aiyces from A I'm raj Farraguts heet u 0
To ~
-, be suiuIDei ny rs follows;
"' Fort Gaines has surrendered.
as -, ~ ~
For Powell was blown up 10y The reocs. III
of ma. a., f.,a,,. y ,s A., ,l, ,,si,o an, -, n,u,ll
r,- was ~ "'"N' 49, ~ ''' 'lP'''' ~ ~ '''P'
Island, tr, ~ where the ..yht occurred.
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