The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-02
OFFICIAL WAR GAZETTE.

ture of Fort hOrgnu-COudttiOn of the
work and its neutrality-suspicious.
Conduct OF General Page. etc.
WASHINGTON, September 2.-Thc Navy De-
parment to-day received the following from
Admiral Farragut:--
FLAG.smr "HARrFoRD," WEST GULF Block
AIDING SQUADRON, MOBILE BAY, August 25,
ls64.-Sir:-I had the honor, in my despatch
No. 81, to state to the Department that Fort
Morgan had surrendered on the 23d ultlmo to
the army and navy, though at the time that
despatch was written and mailed, the ceremony
of surrender had not actually taken place.
q The correspondence preliminary to that event
Is herewith forwarded, and marked Nos. l, 2, g.,
and 4. The Department will perceive the terms
of capitulation were the Same as in the case Of
Fort Gaines. General Page endeavored to OBJ
tain more favorable terms, but without success.
Iregret to state that after the assembling of
the Rebel officers at the appointed hour of P.
NJ, for the surrender outside of the fort, it was
discovered, on an examination of the interior,
that most of the guns were spiked, many of the
gun.carriages wantonly injured, and the arms,
ammunition, and provisions, ETC., destroyed, and
there was every reason to believe that this had
been done after white flag had been raised.
1t was also discovered that General Page and
several of his officers had no swords to deliver up,
aud further that some of those which were sur
| rendered had been broken. The whole conduct
of the officers of Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan
| presents such a striking contrast in moral prn-
| ciple that l cannot fail to remark
| upon il. Colonel Anderson, who commanded
the former, finding himself in a position per-
fectly untenable, and incumbered with a super
iuous number of conscripts, many of whom
| were boys, determined to surrender fort which
| he could not defend, and in this determination
was supported by all his officers save one; but from
| the moment he hoisted the white flag he scrupu-
lously kept everything intact, and in that
condition delivered it over, whilst General Page
and his officers, with childish spitefulness, de-
stroyed the guns which they had said they would
defend to the last, but which they never defended
at all and threw away and broke those weapons
| which they had not the manliness to use against
| their enemies for Fort Morgan never,fred gun
| after the commencement of the bombardment,
and the advanced pickets of our army were
actually on its glacis.
AS before stated, the ceremony Of surrender
| took place Mt P. NJ, and that same afternoon
all the garrison were sent to New Orleans in the
United States steamers Tennessee and Bienpille,
| where they arrived safely.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
| ID. G. FARRAauT
Rear-Admiral Com. w. g. B. S.
Hon. GIDEON wRLLEs, Secretary of Navy,
FoRr MORGAN, August %, lS64.-Rear-Ad-
| miTal ID. g. FaTragut, U. s. N, hajo General
Gordon Granger, U. S. A.-Gentemen ;--Fhe
further sacrifice of life being unnecessary, and
my sick and wounded suffering and being ex-
posed, humanity demands that / ask for terms
of captulaton: Very respectfully &c.,
h. L. PAGE, Brighten, c. S. A.
HEApouAnrBns UNITED STATES Forces, Mo-
BILE BAY, August %, l864.-I have notified
| Admiral Farragut of your desire 70 capitulate.
Until his arrival hostilites will be suspended,
when your proposal will be duly considered.
Very respectfully, your obedent servant,
| G. GRANGER,
Major General U. S A., Commanding.
To Brigadicr- General II. L. Page, commanding at
Fort Morgan.
HBADauARrERs U. S. FoRoEs. MOBILE BAY,
August %, l864.-Bhgadier General r., L. Page
Commanding Fort Morgan General In reply
to your communication of this date, received by
Captain Taylor, asking for terms of captulatOn,
we have to say that the only terms we can make
ares
First. The unconditional surrender of yourself
and the garrison of Fort Morgan, with all of the
public property within its limits, and in the same
condition as IL is now.
Second. The treatment which is in conformity
with the custom Of the most civilized nations To-
wards prisoners OF war.
Third. Private property-wlth the exception o.
arms-will be respected
P.DRAYToN, Captain U. S. n,
On the part Of Admiral Farragut, commanding
the Naval forces.
n. ARNOLD, Brig.Gen. U. S. A.
On the part Of General Granger, commanding
United States forces.
FoRT MORGAN, August %, lS64.-To Captain
DraytOn, United States Navy Brlgadier- Gene
raj X. Arnold, United States Army, acting on tht
part respectively Iof Admiral Farragut and Gene
raj Granger.-Gentlemen Your conditions il
the communication of to-day are accepted, but
have still TO request that the terms asked In be
half of my sick be granted and inserted in th,
capitulation.
will be prepared to surrender at O'Clock an
to embark as soon as possible.
Respectfully, &C., r. L. PAGE,
> Brgadier. General, c. S. A.
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