The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-08-19
WAR NEWS.
HrApouARrrRs Army PoToMAc,
August IL, 1864.

Gen. Burnside was reneNeu VI NO
command last evening Gen. Wilcox
is in temporary command OF the yin
corps.
1t was reported that the enemy were
moving with the intention of making
flank attack; the report is believed to
be unfounded,
Everything at headquarters Is per-
fectly quiet.
Considerable firing has been keptup
all night on the centre and right
Yesterday morning heavy firing was
heard in the direction of the james
river.
1t was reported that there had been
an attack by some rebels on scouting
party of Gen Butler who were cutting
a canal across small peninsula on the
James river.
About a dozen deserters came In
yesterday, two of whom were cavalry
men with all their accoutrements.
WAsHrNdroN, Aug Is.
The following dispatches have been
received by the Navy Department;
Flagship Hartford, Mobile Ban Aug.
9Th.
Sir: l have the honor to report to
the department that this morning /
entered Mobile Bay, passing between
forts Morgan and Gaines, encounter
ing the rebel ram Tennessee and gun
boats of the enemy, viz; the Selma,
Morgan and Gaines. The attacking
feet was under way by 5.45 a. "a, in
the following order:
The Brooklyn with the Octorora on
the port side, the Hartford with the
/ Metacomet, the Richmond with the
Port Royal, the Lachawanna with the
Seminole, the Monongahela with the
Tecumseh, the Ossipee with the Itasco
and the Oneida with Galena. On the
starboard of the feet was the proper
position of the monitors or iron-clads.
The wind was light from the south
west, and the sky was cloudy with very
little sun.
Fort Morgan opened upon us at ten
minutes past seven o'clock, and soon
after this the action became lively.
AS we steamed up the main ship chan
mel there was some difficulty ahead,
and the Hartford passed on ahead the
Brooklyn.
At 40 minutes past seven O'Clock the
monitor Tecumseh was struck by a
torpedo and sunk, going down with all
the officers and crew with exception OF
the pilot and eight or ten men, who
were saved by boat sent from the
Metacomet, which was alongside me.
The Hartford had passed the forts
! before eight o'clock, and finding my
: self raked by the rebel gunboats or
dered the Metacomet TO cast off and 90
2 in pursuit of them, one of which, the
, Selma, she succeeded in capturing
; All the vessels had passed the forts
, by half-past O'Clock but the rebel
ram Tennessee was still apparently UNI
) injured in our rear. A signal was at
: once made to all the fleet to turn again
and attack the ram, not only with guns
) but with orders to run her down al
full speed.
The Monongahela was the first that
struck her, and though she may have
injured her badly, yet she did not sue
coed in disabling her The Lacha
!. wanna also struck her, but Intellectual
ly. The flagship gave her sever,
shock with her bow, and as she passed
a poured into her whole port broad
= side of solid 9-inch shot and ID pound,
of powder at distance of not nor,
= than II feet; the iron clads were clos
= ing upon her and the Hartford, anC
!; the rest of the fleet were bearing dow
upon her, when at 10 a. IN. she sur
/, rendered
!, The rest of the rebel feet, viz: the
: Morgan and Gaines, succeeded in get
ting back under the protection of For
|. Morgan This terminated the actor
of the day.
Admiral Buchanan sent me hi
sword, being himself badly wounde,
! with compound fracture of the leg
: which it is supposed Will have to b
h amputated
: Having had many of our own mel
wounded, and the surgeon of the Ten
l. nessee being very DESTROYS to have Blu
chanan removed to hospital, | sent
e flag of truce to the commanding office
u of Fort Morgan, Brig. Gen. Page I,
q see if he would allow the wounded O
< the fleet as well as their own, to b
l. taken to Pensacola, where they coulc
l. be better cared for than here. / woul
l. send out one of our vessels, provide
: she would be permitted to return
% bringing back nothing she did not tax
a out.
Gen. Page consented, and the Mata
81 comet was dispatched.
t. The list of casualties on our part, q
ot far as yet ascertained, are as follows:
+ Hartford, 10 killed and % wounded
re Brooklyn, 8 killed and % wounded
Lachawanna, killed and 2 wounded
" Ossipee, l killed and II wounded Ga
a; lena, ! wounded; Richmond, wound
id ed. In all Al killed and So wounded
h On the rebel ram Tennessee wer
d. captured 20 officers and ITO mel
The following is list of the officers
w Admiral, Buchanan; Commander,
&c ID. Johnson; Lieuts. l.. Bradford, 4
ne ID. Wharton and T.. j. McDennet
s. Fleet Surgeon, ID. b. Conrad; Assis
OF ant Surgeon, r. Bowles, and Enginee
t. j. ID. Lewing