The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-08-19
The Movement against Mobile.

! New ork, Aug. IL.
The HeralPs special correspondent at
Southwest Pass, Aug 9th, sends the fol-
loving: "The fleet under Admiral Far
ragut passed the forts at the entrance Of
Mobile Bay at S o'clock Oh the morning
Of the 5th inst. The monitor Tecumseh
was blown up by rebel torpedo. No
other vessel was lost. The rebel ram
Tennessee surrendered after an obstinate
resistance. Admiral Buchanan lost leg
in the action, and is now prisoner.
| "The land forces under Mai Gen.
| Granger invested Fort Gaines, and with
light batteries opened on the fort simul-
isneously with The passage of the forts Lv
the fleet taking the water batteries iu the
rear. and silencng them.
"Our loss is not reported
" For. Powell, in Mobile Bay, WAS blowr
up and evacuated hy the rebels.'
New York, Aug l3.
The Richmond Examiner Of the 9th
say. Buchanan's 3 wound is doing well
lie, with other prisoners, and the Federal
wounded are at Pensacola Fort Morgan
holds ont vet. Fort Gaines is occupied
by the FedersIs. Farracu. los, one Mon-
.or and one eunboat in the action"
The rebel iron clad Morgan lies a. No
bile wharf but slightly irjnred
New York. Aug Il
The steamer Creole, from New Orleans
on the 1lh, has arrived. She brings the
following particulars Of the fight in No,
bile Bay Four monitors went in first,
followed by the Brooklyn, Hartford, Meta
comet and others. The principal fighting
was with the ram Tennessee inside the bav
The Metaromet, attempting ~ ram the
Tennessee, struck the Hartford and stove
in her side. She will 90 north for le-
pairs. The rebel gunhoat Selma vas sun
By the Metacome'. The Chickasaw and
Minnebago chased two others, the Gaines
and Morgan, into Navy Cove, and they
are blcckaded wilhou, a chance Of escape
The di-patch boat Philips " as burned al
sea while the fight was in PROCESS.
New York, Auc IA.
Nes Orleans papers of tie 7th have
tic parlicu srs of Farragut's movements
The Hartford, with the Admiral on board
steamed up to Fort Morgan, delivering
suci succession Of hrcadsldes a. eifrctu.
ally silenceG The rebel guns and wa:e,
| batteries. The monitors At The same time
| engaged the rebel ram Tennessee the lat
'er making several attempts to run our
vessel down. FiosI'y ur moni.o!s closed
with ber, when she was rammed bv the
Monongahea, Lackawanna and Hartford
which a'temped to run her down. The
Metacomet, also on the same errand. coll
llded with the Hartford. The Tennessee
soon ran out he white flag She los,
three men. Farragut il probably using
her as one of his fleet, size not being great
" damaged. The Tecumseh was sunk by
atorpedo. 1t is thought she can he rascd
Only ten Of her crew are known 10 be
saved. The gunboat Oneida had she'll
explode in the boiler, scalding 80 of her
men. Buchanan Is not expected to live.
Lieut.. Coms;ock. commanding the reb
eI gnuboat Selma, was killed and his crew
nearly all killed. Loss on the Hartford
% killed and 43 wounded Our loss !.
24o killed and wounded, including Capt.
Z. aven and somo Of his crew.
Fort Powell was blown up the night o,
/ tie 6,h.
Troops lave been landed and were AZ
the forts on Friday night,
The loss Of The rebels is unknown.
Al on: feet is inside the rebel ots.,uc-
tons.
New York, Aug IS.
tarragrt in a letter to Com. Palmer,
! a, New Orleans, saws
At All early hour on the 9Th our fleet
Iashed two and two, sailed into the pass
close under the guns Of Fort Morgan,
! pouring in broadsde after broadsGe OF
grape and canister, thus driving the
Cunners from their places and leaving
our vessels onl Y exposed to the fire Of Font
Gaines and Powell, which was of course
less effective on account Of HE distance
At the same time Changers land batteries
entiaded Gaines and caused the evacuation
and blowing up Of Powell.
| In passing the Forts, the Oneida receiv-
Cd shot which temporarily disabled Ter
machinery, but she was safely ,owed
through the fire 10y her consor,. Our
monitor, the Tecumsch, was one of the
foremost and uas sunk almost instantsne-
ously carrying down about 100 men in
cluding Capt Craven.
The eunboais having passed out Of tie
reach OF the Forts, were pursued by the
formidable rebel ram Tennessee and three
iron clads The ram was Immediately a.
tackled, and bate, ed so hAciualy that G
was obliged to surrender in few minute,
The ram was but slightly injured
1t. lrentlss, Of The Monongahela, los,
both Of his legs. Capt Maloney, Of the
Oneida, lost an arm
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FF The rebel Admiral Buchanan, who
lost leg and was taken prisoner in tie
recent naval battle in Mobile Bay, i. the
same who fought the Merrimsc in New.
hampton Roads against the Monitor in