Posted on 09/13/2023 4:10:18 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
FORTRESS MONROE, Saturday, Sept. 12.
The United States steamer Massachusetts, Capt. WEST, arrived here this morning, from Charleston bar on the evening of the 9th instant, bringing the following intelligence:
On Tuesday, the 8th instant, the Weehawken sent a 15-inch shell into one of the magazines of Fort Moultrie, exploding it.
The Ironsides sent a shell into Moultrieville, setting it on fire and destroying half of the town.
The Monitors and Ironsides bombarded the Sullivan Island forts for four hours, doing extensive damage.
The Weehawken grounded near Cumming's Point, but soon floated off, receiving no damage.
At 11 P.M. on the 8th inst., a boat expedition left the squadron to storm Fort Sumter, and were repulsed, with the loss of a number killed, wounded and prisoners.
The following naval officers were captured on the walls of Fort Sumter: Lieut. E.P. Williams, Lieut. S.W. Preston, Lieut. C.C. Reamey, Lieut. Tracy Brower, Lieut. B.L. [???]d, Lieut. Bradford and Ensign B.H. Pater. The latter was wounded. The Massachusetts leaves immediately for Philadelphia.
By the steamship Arago. Capt. GADSDEN, we have dates to Sept. 9, 6 P.M., from Charleston Bar.
Our correspondents state that a naval force, unsupported, attempted to gain possession of Sumter on the night of Sept. 8, but was repulsed with the loss of sixty men and four or five boats.
Everything was quiet at Morris Island. The Ironsides and other monitors were still engaged shelling Moultrie. Fort Sumter had not yet surrendered. The Union forces were engaged erecting works from which to shell the city. Everything was progressing favorably.
No direct attack had been made on the city when the Arago sailed.
We are indebted again to Purser GRAUTEGEIN, of the steamship Arago, for the prompt delivery of our correspondence from Charleston, and for copies of the New South
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Now you see why the US military went against Lincoln’s promise made to South Carolina that Sumter would not be occupied until after the great Peace Conference in Washington DC was concluded.
The union officers saw a chance to steal it, burn it and spike the cannons. So they took it, leaving Lincoln to look like a liar.
I was at Antietam yesterday and Gettysburg today. What a great couple of days.
Lincoln wad a softy. Imagine Jackson as President during the war.
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