Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-08-25
bel Accounts ofthe Naval Engage
menG I'm Mobile Bay.


Monitor and an iron.clad donhle.endar
commenced closing in their lines sontbeas n
of Fort Morgan ss vith a view IN CON
centrate tbeis efTorts nm Fort Gaines hav.
ing dnrino, The nraca6;no, piohts landed q
foSsno ot f.Sr, 49, - g. shonsan5 11sn
M DsTrb;n ISIan5 nn.;r,s ~ a sarIv nsri
oF.ba H., 49, ~ - ~ ;,.sr,nis, sn5
dassi,or- g. -, ~ far, as 70 Jssionin, n
mal,a oSs;n.t ,hat no;r, !. lcoMb;Sed a..
tact h1 Land and ssa Rnt This fsint aid
49, s,,S.sa5 i ~ hi;n S;,,, he cool oId vet.
srar era ,sho co1omanJe5 the Iins of lower
5afo,cos .Ud teeninS IN the watob for
the rviIy foe he stood rendv for them Al
49,, a. ~ thas,i,ht or day
TTo1-sr,is snn,lovn the fIeet seemed 10
draw off soms ,iistabds east of Pelican
Island. and MIGHT closed in npon us with
the Quiet and bllriv stiffness of 4 South
ern Tnidsummer day. a. the sun rose on
the following dav. We discovered that the
fieet had during the night hauled off to
the eastward. and contracted their lines
inte semicircle nearly due south of the
fort. and within not more than three miles
of the main inlet into the channel.
Their appearance was quite martial. The
broad pennous that hoated to the breeze
from the top of their dark turrets seem-
ed to bid defiance to the diminutive forces
that we're roaming the ramparts of Fort
Morosn., and call nm sneerinp Comparison
betyeen their bulky forms and the pupy
size of onr now little feet. which was cool.
Iy expectiuR the advance of their formida.
bic adyerssries. At thirty minutes past
air the signai sbot was 6red from the ex-
trsr,a r;,6t wing of the federaIs- the shot
falling sbort Southeast of the fort. which
a. -, s o.. f,iia,,-ad h., q ohou Ibich
mns eoou H.tet rCN. -. jnSIl
Durs. oteI .uS ~ - ,hs oginsssi snsr,ars
ius .t,t, go III ,d1ar,ont ond
s.ue. Dy ,I;S tta waiis tbs officers rnsb-
aotislty ni..aI Sno IoaS;,,o, tha;.
iue W eneh se'St y. tl Pi,sSaI,. L"a,;aI,'
W ~ of thair brs1s foI-
sne nln' sseay HHp ''.,d ~ Saa,5 thronnh
lowers e.s, was tue .Sn Sn'y oouinn oSu
TUE o, Ssllsuess s " 'ue lI; ,L;. ...,.5
tne noe' tnsu .Iou;..' '',S -. tho oo,t-a
InoVemeutI anu .f; SiGss isoSin,S Al ~ sh;0s os ths
30 as ~ IlLps sleT IS SL.S,.t iSo,S - 800,
eAtteme llgnt auu re-. iStS He' StsIa' oJa 49,
t9uuu lneusesos nv INV Le.5 e ~ ,ha ,a.s
"a Inetr way sOma,S O.asd 'I rods ths Tecupssb a
Ln IEUn', Mest"s'uI touo '"C ,;t;u -
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;nn ~ hns Isf, . isr1s siZed frigate. and in
ingi ou ner iei' lSsse siaeu as III soa, % aaoh ~
Ineir WaHe .is cue sne annin O " 1ar, ,hst ubicb
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Inus mus sal.eu @ up eue 1891 nnO. n W tha
,orce ol TreE ,.t tuteo " ,naa 81 ga aoat
laEgess calIote W ,,s,I nu ~
nouutIus Hl.l nos unOt' 'A>N ava " -
ier!oF me,s $500. N a, +h.ir line
a. H5 Ia as' L;ootarr,ad ths;r broadsides
~ ,ha So-t "a lent moving On nntiI the
I.sJs.... AZ ',assais ,vsrs vviIbjn NOT mora
,tso., Lois IL f,o,1 ony hatteriea Snd.
Sani. a Joa,, voica Is heard and the com.
noon3 1,cnmmence iring;, rang along our
hattor;os II ia answeIed with cheer. a
so,,I si;rr;n1 cheer that comes from the
willing and devoted breasts of brave men,
statnes bv the side of their guns. Soon
the nieces ara SIGHTED, the lanyards pulled,
and the shrill. sharp sound of the heavy
Parrot goes whistling through the air
But to each shot fred by us a hundred
shells reply. Soon the heavy slope of the
southern glacis aud the turf of the parapet
are seen tearing up in every direction, 6u-
rving nnder their living masses the heavy
chases of our cannon and covering up with
rnbh;Sb the Gallant fellows serving the
nieces
Rnt the firing. which ON the part of the
fed deraIs ia KENT mn AT a furious though al,
most harmless rate, ON our side is calm
and dsI;be-ats While the cowardly yam
Iess consciops of their oyerpoweriuE
nnmbers are wildly wasting their ammu.
niGon onr chiefs are husbandinR theirs as
rnsn vbo mead mt the intoxication of a
E,s;o,s soonnoNajs m keen nm their sinkinp
conrsga As almost every shell from the
Sest 1s sses over the fort and explodes far
hsvond its preciucts, not a shot of ours is
nssIesslv thrown away, but is heard crash
inc in The heavy timbers of their wooden
.bins nr shaking in their deem sockets the
sirnos, imnenetrable steel plates which pro-
tsct their aides. Each bastion and battery
ia worLea with equal skin and gallantry.
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Vet the long line still slowly advances,
and as the frat file ia entering the channel
o1r f;ye concentrates on the Monitor Te-
cnmseb. who. steering off westward, seems