New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-19
The Siege aud capture Of Mobile.

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The Siege aud Capture Of Mobile.
special dispatch Via Cincinnati. gives &C
tails fthe siege and capture q Mobile and surround
4 ~ works:
ON SATURDAY tie sth inst all day great preparations
ere made TO get every piece Of ordnance IL position
yi.ch was accomplished about o clock 7. m. Twenty
heavy Parrots got within half mile Of Span
ID Fort ard half as many mcrtars while the 18th In
iaua tn Massachusetts, aid 9is, NowYok Bai,el.o.
we're advanced 10 within one third Of mile Of Tho
uemys works.
At given tino our entire Grficrv, assisted ty two
Of oEr gunboa.s. blazod away with great fury and
amoriry and at tie time sappers and skir
shoI slranccd and killed every Rebel ariers, who
bowed his head. For several hour the Of artil
iy was one ( the mosl awfu have ever heard With
he additional vocifcFatlons Of *O"1 men.
As night progressed there was 10 Abatement Of n"
thunder OF our artillery and the iacko VI ouT mnket
" While tie iaL.ucss OF tie eEcmys response grew
Hofe and more visible unit. slo.iy after midnight
when the firing from Spanish fof almost entirely
ceased. Ia IN lour aiier the fort surrendered
and at II O'Clock on the morning % ApTil :.
troops ere in possession 81 Spanish or and Fort
Alcyandia. and al they contained, including tvon.y
odd pieces o. artillery, a Gti amount OF ammunition,
ono general oit..J ong nearly 100 pri'opcrs.
Tie guns Of both fo.ts were Immediately turned on
oIts Tracy and Buyer 30 tho haTboT al tee mouth %
he Biakey and Alaaehee River tni isiled to elet
eere abandoned by the enemy, after spik!rg eight
lenVy guns.
Our monitors ard cuuboals now wen, 10 work asfist
"a by some prifOncr and short tine succeeded ~
removing between L.ty and forty torpcdccs and run
lily up mmoft within shclllnr distance Of Mobile
Tho guntosi Cherosoc moved VI al night close enough
thiOw several slos at tie sneIly water oeiteTjos
but vihoai getting retain lge.
Since the sth met. tie town Of Dlakely has hoD
thorough, invested by had, bat tie water eommnni
4 sssf Iarr
yer two vessels Of feet got c!ose enough 10
aaud the mouth - Blakcy River md i; was at once
esoi' ed 10 attack the works al round flaiely simn
aneously Gen. Steele oQmmsaGed Oh the right. Gen
smith In the center, and Gen. Gran. or on the lei
Shortly otter the SaplpIe q Spapsh Fort, intelligence
tao capture and fall " Richmond was read to die
foops In connection with orders 10 attack Fort
,sk.ey AoclamatlOEf rent the air and immediately
lmast The entire force moved on TIE encmys Torks
HE fire from tic Rebel batteries was NO; terrible ioi
gIt time but failed 10 check re advance d ouE IL
|tgepid trooIs who under uTdeious lfe o. grape and
canister overhead and orpedoT under foot tore away
tho elaborate constructed abatis ard clevauI de
nieze, swept over the bitches and at the point
Iofthe bayouei carried the whole Ike Of works -,
The sEccess OF the assault was manifested BY The
voeerous shonts Of tie TROOPS. and fof many minutes
iheir denominations OF Joy elhiohed no sigIr OF
,onyaion or dsconiirueDce. Quiet At last prevailed
cot was again disturbed when the announeeMeit was
made the the results Of the assault was me capture OF
seyers batteries % artillery, large quantities oil am
runtion Generals Gibson and Ilddell, ana noafiy
600 prisoners Our loss IN the whole aheir IS much
than Killed and NOundfl, ana none missing.
The national ng HoGts all the forts on tic east
arn shore aud in tie bay, and Will probably Ioai over
Mobile before tomorrow night Boats are woIAinB W
aud meet with 10 opposition. 81,
Ito enemy lost III Slneu ana Nolhueu VIII LiIohns
division Of colored TROOPS under Gen. Hawkins, On
our extreme right, behaved Handsomely, ana IKE hsr
white comrades, exhibited unmis,akabe pluck and IN
trep.dty.
assault lines were enLladeG by Itfp9un%eE rA1li
D.i. IL
Dining the whole sic &c our troops ehhoNd Tie MoSl
remarkable yalor and endurance Tor Two wees the
enemye forts IN shore and IN the bay ani oaf gnh
boats Kept up an uncebsng ire day and night. The
All Indiana Battery took position the hfst day ol
Lc s,egc within n third Of mile Of the fort and held
6it until its termination sustaining loss OF 10 men
4 allied and wounded and one gun smashed. ILe III
Irdana Heavy Artillery and 81 Indiana. llh Massa
abasefts 18th Ohio and 2lst NewYork Batteries also
di,ingulshed thenselyts Inc Iowa ana iihO' ''0'i'
M nraceedng 70 he Investment Of Fort Blakely,
many Of our troops ord horses were Killed aud injured
~ torpedocs. The roads were literally hncd w' the
\ IN an attempt TO raise the monitor Milwaukee, when
yos ,uuk but sustained little injury. II Bsph IN t"o
md Is total wreck The monitor Usage has had Lei
suns taken out, and, with little more lghlel ,hg II "
believed tbe can be- made 10 float The OtLcr ioss sus
T cd nv The feet il two tin.cads and one transport
lave learned Of but sx men lost in the Feet during
4 he engagement Further particulars viii be trans
Con WILSON, cavalry success IS certainly briliiant
TIE Rebel papers admit enough TO confirm thc opinion
tina. he has smashed everything up IN tentihi
lie eft Iattport about the 10th ut ana ADVANCED ~
two columns, ard struck at Marion end Pinhieis'in'
L sjmultaueously respectively situated about t"ch!
miles 10 the northwest and northeast OF selma.
NLriQades II Roddy's Division OF Ftrests comm"nu
l nnder General Patterson were stationed a.
l Marion. and Adamss Division was at rial'e's
Vile Tie Mobile Reistr says that inc Ish' ~ ~
II Marion commenced on the morning 81 the %, "
inst was quite severe and lasted several houTs iv
regiments were armed with spencer rines when h u
red rapid death and destruction into the keOsi RAM
TIE Rs9st,r admits that their loss IN lhed ahd p
led Is gteater than and adds that ut,ma'eH ~,
ytersons forces were driven in great confusion WIN
logs OF considerable number Of men ara hoiScs' '
Iall their artillery. ,.,o,
! The fight at Pianterhvile was briefer in dursnon
with about the same results Adams ccrpnahoea ",
Rebel forces and three tunes endeayored 10 break "
lines. TIE Reei.ies says that Adams ioughI VIZ
disng nished skill and bravery but was imam, o.
bpowered by an overwhelming force. ana .omlenn1u
Xiv in great disorder with the isss OF sl us li
Imsny killed and wounded. and number oil
TIE Register and Tribune both say that IN tlr az
noon VI tie day the UDioniss fwarmed 10 n'h
Selma, and after short engagement cap'ul'tu "a, -. =
Uforthcni0ns. mounting twenty-five guns. imHt as't =;
d the work Of destruction commenced, ana III Va
time all the immense Government woiks. Msela' w,
ing mills boundaries, factories munitions OF WAL Wv
nance and Subsistence stores and other mateIai "s
II In ruinf. 49,, IN
Prisoners and deserters say that Gen Wilson easiI
RESISTED all opposition and swept everything pe.o
Yhim The paper published O, CatGwba, In ts iast ~
ikue sayf that our forces swept everything ~ iLe
yiucuding ctef towns. railroad rolling stotk hiaiu
4feetores fouBderies cattle, horses AID Degioth "'
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