The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-14
Interesting Details Of the Evac.
uatt0n and Capture OF Savan.
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EvAcuTIoN OF SAVANNAH.

u0tlOm ana Capture Oh S0V0D.
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EvACUTIoN OF SAVANNAH.
The rebels began TO remove their bag
gage and stores from the city on the night
OF Dec. 10Th, and the entire garrison With
drew the following night. beginning their
march at ii o clock. Until this hour they
kept up show Of strength along their out
er lires. The retreat was conducted most
The pontoon across the river
below the city, by which ,aey crossed 10
the Union causeway road, was covered
deep with hay go as 20 deaden all sound.
Still, though every precauiion wss taken
to ensure perfect quiet, the reoeis dare not
move their ansportation or :hel- heid
guns. nor any o. the heavier and more val
Uabie military stores. Nor Cic they dare
10 destroy them les, The noise should at
tract attention from o,.- Lines, now drawn
so close around them.
Our pickets were posted so near the ene-
my's works that even The movements o.
the sen;inels could be heard. The rebels
had hardly left before the unusual still
ness in the forts attracted attention, anu
one after another Q; oar i.cEe!s crep. toy
ward through the swainps and ih.ckets,
peere3 into the elnhrasures, scanned tue
parapess clearly defined n the moonl ght.
then crawled through the abattis, anu lis
tened again, gained the bitches and halted
found tha: the waye OF rebellion had epheS.
away. The report soon reached head
quarters and before cayiigG. tne .esh
corps, followed Dy the l4tb, was marcnng
into the works. A force pressed directly
into the city and passing beyond i toward
Fort Jackson, came Up with Tie reoei rear
guard c-owding across the river. A lev
prisoners were captured. bat the firing and
cutting as2rift of the poDtoons prevented
pursuit, ,hougi. Il few Wei aimed slo.S Sc
cured a certain prompiness III The reoel
movements more amusing % the aaGleace
than the actors.
Eu, with Il broad river between them
and the Yankees, confidence returned 20
the rebel host: and the moment their ieet
touched South Carolina soil, B.ava,.o, .has
patron demon Of this little kingdom, tooh
| full possession OF the host. Cavairymen
rode up and down the saore OF the IS and
| PARKWAY over, gun boat and ram open
| ed upon our men whenever they appeared
| IN squads, and rebels lostered on he shore,
as i. no man who ever marched GnCer TIE
stars and bars had taken a backward step.
Many of the shots fired ty me ram Went
/ into the city. entering dwelliles and store.
/ houses. and upse.tlng cninneyS. - TIE IN
| finite disgust of the citizens. = was bad
enough 10 suffer from Yankee shells, ha'
! to have those OF their own casting rafting
| and breaking around them. stirred NJ
their impure minds, and excited ieeiiHgs
akin 10 wrath. That night hey were re'
| heved. however, as the gunuoa:, -aia. aA.
a floating battery, were set on ire ny tneii
! owners, and soon blew Qp. a t-ansp pa:,a
i ton was destroyed al the same time. 4
/ large ram, which had jus; been launched
and was lying at tine wharf unfinished, v II
also burned. Thus lar in the War. reoe
rams have not proved very profitable a
vestment for the CocieIeracv, and these q,
81 II ~
The force OF the enemy consisted o
about Is, 900 men, unGer Lieut.. Gen. Haf
dee. The or0er OF evacuation was cap
tured. This fixed Hardeesville, S. c.. a
the point OF concentration after crosslp;
the river.
PROPERTY CAPTURED.
All the heavy artillery OF the forts, ant
the greater portion OF the held guns, weT'
captured, with carriages and ali appurten
: ances complete, mum bering about two han
dred. Bot few were spiked or injured ]!
any way. The heavy pieces IN Fort Jack
son, and some Of the o'ner water batteries
were thrown into the river. These can b
easily recovered if wanted.
The ammunition captured was in i'm
mense quantities. and Of tue best zinc,
great deal off being OF English manu.ac
: ture. Two ritled sixty-Ioar's were ionn
: in one work. OF superior Workmanship
marked Liverpool, 1851" Eaca tort wa
Q prepared TO resist a protracted siege. an
the supply Of ammunition seemed abse
lu.elv unlimited. Beside me supply III ID
; magazines OF the forts, a great quantt
: was in store in the city itself, ana the ars'
nal was stock ed with military supplies
8 various kinds. But little Of this ammun
I ton was injured. In some cases the car
! ridges were cut open and the powder spill
ed. but the entire damage was slight
: When the great labor necessary to br.n
. heavy ammunition from New York IS cor
g sidered, the additional value Of these cal
! lures will appear.
The cotton captured exceeds in amoal
all former prizes Of the kind. 1t is variou
e ly estimated. but the best competent
5, Judge place it ct over twenty thousan
tales, and some as high as forty thousan
q Much ofit bears the English mark. 1t is
l. question whether the mark Of a neutr
r Englishman will render rebel cotton ne
tral.
Q Sugar. rnolasses, rice and corn meal We
IS also found in large quantities. Many
K the stores were we'll stocked with goo
" which had run the blockade. The ssor
4 wore decidedly foreign aspect. One cou
re easily fancy that he was in the warehouh
le Of friendly old England.
r Fifteen locomotives were found in t
to city. and q hundred cars, all in good orde
10 The cars were principally loaded with ne
n artillery and small arms, which had ey
Of IDENTIFY been prepared for shipment bef''
s. the railroad was cut. Two trains We
loaded with hospital supplies; these, ho'
ever, were left in a damaged state. Sti
r though the direct gain was small for os.
r was loss most difficult for the rebels
ie replace. Every such loss OF rolling sto
to is now severely felt in the Cenfederacy.
Of will be readily seen that the property tax
"a is valuable. In no other place have !,
" rebels destroyed so little, or left 80 great
n amount; while the value Of the positi
tn gained, as base of future operations, G
ye scarcely be overest:mated. About a tho
I'd sand stragglers in the city were taSsn.
ne THE CITIZENS Jay IN A STOCK or cLoT
ca ING.
We The evacuation OF the city was scarce
eh En- in progress before a confused mass uf pt
Q, o. ple-men, women and children, black a
al white together-swa-med around the va
!e ETY. and clothing stores, and each indiv
IL ual proceeded to increase his or her p
sonai effects. The scene was but the rel
ti.ion of the great bread riots in Richmoi
n except that the entry of our forces sc
u broke up the mob, else would the ent
a, stock of the city speedily have been g
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