, 1864-09-10

for the restoration Of every slave escaping to h.
North. Yours truly q. 8. GRANT.
TE1E SURRENDER OF FORT
! HlOEGAN.
E1shonorablo Conduct OF General
| Page. :.
Correspondence New York Herald
/ FoEr MORGAN. August 20, 1881,
| POSITIONS OF OUR BATTERIES.
The steamer left While was writing m,
dispatch on the 23d inst and Was forced
| awkward1Y enough, to break OF In the mid.
die ofa paragraph and sentence stating the
positions OF tlcsu batteries. One Of our
Positions vas held>by Major Roy, of the lst
Indiana Artillery; and still further in ad.
vanCc, On the extreme Of each flank. were
placed Sections Of the Eth Ohio batkerg.
Capt G. s. Rec; the right section under
Lieutenant uoughtop, and the left under
Lieutenant Mattox- These batteries ob.sin-
ed an enfilading fire ut distance OF from
1our huIdrtd to eix hundred 5aras, and eft1c-
tual)y prevented any rebel from showing mis-
| head ab0ve the parapet. On Mondar hight
the lett section Of this battery WAS nd 9anced
to within one hundred and fifty yards Of the
g1acts, and Was moving closer, 1t being the
|
The surrender next morning snyed ali tuat
| trouble.
| UHsoLDTnLK CONDUCT OF GEN rAoE.
| may here mention that the CONDUCT OF
| Gen. fJEe, after The surrender, Was disgust
ing to every man Of sense, even Of bis own
officers. Ae bchared nke !" sullsn, blgoted
fool, and In endeaVoEing to assuine q
naughty dignity only made himself appear
/ ridiculous. 80
AFrEARASCE OF TIE GENERAL.
When his troops marched out to laY down
their arms the General appeared In q very
common sui. Of clothes, withoutany ineiena
Of rank, his only artns being IN old pistol
Bailey demanded bis sword. General Page
replied that ha Ind none. Gen. Bailey then
directed Major Of cavalry, whose name
have forgotten, to reGciys the pistol, which
the rebel chistain very reluctantly parted
with.
THE OFFICERS lad no SWORDS.
Two or three officers declared that they
ha'! no swords. They had all probably bro
Ken them. as several were afterwards found
In the fort. 49,.
DESTRUCTION DK THE REBELS.
The rebels, before evacuating the fort, de-
6t1oyea almost ever. thing OF household uae.
and scattered thiEg5 generally In wild confu-
Eiou. Indeed, some facts hare COME to liyat
strongly tending to the belief that the rcGeIs
iuEufGlftb Eel uEE LO LQt C1E8Qfl.
D1suoEoEABLE CONDUCT OF GEN, PAGE,
Twill mention one incident which ought to
consign t4e cbivalric Gen. Page 10 eternal
fufnmy. When It Wns announced TINT Mor-
gan bad thrown outn white lus, our soldiera
could be seen crowding to the tops Of 3 thou
sand sand bills, md presently those nearest
the fort, liable to Iest1ain their curiosity,
rushsd pclt NELL to the summit Of the glacis,
aud we're soon engaged In conversation win
ahA1 i MT
the fort and guns. Many officers OF both
army and navy also walked around the outer
wall, and not single gun was observed to be
spiked. When it WAS agreed to give them
until two o'clock to surrender. Gen. Dailey
placed guard around The fort, with instrpc-
ti0ns to arrest and hold all Federal officers or
soldiers who attempted to pass. This was
unfortunate. Us The rebels TOOK advantage OF
Gen. Granger's leIiency and spiked every gun
in and around the fort.
GEN. BAILEY suARrLY REBUHEs GEN. PAGE.
After ne had taken formul p ,eseesIon. Gen.
Bat1e1's attention was called to this fact.
That officer Immediately sought Gen. Page,
and Informed him that ne regarded such CON
duct rs mean and treacherous. Gen. Page
replied that lis gurs were spiked on sundar.
To this Gen. Bailey Eaid: "qeneral, don't
repent that. You are old enough to be nv
fatber, and will not call you Iiat or COW.
ard; but beg Of you, for the honor Of man
hood, not to repeat that statement. You
know those guns were not spiked on Sun
day."
i TRANSPARENT FAL5Enoop ADMITTED.
The falsehood was SO transparent that Gen.
Page WIS compelled reluctantly to admit it,
He then said that he had spiked his guns on
Monday, but insisted that he knew OF no law
Of var that prevented him from rendering his
guns ueeless to an enemy. There was in this
answer both lie, a.d, to certain degree, q
fallacy.
DELIBERATE LIE DY REBEL GENERAL.
In the first place he deliberately lied when
he said bis gums were spiked on sunday; for
during. that night he opened and kept up the
n ost vigorous md annoying fire Of the whole
siege, seriously disturbing our working par-
ties md Wound1ug six of our men (the only
casualties that occurred His guns were
swer TO questions, afterwards declared that
1t Was certain death to attempt to man gun
while the iron hail Ejl1 our batteries fell SO
thick and last ar6untl item. And during ali
that night our pickets 1ay at the foot OF the
elaels-aome Of them actually on toy, Of it
one shown his head.
GUNS sEIzrD AFTER TIE sunRExDER.
Beyond all doubt the guns were spiked On
Tneadny morning, nfter the terms Of surrer-
der had been agreed upon, as hundreds can
testify to-your correspondent among the
rest
DREACH OF CONFIDENCE,
In the second place Gen. Page undoubtedly
Ind the right to do ali the damage in his
20 Wer before be made oyertuees OF capttala-
tion; but after the terms had been settled he
had no longer any control over The fort or
the property therein, and any destruction he
ordered, or permitted. If not in violation Of |
rules governing in Buch ca5es, was un worthy
Ct q soldier, Was IN breach OF confidence and |
1epulsiYe to every impulse which should &C.
tuate an honorable man.
oun GUNS CAN REPLACE TIE REBEL CAN
NON.
Let the old guns of Fort Morgan 20. II |
they cannot be repaired VIC can roll them |
into tie Gulf and replace them imme llateiy
with oth.Ts now on hand, and which but |
lew days since thundered terrific yolieys |
againEt this renowned fortress.
FORT MORGAN NOT IN STATE OF MUTINY.
1t has been repeatedly said By deseeters |
and sensation iteInizcrs that the garrison OF |
ort Morgan was iu state OF mutiny; that
many OF the man were ln troas tor refusing
to do duty; that they were tired Of the war.
and anxious to escape from the rebel ser
vice. There is no truth in such stories. +
have coDversed With many Of the prisoners,
and find chat their faith iu the Colfederacyf5
utsraEen. cnt firmly convinced that when
the cbunce is given them large majority
viii tight braytly ard wei foF what they
conceive to be their viol1ted rights.
a short Cateclafsm.
, Who arbitrarily arrested the entire Legis-
[ature Of ia Sovereign State?'' George u.
Who used the military to prevent a1,ry:
land Democrats voting for thctr flvorite can
who urged the President IN 1861 to stop
ral.ntae ring and enforce 1raft? CaorveB |