The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-10
IN SABINE PASS.
/. ,,.,,pt d the Great Battle
if.sghl BY Texans
y S WRITTEN BY 7. ?. HARRIS
!. object of the Erpeaiti'n
g rspture a Large
y, .. ! Of cotton

l-oant Of Cotton
,.,,.. and the attached 40
s Y. s.,,,s ., sabine Pass were e, RE, re.
(, 2 : s,, Philip H. Fall Of TINS
49, - ,n,y IS, 1898. My brotner y,
n1ts, yu,y handed mo a copy OF
IL. Meu.,,srIv interesting TO US ulu
~, rtruesur,ns that ! was an eyes
I'D knvws in the latter part Oh
u psfticips 10 tell what l know
rcaets, NJ 1t will take some
= tass assn "a the subject. -
! M scrap book s,s .wo such papers
I, rr,tsrs to all Two w., witt writer's pro-
!n M not one Of the ,, wr,t' enough
~ eyewitness. but aouut to sbew
X instance were sisr ha, y, has
atl ~ never eaualled beiore. ha ,n
sarss ror is ever i'Neis "
81 a. for some time to give my
nlsusss, with the hope tnat ae
1 W o. sscount should 20 iLuo MS
Es uus az s nublished on almost tne
~ ps sSs battle is my choloe 10 os
~ o. se affect of the expedition was
1n iAe amount of cotton at MD
re ! lA ss and Beaumont. and 10 Gu.
IL Wa. .,sr with the cast by that
l1un ,.ssaInr fleet was one Morgan
ne ln.a 'h,n the Austin; 1--WE gun
ID, ssa'hsn'g,, cScm Arizona. Granite
De .nva' iorether with twenty-five
y sl. .s ',oaded with 500 cavalry. one
s'Hp artillery and infantry. totui
hHas,rsral F'ranklin's instructlonss
y. ,,S,a Ills expedition in the OIL
~ Al Sabine Pass. ana az nism an5
,-,s.norts carrying the cavalry anu
..sSrs and these TO cross we Suun
'i NJ railroad, and take Beaumont
W, nart Of the Infantry, Win u az
.,.i battery, TO take roma ana nam
g. NOV Fort Dowlingl, from tne
IN, M. ne feet was to enter the pas'
M he fort. ,ho morn.
NJ IA, lghtered the gunboats anu
W auripr the night. and before DAY
q X al opened fire, instead OIL tol-
.,sss md landing troops 10 the
ps,ss,. we're sent to Beaumont. thir-
s NJ ar achievements At s a. m.
p ~ , Cook, company A, Thirteenth
,,sso,eer infantry, took the old steam
.sveS and. eighty strong, started FOR
a Tskiny on wood--green OAK at
!. a,,tsd ior the scene OF battle. Go
y, ~ Neches bar one engine broke
IA Ne AID not get to the wharf until
\ when we tied up to the stern of
IN rsul Uncle Ben. About this time
rars Leon Smith arrived at the wharf
Dtunent BY land. took command ana
cooss command to man the Uncle
il. time, IN fact all day off and on,
shtats had been shelling the fort. Al 4
nv started to so by the fort in the
NJ srder. The clifton in Texas chon
li1asa, followed by the Granite City,
ridale channel, while the Sachorn,
n ii the lend OF the others, took the
u, channel, the Suffolk in reserve.
Dis time not a shot had been fred from
h lust as the Sachem got opposite
rss The fort opened on her with a 81
1-he first shot from the fort. AT the
tns the othef Ave guns opened on the
trts ships as they had cotton in range.
b. shot few directly over the Sachem,
kt,a barely missed her smokestack, the
hot struck her steam chest and scalded
krths Of her crew to death. In the
Ne The other three gunboats were
q i bot and heavy, and in less than
ehliis the Clifton ran up the white
As sachen did when she blew up,
TX The Arizona and Granite City do
Gnme, but backing out with white flag
he fort ceased firing and Commodore
sld. 'Now's your chance, Captain
pis that leading gunboat. Away we
Fssfpng long enough at the stock pen
u relief into the Yorktown to the
I, and grappled her, | was tho first
fri,st board her after the captain and
talenant. The first man | met hand
III tanieen and haversack and said:
ny think they'll give us any fresh
Yes" said !, my friend, | think
rt I'll you can eat" The boys kept
as aboard. and naturally forced the
nta an. About this time the captain
tlrhoit rendered his sword to Captain
wv replied. Keep your sword, run
ysI. n'g: have you flooded your maya
rs ! have" he replied. Private
saslI', said Captain Cook, "go below
that magazine is flooded" The
'flufned and reported that it had
~ tIne the Uncle Ben had pulled the
on ne reef and was on her way TO
hnveil as my comrades, were awful
iad nothing TO eat for twenty-four
..!sue Baker, now OF Seguin, and |,
~ ID front OF the officers pantry,
IEply investigated the same. The
is. !lat met our eyes was a large
.ss.S noltie sealed and labeled Cog
~ went Into the haversack pre-
ap,ared; the next objects were
s@. bread. pic and other eatables ton
y mention, What a spread for
sssiY yonfeds! Baker said: I'm afraid
IN said, Damn II care-Pd as
rteled as starved to death. So here
q lgtk." Pulling his old bowie the
r.., and two young t(Rebs'' got
u,n .' ior once In their experience,
..s,nt pisened either.
s.s NE ram had got her prize 70
49, wwn and returned for the Clif-
4, sh, sunboats having backed out
Aane nag till they were out OF
IAN .ort guns. The ram grappled
rr uIs could not pull her off the
Ia s ~ a oy her. manning her guns
ag o., the sun yelled it's face
cs,,s. q blood and carnage. The
M. 80 4. turned loose TO "prowl. ="
NJ, ~ we Saehem were turned over
II. 40 40 loot her for all she was
n eeao were corded I'm on the
wharf for burial Tba wn,,ndad
|s,s sue me hospital for treatment by
n ssksons. The prisoners, under
@e Roehuck, on their way to
L,s y indefinite term of captiyitv
~ On the scene once more. the
MA ss,a disappeared during the
tr,fd,n,,.. IN sight OF that armada
{aonjnimn aovanced to conquer. but
M .y defeated by a handful.
N sunooats, mounting thirteen
Y; IL su,eo, including dead and
u thsooat Arizona, sinking out
Nh is,sa. night with all ON board +;
tlsnnFs ny. ~ completely baffled In their
NnIss,S' invasion that had its Sc
NJ u ~, sna Pleasant Hill In Banks
tAti T rek Taylor, Tom Green and
Nsns' Arkansans and Lou
Ek ~. 7. P. Harris.
s November 2s.-Comrade
6 my version of the celebrated
49,, e ! not afflicted with scriv.
- 80 ] can only write with
I Il. ssa at that, would give al
would be interesting to
n o..
b MAJ. lieutenant Danes long de,
h isrs,e eu IN the Galveston New:
ma hui regular fake story
n.chsas long the sachem fought
~ al, ner from my lookout OIL
igl af,s, anu know she only Are,
De NJ getting in range OF tn,
! aud a,.sutenant w. p. Dane)
NJ ~ ',aers say the fight Taste,
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