The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-04-22

ices, WAS killed early IN the actIea,
hen Maj Bradford assumed direction.
Be,we-r aud clock in the after
noon = ,hi,d flag approached The frt. and
firing on both side. centee fr WAS dur.
'ne this time tha, the Olive Branch pass-
d up. and Is she rounded the p"ins above
hs fort, her passengers saw the Americas
flag hauled down During tAis truce, tho
ehel forces again steallhly crep, toward,
gaining the ditch. and prepared to mount
he works Almost the moment the fir-
ing had commenced the reheA appeared
on the top of the bank Twice were they
swept back but As tfes regAireh it ihirh
time pauic seized the negroes, who dsd
n ,erro, 10 the river bank. Before The
rennesseans could he brought up TO take
the place of the negroes, the rebels were
pouring into one Of the forts. the guns OF
which were turned upon the other works,
and the fight was over. Alter this scene
Of indiscrimins'e slaughter commsnced.-
The works were surrendered, but il hp-
peared as if 90 quarter was 10 he shown-
Wounded men were mel cl!essly shos
while PRAYING for quarter. or their beads
we're laid open with sa5tes, or their .kcls
stove in with the butts Of guns Al Isazf
four Of the wounded who came up on the
Platte Valley were shot after they bad
surrendered In several instances negtoes
we're driven into houses, when The build
ing- were set on FIRE and consumed with
their inmates. Itsppearsd asif the rebels
were possessed with the sriri, OF demons.
and nothing bu, blood would satisfy their
Vengeance A rebel officer approached .
wounded negro, and With one stroke Of
his ssbse cl-f, his head l." hi. shoulders !;
smother fenI actually hacked st the neck
Of one of the officers If the negro reXi-
men, until his n-xd was sev-r~t from. bis
hoiv Several smnIi squads OF negroes
were drawn up in line and >,ot down
Af'er this the poor c,er'ures won.d take
refuge ',-lind the white men, when tho
rebels ~on'd 6e, frequently bringing
town both white AMI tIark
No Attentions Was pad the wounded, and
fte commonest dictates of humanity were
utterly disrecarded Inside the works the
most revolving spectacle presented itself.
The dead aud wounded were lying III
heaps, wri'hing in agony, while from the
consuming building. came forth the death
>hriek- OF The burning negroes. 1t waa
indeed a carnival of death. and Chalmers
and Lee we're h-l's high priests.
Nearly all the buildings around the fort
were Sc, On ire and consumed. destro, inE
| a large amount of government properi!
including arms. Quar,ermasters .,orss,
and forage. Thirty or frty barrels OF
salt was preserved and carried otf b! tho
| rebels
During the fight the iron-clad gunhoa,
No. 7 opened on the rebels with contid-
ersble effect. firing 27O rounds. when, rum
ming out Of ammunition, and tho rebels
bringing a Parrot gun to bear upon her,
she WAS Obliged to hsu on, of range
holes through he, chimneys
On Wednesday, the steamer Platte
Vsllev, from Memphis. having in ,o~ gun
bos, No. % ('in-clad) me. a dispatch
boat. which informed her thai For, Pillow
hat been captured. Some Eve miles be-
|
boat, containing four men, WAS seen. Tbs
msn making signals OF distress. ,awl was
put out and the men taken aboard hey
proved 10 be negro soldiers VIII" had e,-
capped from he tort. Three of them =, era
severely wounded, bu, the fourth was un-
harmed.
Tie gunbnat then pat forward. and
/ s'eAiniug n within range q '-u-! fie A
| wh,;e ti,y waS soon .ent cut An. rn,nui 4
nlcatinn opened with the f,rI, wh-r The
| rebel commanders nr"p'. .s.d ~ Dar,i- H.. .
| wounG-d prisoners and allow 'he Pate
Valley ;" c"nvov them - CAIRO While
| the c"ntererre ~as g"irg an. a wouu.i-d
man WA, serh craving a'ong The b.uk
with great difficulty. He was perceived
bv rebel, ~h" DIRE" sight upon him, aud
| firing, the wounded man Tell Cead
The Pate Valley WAS now made IA,
- the shore. and he w"urded carried
, aboard ard made as comfortable as posi-.
lie. filing the cabin and guards The
passengers were allowed 10 =" ashore and
view the sickrning sights Of the battle
field. We ave told that the most terrihis
spectacle there WAS the chsrred telhai ~
Of the negroes. many Of whom had been
burnt alive bv the monsters VIII" had gxin
ed pnss ession of TIE fort. Gen. ChxlMev,
was very courteous and polite to all fa
an officer he remarked, ITO home nada Z
Yankee, (southernsrs serving in the
Union army and negroes, TO qua,.er will
| be shown. but genuine Yankees will 10
| treated "a prisoners OF war and veil had
| this doctrine bean carried out. To ,hs
shame Of American. be i, s~id, on the
steamer Sere found men. some Of then,
| wearing the United G,a'e. uniform. who
| iionized Chalmers, Offering him evs,y st
,en,ior, taking him into the ls.ii.-' cabis
and extending him every krndueas And
courtesy imaginable. appearing to be nigh
| " h"nored With his notice. One of ,hs
MOS, conspicuous OF these who thu. di.
graced his cause bv f~.oring The villa,
Chalmers waA Capt. Woodruff, Of q.
| 18Th Illinois infan,v- We ,,us, ihis Off
GERS conduct ~il be dui, invest,gaied.-
When the Platte V.il4y arrived here
eight Of the wounded were already dead
and Al least one Other Caps. J il P.re'
ronld no, po.-lhly survive many hoors
Man, were ruti'ering from their wounds
i Ard longing t" T.. ,nk-n 10 the ho.pi,a
Several we're bleeding freely ard The
/ ."uprer. Of the boat were rushing With
! Il.