, 1865-02-26
CHICAGO, SUNDAY, ,FEBRUARY 2e, 1855.

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earnest AID soonit baeamc apparent that our
forces for S'' were preIs'nglths eat:ay into Their
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into the'F ou'., m ~ ~ u' 'of'
nh. Adnairal. On uhe sound from shore.
nnd 1uI a. {1aat into action. A IN Tia mr.
.to.,s da4, n she monitor AIontant tnot thc
1ced ~4' and This time vent up within third Of
~ n roile of the [ort. :s;1he Mackiuaw. double
oadan VI tnrS Wot,n,cnder ~ BeSumont foliowed ~,
in~ u,,,ch ucarer ttan a1iy wooden boat had
b,.fore ventured. She anchored, bow and
stern. less than mile from the rebel work,
anj Tas Quickly made tie target Of their con.
crntrnted fire. The Ma1tanza, Lieutenant
Comnandipg Young, followed soon after, and
took up POSITION abEe4at OF the Mackinaw,
fTcm lhe fort, which neH fell thick and fast !
nhout tfe Two, But thesfse Of these vessels
and Of those further aatef1, was SO wen d.
rectcd, and the rebel guus which bore upon
thcm So much exposed that the rebel garli-
eon fired Int wildly, and although striking
nlI ahnut them, and eyen passing over and
falling asterp, strange tt say none Of the gun
hoafs were Iii, L =,
THE I.cnane. Lieutenant Commander Barns,
followed the Maratanzs; into close notion,
and soon after the SasssehA Pontusuck, HUI
ron. Peauot and ChippeTA became engaged,
suSn T., ~, ~ ntnnt 11E M ni,d fhrorint,
~ .,.n SG5 ;a1,s ~ uau 1-n,1,rnrs tsaGi wtth ever5
dscho1ne % il,at the: rebels 1eie araiii dr,yen to
on~ar ~ tu1' 'es eesAa ~ ~.
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ea3i;aq ine;- aqas,99a<
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fhen annthcr' rren cnin~ rs far M rs the
Nonftor 1,ersnna3}v l{r1cfinr Inc fir. IF each.
md snner5ntendin9 ali ff,eir movements nud
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Inc enormous shells Of Ihe Monitor Were We
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Anslf OPERATIONS
While the naval action WIS progressing th'
lard forces ndvancrd to within mile Of tn
southern front md rear OF the tort. Eur Daci
IN the rcar, near mile, apparently, from TIL
river, the tncmy have some outWorks, carry
il e light artillery, commanding the land ap
proaches, and communicating With the mai,
fort by system oi tile pits land covered %aya
so cs TO form common "ork OF inc Nhole
This light artillery was used more or les
| thsoughoutth the day, evidently firing upon gu
troops. Whenever it opened, however, tn
Monitor turned Its guns IN that direction, an
By bursting single shell oyer them Woul
cause the gnnners to run to shelter;
! The country In the rear Of the fort is know
to tc vet and swampy, and hence it is tha
General Cox may have found obstacles In hi
vay which prevented his attacking the fol
this afternoon, as it was generally suppose
On this SIDE Of the river hc was to do. {
his, Of course, I sm tsnonnt.
Fonr F1snHn, Feb, 19-7:s0 4. m.
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toiI AHue1Sou - OUTS Luz 3NcF Is osi:
wilmington Is virtually ours. as 1 VIII
foTtcr8 eallhnt tars arc uniurilhg Inc stal
ana STRIPES on the pafapet OF the febcl "ofl
4 EoGus MONITOR FR1GuTENs THE REBE1
INTO RErREAr1SG.
As I wrote YOU last night, the Admir-,
made every disposition for d most earnest a
tack.ot daylight this morning. Among otht
. bis strength be caused to be constructed q
imitation Monitor. During the niEht til
bo.us concern was towed up with small bon
ana mt in nnsiffnn c1osc tn fhe fort- II
woodcn gur1boats were also moTcd M hi
much closer proximity than on yesterday.