The New York Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1863, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 9810. NEW YORK, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1863. Arrival of the Steamers Arago and Pocahontas. ’ Capture of the Anglo-Rebel Steamer Emma by the Arage. Siege of Fort Wagner, on Morris Island. The Rebels Make a Sortie, and Are Worsted. Repulse of tho Enemy on James Island. The Pawnee Hit Thirty-nine Times and the Catskill Over Fifty Times. THE CASUALTIES. Our Loss About One Thousand During Twelve Days Operations. The Rebels Expect Charleston to be Taken. ; Bombardment on Wednesday Last, the 22d Inst. Combined Operations of the ' Army and Navy. THE IRON-CLADS ENGAGED. Fort Wagner Silenced and the Colors Shot Away. Renewal of the Fight by the Rebels. @ur Ferces Repulsed and Fall Back in Geed Order. Golone! Putnam Killed and General Maer ieee (The United States transport Arago, I. A. Gadsden Bemmanding, from Port Royal, 8. C., at half-past ten & M., and Charleston bar five P. M.,on Thursday, J BB, arrived at this port at half-past two P. M. sent ten 4 ‘We are indebted to Purser Gratengein for favors. ‘The Arago brings 100 first and 172 second class passen- grr, the usual mails, and prizo stegmer Fmma in tow. Among her passengers are General Geo. ©. Strong, (Qeneral Truman Seymour, Colonel Jackson and Lieutenant Getene! Rodman, all of whom were wounded in the recent @egagement on Morris Island, pear Charleston. Om the 24th inst., in lativude 33 degrees 41 minutes worth, longitude 76 degrees 13 minutes west, the Arago evertook and captured the steamer Emma, of London, Captain David Leslie, from Wilmington, N. C., bound"to Bermuda, with turpentine, rosin and cotton, and two pas pengers, Messrs. A. Harris, of New Orleans, and B. 8. Banchos, of Georgia, on board. ‘The United States transport Pocahontas, Captain Moore, fom Port Royal, 8. C., July 22, also arriwed at this port morning. fhe heard heavy Airing @& Charleston, The siege of Wort Wagner was progressing favorably. Our Morris Island Correspondence. Moras Ie.amp, July 17, 1863, AN ATTACK 8 YoRT WAGIIR waa to have occurred to-day, from strong batteries which eur troops bave been building since Saturday—princi- patty by night, but partially by day—from the uavy, and possibly, but not positively, by a storming purty. But fast night we had a drenching rain, and the darkness re- enabled that of Egypt. Our working parties could not Dabor with much rapidity, and it was found impossible to ge ta complete readiness for & successful bombardment; G0 the attack was postponed for one day; and in the mean time I will prepare, in readiness for the first conveyance Berth some account of what has transpired since the Walton sailed. 1 had made arrangements last night for ‘visiting the frout et an early bour this morning, and tak fag & position ut our main line of intrenchments. When the attack ces commence | shali be on the ground be times, and, being on the spot, and at the headquarters of the commanding generals, shall hope to send you a full end authentic report. & QORTH FROM FORT WAGNER—THR REBELS ORT THE WORST ow ir. For some nights we have been again fooling the rebels bey the samo means as resulted in the first victory on Morris Island. Our troops, under direction of the engi- feeers, had been planting heavy battories close up to Fort de, dee two, and skedaddie1. T once saw John Owens play Richard in his favorite bur. feaqne of the tragedy of “Ricbard TI.” In the sword eombat, while the two combatants were furfously Sighting, Richmond suddenly pointed to Richard's rear with an ex- Gamation of surprise, and, when the iatter tarned to seo ‘what the row was, gave him some serious cuts and Abreste, enough to disable any ordinary Richard the Third from riding horseback. This Richard turned, however, and gallantly renewed the combat, but, by and by, him. pelt pointed to Richmond’s rear, qrith « similar thurst of wurpries to that which had misled , Richmond, bow. ever, was not to be taken in, and that fact Dy placing bis thumb on his nose and Gyrating tis fm. fers in an insclting manner. Not etter than poor Fuined Richard did the rebelefmake out, We taught them how to do business In our night attack on Saturday, even if we wore ‘eftated. They thought they would play the came game on us. but as they eame up oor pickets gneve them a volley and gyreted ther Qugers, Not one ¢f our masked guns was fred. We slaughtered them to the satisfaction of all parties concerned, and if they got ‘anything out of their prisoner they are welcome to ft. If hho was smart enough ‘to know anything sbout eur batte- ries and intended movements, he was too smart to make @ny revelations; for there is this 5 DIFYERENCE EBTWEEN OUR SOLDIERS AWD THR REBELS. In this department, if not everywhere, our soldiers are Joyal to the core, in the first pace, and would suffer any Privations and abuse sooner than dgsert. This is a gene- ral characteristic, with no exception. Then they aro kindly treated, for General Gillmore and all his generals Will tolerate none of that petty tyranny over edflisted men so common in armies, They are well fed and pro- ‘vided with all the comforts a campaign in the field will admit of. General Strong’s brigade, which bas done the hardest work and been most exposed to danger here, have their general constantly with them, sbaring all the fatigue and danger, and are distinguished by that caprit du corps which doubles the effectiveness of a body of troops, and which often generates heroism even among the uubercic, We have not had a deserter since ‘we have occupied these posts, and we are constantly re- ceiving rebel ones. They do not come from cowardico— for they often enlist m our army and fight desperately— Dut most of them from Union sentiments, and others from disgust at the tyrannical, oppressive manner in which they are treated by their officers. In the rebel army on Morris Island the programme has dean:—The officers dined daily on fresh meat and vege- tables from Charleston; the men had maggotty pork and corn bread. The officers eiept in good tents; the men in ampli), leaky, shabby ones. The officers had thoir wives and friends to see them daily; the men never were al- Jowed furloughs Or visitors. Half of them conscripts, they were all held with tight rein, and if some of them cocasionally got the bits in their mouths and ran they can- not be blamed. ’ Our troops here have as good care, as regards clothing, transportation, food, ahelter or medical treatment, as the officers themselves; and 1 have seen brigadier generals with their staffs, im the last week, sitting or lying on the ground, im the open air, because they could not occupy tents without expelling sleeping soldiers, who had done guard duty during the day. The deserters we capture all show they are glad to be in our hands, usually expressing their joy in words, apd hys by their actions. In the Jot just sent to Hilion are a large number of Union men, and many of the others have been won over by our kind tveatment of them and the manner in which they have seen our soldiers taken care of. Some there aro, here as anywhere else, mostly petty officers, who deserve to be under foot, and have by accident obtained the pri- vilege of treading down their betters; but the instances are rare, and growing more scarce every day, under General Gilimore’s ministration, GEN, THRRY’S DIVISION ATTACKED—REPULAR OF THE ENEMY ‘WITH GREAT SLAUGHTER. “ Qur troops on James Island, near the Stono river, had quite a brisk engagement with the enemy on Thursday morning, the 16th, They were attacked at half past four pcpiecbslcg jptiahinayonid baleeniden. ig we Dut succeeded in repulsing it, with great to the enemy. The followmg are the particulars of the affair:— On Wednesday morning, the 16th, the pickets, from the Fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) regiment, of Moot- gomery’s black brigade, reported the enemy comipg down jn force from the direction of Seceasionville. This proved, however, to be only a reconnoissance, and there was bo farther alarm during the day. At evening the enemy were again neported to be coming down, and general pre- parations were made for an attack, In tho Stono river, protecting the left flank of General Terry’s division, was the gunboat Pawnee, her guns, when sbo was broadside to, being ample protection againat attack on that flank. But at this time she nad swung around with the tide, so that her guns did not bear on that point. A field battery of six guns was brought down by the rebels within three hundred and fifty yards of the Pawnee, and a very rapid fire was opened on her. Fity-ope shots were fired, and thirty-nine of them strack the Pawnee’s huil, damaging ber somewhat, but not disabling her. She gut aground after she had siipped her cabie, but svon got her guns to bear, and returned # broadside which started the rebels at a double quick. They only waited for two abeils to strike in their midst, from @ two-busdred-pound rife, and then skedaddied. The Pawnee had Joba B. Patter- son, lapdsman, killed, by a grapeshot in the back of the head, and five wounded, including First Lieut. Phillips and Sailing Master Lindsay. Four regiments of infantry were maseed in frontof Genera) Terry’s contre, aud another field battery, sup- ported by one hundred and fifty cavalry, came down and attacked the right flank. ‘The attack was simultaneous at the three points, and commenced at about daybreak. The pickets were broken through and driven back to the reserve, but General Terry's whole division was promptly formed to receive the attack. Brigadier General Stevendon had command of the first line, and Colonel W. H. H. Davis, of the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsyl- vania, Acting Brigadier General of the second line. The line of battle was formed with woods on both flanks. As @ result of the Pdwnee’s firing the attack*bad to be made im front and by the left of the enemy. Theie object ‘had evidently been to aisable the Pawnee, expose our left flank and turn it. When the attack came our left drove everything before it, and we then ‘bad to deal only with the rebel left column. Their artillery on the left came up within five hundred yards of our line of battle, and fired Fngliéh shells at us, with their usually poor aim, the shells going over the heads of the troops, bursting in the camps, but doing no particular damage. Captain Rockwood, with his Consecticut battery. re- sponded to this fire, and poured percussion abells into the rebols, with great effeet and much more accuracy than “they bad shown. The steamers John Adams snd Mayflower, which were lying m Stono river, steamed up 4 iittle creek and opened across fire on the rebels with some guns on board. On the Mayflower was a thirty-pound Parrott gun. This was manned by the servants and crew of the ship, aud some shells were thrown among the rebels with remarkable precision for mere amateure. The rebeis were evidently slaughtered in large numbers, Three ambulances and @ pumerous «iretcher corps were seen diligently at work. We could occasionally see the fatal effects of our Gring on the rebels, and many saddies among the cavalry were emptied. At the end of an hour from the time of attack the robels fled im great confusion, leaving knapeacks, muskets and equipments bebind in thew haste. They retreated over two causeways, in the direc ton of Secesnionvitle. ‘We had only eight killed and twenty-four wounded, ac- cording to General Terry's official report, mostly of the Fifty fourth Massachusetts, and these casuaities ocourred principally in the first attack on the pickets. The Fifty fourth fought very bravely. They had mumerous invita- tions to become prisoners, under circumstanecs calcu- lated to influence an acceptance; but they declined in every instance, for the terrors of bondage and strangu- lation and tortures were worse than those of death. | do not learn that a single prisoner was takeo frem their regi. ment. Not myself a believer in the arming of negroes, free or contraband, as soldiers, 1 must 40 this regiment the crodit of fighting bravely and well, Cowards would have fergotten the future in the present, and sacrificed Prospective danger for temporary security. The re- els attacked them with » cry of ‘No quarter,” and they accepted the oundition of the fight, Several (el plorced by many ballets while fighting singly with bait ‘a dozen of rebels, who were trying to capture them. One Diack man bayoneted an officer who was leading a squad of men, and then gave a thrast which wounded @ sergeant Just as ho was falling, with Ave bullets through hm bedy, Another, whose arm had been shot ‘off, brought his musket off the field in the other band, carrying jt til) he fell down and bied to death, The Massachusetts negro regiment is evidently made of good staff, if they are Garkeys, and no better fighting can be asked fur than they did on James Island when » furiously attacked at thew picket stason. : OWNERS. Sion 0d uma tee tage chee) Od eens Mctent services. Lieutenant Paul Brodie, galiast aod Kilfal offieer, was on the Pawneo, an Lieutenant Charies F. Crom, another sccomplished officer, was at the bead quarters of the land forces. By their aid the command. ern of the treops and the Pawnee were kept constentiy posted about each movement of the enemy. The signa corps rarely have justice done them. Their position % very Tegarded as one of “ease an@Pratety,’’ freo from she Iabors and the dangers of the lite officers in the fold. But they Dave often the ports of greatest ; denger, and through many days and pighte must fre quently be at them, with scarcely an hour of continvess Test. Whesever signal flag or light is seen im ms0- tion, the enemy xnow that a genera! is speaking, and try, if possible, to close his mouth. On Morris Island oar sig- ‘nal stations have often been the object of a conesatrated: Febel fire. During tho James Island engagement Liew? Cross’ party had to leave their station once to avoid be- ing made prisoners. On the Pawnee Lieut, Brodie, during the firing of tho rebel batteries at only three bupdred and fifty yards, was constantly exposed, but fortunately was not bit. The Pawnee kept firing as the rebel battery retreated from her, and by ald of the signals got the Tange so a6 to hit it frequently. At balf-past seven o’clocks Capt. Balch, of the Pawnee, received the follow- pr gece wer wsceltbenctra iri 2 jen. 3 2a a ae Pas Be causeway. THD CASUALTIB® ON JAMES IMLAND. Bince writing the apove I bave obtained the official re- Port uf the casualties in this engagement, as follows:—- Company Miied—Third Sergeant Jon. LW Privates tludhe Bankeld, Thee. Sammelly, Soa Frecor jp geetall son Davis? Jono Wit! Corporal jean Monee © , mortally; Arthur Schenck, crowned; uel Wells, C. J, Johnson, James Riley, Martin Wilson, im. Missing—Fourth Sergeant Walter Jof- fers, prisoner; Corporal Amstead Williams, Enoch Smith Henry Kirk, prisoner; C. J. Williams, W. J. Dickerson, in ‘mad, |. Wallace, James Caldwell, W. H. Worthington, prlsoner; W.H Harrison, prisoner, Totad, Company K.—Kitled—C. Ki Palmer, ‘unkleton, Lockard Emergen. Halloway, Privates Jobu aay armen |. Wilson, sbaw, illed—Private George Streot. Wound. ¢7—Sergeant Merrman, Private ichardson. Counsell, Lem Genera} Terry became convinced from reliable informa tion that the rebels hada large force on James Island, end en: Tanretay sighs removed bis whole division from “(AN INTELLIGENT CONTRABAND.” A party of seven slaves came here from James Island Inst night ina boat. The leader ef the party was raised In Beaufort, by Nat. Heyward, a prominent Beanufortite, and was run offfrom there with other slaves when we took the place, He is now bired to the rebel gov- ernment, and has been. at work, with several hundred others, On a battery, ‘* big guns, master, big,’ in it. He ie very ‘intel! »” and informs us thet the Charleston people, some of ’em, think the city will be taken, and others that 1t will not; that liviog is poor and soldiers scarce ip that city; that hundreds of sisvos ‘want to run away, but are @o big cowards; that he never saw anything like the fright our capture of Morris [sland occasioned; that somebody said “de nigga dove Secessioavilie ee ee, yesterday moru- ing, &e. 4 SRILFUL sCqUT. Tt is not improper now to mention the services of ove of the most skilful scouts’ our army affords—Captain L. 8. Paine, of the One Hundredth New York. He scouted all around Morris Inland before we took it, and landed in several places. He seems to have a faculty'of knowing just where all pickets and troops are, and his life is evidently charmed, for he hes been fired on many times at very sbors range. He bas com- mand of all our picket lines. nS a nr PRICE THREE CENTS Bot successful. On Saturday last the fort was bombarded from morning til! night by our and batteries and the Bavy, amd at dusk a storming party of eleven regimenia had @ bloody ght around and im the fort, which resulted im Our repulse, with heavy lone ip killed, wounded and missing. 1 will give the details ia their eppropriate order, premising that the intelligent reader will pot draw hasty conclusions, attack too much importance to the | for they are all vory popular, and deservedly so, both Teverse, or indulge in unwarranted censures, because, in | with the officers and the enlisted men, who don’t object thie one instance, the chavces of war have been against | to strict discipline, hard work and hot Oghting, but are our army. opposed te being tritled with or imposed upon. ‘A RISK CANBONADE ‘was kept up throngb the whole afternoon from our land Datteries and the fleet, feebly responded to, as compared with our own rapid and continuous firing, Tum NAVY. I have omitted to mention that in the forenoon, before the iron-clads went into action, some of the wooden gun- Doats and a mortar schooner had opened on the attacked fort, making sume splendid abots, They continued their firing through the whole bombardment. The Paul Jones, | with ber two hundred-pounder bow gun, planted big shells directly in the rebel works. I do not pretend to give full details of the naval operations; for my posl- tion is now with the land forcds, who aro at present doing the principal fighting. Thero is no danger, how. ever, of the navy going entirely unnoticed. By New York papers Of the 16th, containing the first announce- ment of this movement, we obtained “an account of the fight on the 10th, received by the Baltimore American from the offlcors of the gunboat Union, which represeots the whole affair as a brilliant naval operation. In road ing 1 ope would a:momt suppose the navy had landed sailors and marines to hold the batteries the navy had captured, The navy, indeed, ce.operated, but that was been located, nearly or wholly unobserved by the rebels. | au, The land batteries, so skilfully constructed unknown It burst in tho air, nearly over tho fort, and the rebels | to the rebels, and General Strong's gallant storming party eaw that tho attack was to be made at once. Spectators | would havo taken tho works without aid from the navy; Degan to throng the binfis, farther up on the island, and | and the gunboats, unsssisted by the army, would ‘he infantry supports were pisced in proper -position, | never have reduced them at the range they had that covered from the rebel fire as much as possible. day. It was an army, pot a navy, operation, and the CPEXING OF THB CRENR BATTERIES. gunboats acted merety as auxiliaries to the land forces, Captain Langdon, of the First United States artillery, | They, ne doudt, did all they could, but not much was re- followed with hie guns and mortars. on our right, fring | quired of them. The Monitora are capable of brilliant slowly at first, according to orders, getting the range | achievements, and whenever they accomplish any in exactly, and finally bursting nearly every shell in or just | frout of Charleston they shall not go unrecorded, If they over some part of the rebel works. We soon had quite a | dismount a single gun, or are known to kill a single rebel gumber of guns and mortars playing on the fort, firing | at Fort Wagner, the facts shall bo announced with full ebeils exclusively, with great precision, and at the rate, | details. to commence with, of several a minute. ‘ RESPONSES FROM THE REBEL FORTS. Towards night General Seymour and General Streng, It was not long before Wagner replied with an eight- | with some of their staff officers, went up from the front imeb shell, which went over the heads of our artillcrists | to the look out, and bad an interview with General Gill- on the fight and burst as it struck the ground. Thea | mere. For seven hours our batteries and the navy had Buamter trained one of her Brooke guns on tho right bat- ‘een engaged, and the fort showed,.no signs of giving out. tories, and sent. a big shell over into the water, From | Wagner had stopped firing, and ber men were evidently Fort Wagner the sbells kept coming, and Fort | where shelis could do them no harm. Sumter continued ber fire, sometimes arsting PLAN TO TAKE TRE YORT BY ATORM, their shells directly ove: $10 works, but usually too goon ‘Whether as tho result of this consultation or in accord. OF too Inte to do damage; ad when a shel! looked parti. | ance with previous arrangements 1 expnot say, it was cularly threatening, or exploded and sent its fragments | evident that the fort was now to be stormed. The troops bowling along direotly in our faces, we bad good for the work had been solected, and they recefved orders cover. As nearly as! could judge, some four different | (0 move at once. guns were used on our land wotks from Fort Wagner, and two on our fleet. Sumter didnot work but two guns, but those with considerable precision. Vinegar Mill, infrout ot Fort Gregg, on Cummings’ Point, apparently had two guns bearing on us; and from the opposite side of the har. bor, Fort Mouitric and Battery Boo—which almost every- body obatinately insists on at Cummings’ Polut— tried their thunder a few times inofectually, General Seymodr and bis sta? were at the bameries, expowed as much apd more than the artillerists. General Strovg, too, with his staff, was at the front, where he always in when his troops are. Hin brigade ‘was under arms all day, posted around a bluff, just on the left and at the rear of our centre batteries. Whenever these genorals appeared they wore cheered, THE KIOUTRENTH OF JULY, Is bad been raining during the night, and the morning sky wes inauspiciously clouded, Our troope had many of thera been hard at work, but the arrangements were not fail completed #0 that the attack could commence at three e’clock, A. M.,a8 had been intended: The rebels evi- dently were, as usual, in a cloud. They had anticipated Qn attack earlier; they did not particularly expect one then. Our troops wore in good spirits, patient and con fident of victory. They believed whatever General Gii- more should undertake he would in some way accom- plish, and they bave the same faith still. They had equa! confidence in General Seymour, commander of the division.to be immediately engaged; in General Strong, ‘who waa to lead his fyhting brigade; in Colonel Putman, the gallant and accomplished Colonel of the Seventh New Hampshire, who commanded another brigade ; in General Stevenson, and in the commanders generally. Thero was moeh disappointment, as hour after hour passed in the | morning, that our guns wero till silent; but the impatient | ones had not loug to wait, ‘THE PIRHT GUN FROM OUR BATTERIES was fired at just half-past nine o’clock. It was from ‘the left of our line of works, where a mortar battery had 4 covxcn. ‘TaE STORING PORE. General Strong had orders to mareh his brigade ecrons the open tand to the beach near tha old house at tho right of oar wortts; and for this movement the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, Colonel Robert Shaw, was added tempora- rily to his command, His other regiments wore the Sixth Connecticut, Colonel John L. Chatfield; Nimth Maine, Colonel Sahine Emory; the remnant of the Seventh Con- CONGRATCLATORY ORDER. ‘The following was published on Tuesday, and bas aaded* to the enthusiasm of the troops:— THE IRON-CLADS COUCHAMT. It, had beep understood that the monitors and trop- sides were to take part in the bombardment, and many anxious eyos were directed towards them, as they lay, without « sign of motion, just inside the bar, off our part Of Morris Island. For nearly two hours had our batteries ORDER. Heapquantans, DxPaRrMxnt oF Tux Sovru, Monee Istanp, 3. C., July 13, 1868. The Brigadier General commanding ta his ‘gratulations and thanks to the honor were among to pocineand lot thet Urintans CHOY oe tte toes aah, Pe eet Bak ne SRD OFDM were vieey which place tree mies nenrear rebel strong. | the iron-clads. They looked as if asleep, but they wore mtr, t our country’s de- | only snoozing, Suddenly somebody discovered that the ety foreign foes that felt the polluting tread of | gecxs of the monitors were cleared for notion. Then Our labors, however, are not over. They are just be. | We Hoticed Admiral Iahlgreen’s flag at the ‘Montauk’s un; and while the spites of the rebel city still loom up Dut still the tron fleet did not move. All eyen, dis endured before out bores no expectations cau snd full la Desay hcg wlye l geaae wcbagheagia bn jose fraition in victory. stelle bursting over her ,and our batteries, on which the us emulate bervic deeds of our brothers to | robdels were wasting ammunition. arms at Gettsyburg and Vicksburg, and add to that rollof fame which will be tranemaltted tse gratetul posterity. MARROW MSCAVE FROM 4 CARTRIDGR RXTLOMON. seteeel med ser ent pelt | vt sni-a cement vere svanss noe tne} unl energy it @n- | bel «holl—an ammunition box of a Khode Island artillery Pie pao ppt co Bose gr . located just under.the bak, on the beach, at of oor main works, wan eet on fire, aad blew up With a ‘orrific suceession of explsions as the cartridges ious dined the nai whet aoe being tbe brat 2, | became ignited. Fragments of abells flew in every di agsauked succeasfully by « column disembarked un- | rection. Men were standing all about; but every one al der a heavy artililery fre. Qa Ccpeenoeanan! Most miraculously erciped. Even two horses, hitched closely, were untonched, When people who were unburt looked around for mangled bodies they found al! had es- caped aa surprisingly aa themesives. Some had their clothes burned, few were stunned, some were just touched by the flying fragments of iron, and thet was all. ous honiane ine CASUALTING, ios = hd ve been reported since ail the Fulton: — . THR IRON CLADA IN Line Ata little pest eleven everybody was gratified to see the iron-clads moving. They went very slowly, as people Jk in the dark, feeling their way along; bat as they passed, vessel after vease!, thew progress was increased ‘The Montauk led off, with the Admiral’s flag flying, fol- lowed closely by the Ironsides, & monstrous moving ; black mans, with her portholes opened promisingly, such acraftan timid forts must dishke to see approaching. ‘Then came the Catskill, the Weebawken, the Fataproo and the Nabant. Slowly they stretched oot in line, ove after another coming up in position, the Montauk on the I, Com; July i one NEW YORK, Company I—Private Blake. head; privates James Hoffman and James Bowen in the | bead, and Lawrence fog pe Wm. Maylon in the bip; “\Gompany G—Corporal, Jena, La band Yompany G—Corporal erty, in the slightly, on the 13th. 4 J THIRD RHODE BLAND. wards amputated) tg & omatnre ‘dlecbarge 4 plece amput ry re Cary while Grtag on a rebel steamer, July 12. aew Fa Fe ae Company A—Private Goo. H. Shaw, severely wounded by accxdental shot in foot, July 11. i 1. D. or poral Kerry , wounded ali Sb in | Tht, creeping up gradually. wi neck i priv: Hoare, wounded foot, oe cer ame. sew private Milvip floward, wounded They stopped when three-fourths of a mile or more by hel in Back (since dont). All on the 12th. pack, |,{70m Fort Wagner, aad the Montaak fired the Orst gen Company J—Privates James pany iF] by abeil; “from the iron fleet, It went ricocbeting over the water Joseph |. Bland, wounded severely in hip; Joseph EK. | and buret just short ef the rebel work. Then the Monitor Harkman, wounded sitghitly In leg; Jobn E, Ellis, wounded severely in leg. All on ttie ian or KEAEL DOCUMENT IN REGARD TO FOLLY ILAND, A document, of which the following is a copy, was Picked up in one of the camps ou Morris Isiand — Heapgeanrens, First Murray [yersct, Cuanteatos , May 24, 1863. } Cartam—You will please proceed to the south end of Morris Island and exaarine the batteries there being erectel, and be prepared to take an oral report this evening on their condition, eMciency and location. You ‘will confer with Col, Grabam , and Capt. Cheves, Engineer. Capt. to lend yous sketch, abew ries, which you will bring yi You Will report at headquarters in Charleston this even ing, say at about ten o’clock. Very recpectfal your ovedient servant, BA. PLEY, " Brigadier General Commanding. Capt. Jonx C. Mrrcwm, First South Carolina artillery, CUARLASTON EDITORIAL FURLIENRD TO THR TROOTS. ‘The following document speaks for itself — on the left of the Ironsides sent a second one, in similar style, spinning along, the fragments throwing up dust from Wagner's seaward walle, But the Ironsides wan yet to speak. In afew moments smoke pufied from all ber portholes on ber port side, and almost every shell, or te fragments, touched Fort Wagner somewhere. Some ri- cocheted and exploded directly over the fort. Some rent the dirt fying from both parapets and a traverse or two and burst in the marsh beyond. Our land batteries were all the time working. The other Monitors were sending in thelr Compliments, and soon there was such a cloud of amoke that, as the Hronsides sent broadside aller broadside, the fort bad an infernal jook, enveloped in smoke, aod Usrowing out tongues of flame aa sbelia ex. ploded in the eloud. WAGNER STOrS MIRLNG. As our gana nd mortars increased the rapidity of their fre, and Une iron-clade concensrated their effurts upon her, a few wild shots in ail directions were fred by Fort Wag Bango — an ner, thore at the fleet going nowbere near them , and then Morne imaxp, om aay it ‘ten, *} her firing stopped emtirely, Bat through the smoke and J Oe ean he wen d Mercury of | fite we could cecanionally see the rebol flag still fying, #0 ai * pu information and en- kes they had # a >! Pie Tek Cone Raat ee cal sees | Woe” at aem emerenderet. fort Sumter belched forth a» rapidly and furiously as possible, ite an angry to tight to every regiment and on the island, mae Lawn! d how with a chicken tm danger, and the other forts chinned may well ue with the atmort * Beoticut battalion, Cptain Bylvoster 8. Gray (not with the storming party); Forty eighth New York, Colovel ‘Whtiam B. Darton; Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania, com- manded by Captain Jobn Littell, and the Third New Harap- shire, Colonel 3. H. Jackson. e §. Patnam was ordered to advance with his brigade rear of Strong’s. His brigade had boen on ‘the beach, umder the bluffs, all day, and consisted of the Seventh New Hampabire, Lieutenant Colonel J. 0. Abbots fn command; One Hundredth New York, Colonel Dendy; Bixty seventh Obio, Colonel A.C. Voris, and the Sixty- second Uhio? Colonel Howetl. Brigadier General Stevenson was also ordered towards the front with bis fine brigadeasarererve. 4 * MmmuoR TO THR apMMAL.. It became necessary to communicate with Admiral Dahlgren , #0 that he might co operate with the projected movement, Captain Barger, of Genoral Gillmore’s staff, was sefected to bear tho message, no trifling duty, for Admiral Dahigren was on the Momtauk, and the Montauk had just crept up nearer te ort Wagner. Her move. mébnt had excited suspicion, and from the rebel forts des- Perate but futtio efforts were boing made to disable her, Safe encagh inside, bat ber deck and vicinity 4/4 aot look | vory inviting. A boat, drawn up oo the beach was im- Pressed for the service; but her crew objected ander the circumstances, to visiting the Montank Bight sturdy oarsmen from the Seveath New Hampshire volumteored 44: once, and in balf an hour Captain Burger was retarning | safely. VGONOUR ARTILLERY ASBAULT. Asa part of the plan the land batteries aed iron-claaa now maa riour aseault on the fort, firing with the greatest poor pidity, and giving the spot where their fire concentrated « inere and more infernal jeok. Smoke completely onveloped it, and the flashing of the bursting shol's come out like the tongues of Game from « burning voleas Large columas of smoke towered apwards wl) they were sweot away iu clouds by the breeze. The putt of vapor from exploded shells foated around like little balloons, gradually expanding and mixing into the mass of amoke. The rear from the guns and mortars ‘was almost deafening. Under this cover the two brigades advanced (CHARGE OY PrRONG 4 BHGADE. Strong's brigade marched io ooluma up pest ine old building on the right of our batteries, then deployed and advanced in line & short distance, then deployed again, ‘and marched up the beach in cloro column, Puteam's brigade following at eupporting distance, sad baiting at point where they bad been ordered to stop. Fort Humter saw the movement, and pitched ber shells ever among the troops; but burt pone of them. Whea Strong's troops, fed by their gallant general, had got two thirds the dis tance to the fort the camnouading sessed, 10 avid tn | jaring our own troops, and then the febels in Fort Wagner came oot io full strengih. A thoussed | muskets Gashed almost together, end poured « deadly fire mio our troops, The guns were bromght ments got, whotly or w part, on or over the parapets, but all were finally forced to flee. The contest on their part was @ shurt but bloody one. Had these regimenta held on togetber but a moment longer, they would have bed a whole brigade to belp them; but the difficaltios wers greater than had been antisipased, and thoy could not be longer heid where vietory seemed eo impossible, Wik one or two regiments it was « rout; they went off helter- skelter, running wildly, anxious only for some shelter from the rebel fire. Othors marched off as orderly at if executing a simple manwuvre, carrying their arms anc taking away suck of their wounded as were outside tht ditch, ADVANCE OF YUTNAM'S BRIGADE. The brigade of Colonel HI. 8, Putnam, with his Sovent® New Hampahire regiment on the right, when the advance was ordered, moved Ww the rear of the old hoase bebiné our batteries, and deployed inte line, In this form they advanced to our intrenchments, and they deployed inte clone column, When the nature of the ground would admit they again deployed jnto Ine, and fn thin manner advanced to the works, Colonel Futnam was one of the first to reach the parapet, surrounded by his bravo New Hampehire Seventh boys, and inspiring bis whole brigade by bin fearless, gallant conduct. lu approaching the ditch the retreating men of the first charge wero met, ane some portions of the brigado were do for « moment but not permanently demoralized. Col, Putnam rent Lieut Colonel Abbott, of the Seventh, and Major Headerson, bis Adjutant General, to intercept stragglers, rally thoso why balged and hurry forward all troop, They did this onder avery het fire, which was as terrible a short din frgm the fort as in it, The rear division of the sey and @ portion of the Ono Handrodth New York wert massed together, crossed the ditch and esmayed to goto foothold inside from one polnt, while the Sixty eecont and Sixty-seventh Obio went another, kvery regimen bebaved nobly, and all Nave a fearful rol) Of cay sition te aitest tho porsisteacy and energy of their effort to obtate and bold tlre fort, @ne corner of tho fort only was ours and that was swept by grape and canister and exporet to musketry. The troops looked back, saw thoy wert alone, and began to falter. General Btrong bad hecn uy ‘and cheered and raliled his quondam classmate od evo) friend, Colonel Putnam, and returned to try and bring uy reinforcements, Colonel Putnam implored, entreated commanded his troops to bold on but a momgn! longer, and then ganother minute, and then a momen again, but no help came. [e had sent a measongur ask for reinforcements. He did not know that Generals Strong and Seymour had both been carried (rom the feld wounded. The messenger learned the fact, and wont w General Gillmore, The latter, anxioun, but #t\i! cool and clear-beaded, told bim (he reserve, fresh vrigade, hae bee ordered forward as soon as it was known a futholo had been gaind@ in the rebel work, Hefore this messen ger bad left another arrived to say that Cobnel Puinam ‘woe killed, and thas our troops had retired from the fort entirely.* Tims was the result, briely tld, Genera Stevenson's brigade was being couducted by Cole Turner, of General Gilimore’s staff, to reintorea Colones Putsam, when the newn of hia death and the Fetirement of his troops reached them in sea gon to prevent the whole robel fire iskiu effec ov them. Sadly and disappointed thay turned beck, and the battle eld was left to the enemy, and our dead ane wounded. The rebel fire ceased, the ambulances met th: stretchers at the edge of danger, and the groane of the woundod, the chirps of the crickets and ibe beating of the surf wore soon ali the pounds we could bear, fur the fire on both «idee ball coased. Tho rebels, too, hed dead to bury and wounded to care fur, and peace was Wo reigt for a night at least. x Our fresh troops fell back to the tntrenchmenta in good order, occupying all our old positions, end the shatteree regiments rallied around their torn, burned and rmobot wtandards, to go into camp and call the names of te ubeent forever. 1uB Lom OF OFTEED wan found to be unusually large im propertion to (he en jisted men, Colonel Putnam, the accomplished gentie- man, bad been instantly killed by « graperhot tm the head. General Seymver hed received s painful wound to the foot from a grapeshot. Another from the wame dis charge passed through the breast oi Liout. &. . Stevear, his aid-de-camp. General Btroug, while striving b rally Siraggiors, got a canister shot throngh the (high, making @ sovere but not fatal wound. His sdjutant general Lieutenant A, H. Libby, of the Third New iHampature, o brave and efficteat officer, was killed inthe early peri Of the Aight, Major Filleo, of the Fifty -@fth Venasyiva- bis, @ volunteer aid to Gee, Strong, rushed coco impeta- ounly nto the fort with the first comers, oame back to the Parapet and tried to get volunteers fur a charge of & gun and, wonderfully cecaping death, wae taken prisoner, Colonel Robert Shaw, of (hs Massachusetia Fifty-foarth, wan wounded, lakes prisoner, and said to be dead. Liewt Col, Green, of the Forty-slginh Now York, was tnortaily wounded, and ied after being taken to Charleston. Cub J. L. Chatield, of the Bixth Cennectiout, loa a part of bie right hand and received a discharge of grepeim hin ieft leg, after performing prodigies of valor. Searrety « held Officer escaped woumds, and line ueers full by the sours In General Strong's brigade Major J. 1. Piympton, of bu sta, wos the only ranking officer able to du duty, aod commanded the brigade s vight and a day. = COLOR PUTNAM. I will here insert a copy of & general oreer ‘eued by Lieut Cot, J.C. Abbot, of the Seventh New Mampabire, fo regard to Coleone) Putnam's ceath. Th eontaiow the principal (acts in regard to this mom regretted oficer, and an appropriate tribute ty bis menery — GENERAL ONDRES . Desoquaarens, Berar: New iamrnone V M Ienary, 8. C, Jely 2, 1 yf the Lwtenmen Ce what we already keown to wionel M1 #. Puram, Ie Lan4 ing U)O8 the parapet of new, aed ineland’y expired. M1 aed gretuated with be It becomes the mandiog W appeunce ofcial bis command —the aeath of wae struck by « bal Fort Wagner, orgieg oo & Hie was to Connie, hemor at Weet Point ia 186T = ieving beew earigned the corps of t phical engiceccs, be wae ecgaged unti! commence nent t Une premmt @ when he was placed epi Geweral Mefowel Army of the Potomac, where be served uw 1861, be took « thie regiment = Young, be bad the Gound jotgment of age preed, im- perime and lefty io tamper exacting to ab ordinates, he sever refured credit lo thee why de berved it Cautiousand wary, he ecued wilh gromptore a@ decision when it was the time for aetrw, [lw paiian try was wipoaiized om the might when te (oll, sod bo sicepe with the martyred berome hus @vuniry. Mt hee cones (he Ornadd, yen which be hae abet ‘be vomtre on tne ae | to bear oo them, snd graye and canister talet down | upon them, With a showt (hey advanced, at « word (rom the General,’ on a double quick, uufs teringly directly op into that terrible fire. Murkotry rattiol, fumter’s shells burst all around them, bulleta whivtled, canpister bum med, grape ploughed slong the ground, the fort was | lighted ap almost evnstantty with the fre from bowite ern, rifles and morkete—oot im Gtful Cashes, Yut with steady, gicaming sheots of fame, They never staggered — never wavered—<4id not stop for the many whe fall, or | listen to the monoe of the wounded. Thay reached the | | ditch aed crogeed it, some on planks, come ruthing down jm and wiling up, some pecking & better entrance to the | loft, where the diih was, however, Siled with water, Ae knowing that in the end we must win. Ty cxtatet 4 General KEYMOUR. they were making the cronming howiteers in (he bastions | kept ap a raking Ore, provirating many bodier, but net in at intervals, but @arcety any casualties ovenrred on our side. P. R, Caawerce, Captain end Acsiotans Adjutent General. on ngee. coves pews. dewrring the Over they west 1 cam b wo wh oe to disguise | _ 4¢ D*iC PAst two oelocs w shell burst close to the rebet | dered up ihe parapets. uk the grape mnt | from ourselves our situation. whose ‘we got into | fag in Yort Wagner, the fragments flying through and all | then everywhere, fweeying thy dich, (he eurkme | it it @ in vain pow to inquire. Yeatpes havids ov pesremmion ot the southern half of Morria there Lone way to save the city of Charieston, and that bayonet, If the ue of sod too roth tatantry, coe. | ing ali but Gnssen themesiver peppered them wiih bel Jets and gare 90 chance i resp’ of aly. home re trevted without further elurt, the majority etroggied on | | manfuky end charged dows over the parapet, driving afl about it. Th top Of the sai daeappeared, the bhaliyards | Outside, the parapets sbov were cut, aod the colors came down in the dust. They did cot ApPORF Immediately, and some supponed | the fort bad surrendered, but in a moment a shell wax fired, (or the first time in many minutes, from « mated gun oo the temahore side, rather defiant! before them. There war ow danger wre in retreating, very inaccurately. Soon @ squad of rebela were neon | woertain danger in wiaying ing. The repel rigging up ® battle fing on @ jurymast, etuck in the } wore driven from one parapet. Then @ rebel flag appeared bevide jt, sea | Mxth Comnestiont cvlore together they waved through the terriic bombardment | from the oppowite rides ood traverses and berlin wrest Over 8 (reverse, and the waved am Richmond Pe Uill evening, sometines torn, but never orooght down the successive batteries of fhe enemy nad saves Rick. | sgtte Guns commanded or prition with mond. The part of the who achieved OCR ommis All attempts to reach (how commenced wih slaughter | py whe Vimo Ere bire noes, before been In | Dafore the tombardment commenced, General (ili: | and ended with retreat. The uty fourth Manachosette | works. They bave but stew thousasd more and bie Stall hed been to the front. With a gianoe | (enlored) found « place lower dows, and charged bravely 5s Sane Op oe bias of View es the | the Commanding General's eritical eye bad ewept the | over the parapet, their Moers arging them to din | se a rted aptiast Gosh, vitecy Serie a hen Wit | works. He made Saggretions and gave gevers! direc. | inguish themesives, at the rebels mate & dant | ner and Secessionviile, then Charleston mest fall. This, tiene, riding from one point to another, in plain wight & | a1 there with al! thelr bitter fenting = seetnnt it appears to os, le the onlysovurse of safety, and we may | the rebel#, without being bit from their shelly, though io | nar Wome aroused, and pegiotet all cine tract ne hing ye tnd wat sed postpone "the | omy rane. When all'the arrasgements were completed | fur s mamant in sitacting ihe nogrose They took some vormination of struggle. No other in eur | DO went back to the new observatory erected by us, a high | prinners, slaugbiers! many, baypnets cased sod knwe means opinion, will ave the ety. We believe that it can emily be saved wih promptners, energy and dash it * too bie near the last of the captared rebel batterins, and ote raidied, and the Martachonetts Wacky got bewildered took bin position where be could view the whole Geld, and | They barely saved coe Of thelr Rage, mud Ue walt of lave for ing alone, Henitation and deiay are fatal, where, by signal, be comid reerive communications from | nether amd theo. w ib (h Gand * fetroated Unrough Ietawh, 8.0. Joly 2A. M. hin gevera’s, the fleet nnd all of our positions. Peversl | the showers ir jeoring Wier Caicos! io the fart, 2 Serene. rebel ehelle bad previously buret fe thie lockout but for. | many ooere mm ant many binct beatin, The attack op Fort Weaner bat cvrnimenesd, aod we are | tanately (hey dit OOt makes mark of Mo) thw day 1 ote serio), hove ro ‘we “her regd , ys eed tle This fragment Of the number she marched fram ate pearly Uwe FOAre ago GRD Yor add “ber bright letters upon the standard pot mow wiiboat inecr |) tems With bins fel! bere of this command, the members of ll of whom are not eertalnly Knows, ae¢ where memo Thee shoald over be cheriebet for ther ary sent Liwat, Cot. J.C, AMROTT. Ve G, Weewer, Adjotant et OF eame aeeeim, Nolow t# © complete let of the camoaliies, es reperten Officially trot the different reyimenta. When the report was tuate, Overy aAjulant wae powiti: © thal at semen bie regiment Unere wan mot & wingle elraee 4 wel the regimenta I have wince virited they were pocitive that mot 0 single straggier had returped, yet Gay morsing | mecertaired (rom Dripads and éoperianent headqueriers that oomriy every regiment bed Het of “gnined from rwiening,’ toe neat nombering forty ment m yeter agente oy wae tpeeble camber rect the (tat Thad procered. bewerer e (lat ewong thee Piven below os minwing, are rt leet # hensred or two thet are safe. Among the really morig ore many Silled a4 woendel Nomerore we lowe bawe eae ben off duty et all, or have re 0 Oty ere thle, > the lias mrss be taken wth ree Tee Sent tat one ete ce (oe eete, ent, oh te 4 wievng. wl be found ecae 6 the only ofBe orem bn of the exces rate — ae Tee revouen, wiled. a ore Mayer 6. ¥ W ccgnetk — Sem gio B Crnmmmings , Co poo Lio, C? ——, re) we + Oxmmnet, 1. Gremwwod, OV." Nanseanal, T. ver mrre Fitih ond Mag tant I. G. 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