IMPORTANT FROM CHARLESTON: An Attempt to Occupy Fort Sumter; OUR FORCES DRIVEN BACK (9/14/1863)

New York Times archives – Times Machine ^ | 9/14/1863

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By the steamship Arago, Capt. GADSDEN, we have dates to Sept. 9, 6 P.M., from Charleston Bar.

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. G.C. Reamey, Lieut. Tracy Brower, Lieut. B.L. Mead, Lieut. Bradford and Ensign B.H. Pater. The latter was wounded. The Massachusetts leaves immediately for Philadelphia.

The following official dispatch from Gen. GILLmore to Gen. HALLECK contains important information:

DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, MORRIS ISLAND, S.C., Sept. 9, 1863. }

Maj.-Gen. H.W. Halleck, General-in-Chief U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.:

SIR: I have the honor to report, that since my letter of yesterday, four additional pieces of artillery have been found, making an aggregate of thirty-six pieces captured on this island. It is not improbable that others still remain concealed.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

(Signed) Q.A. GILLMORE,

Brigadier-General Commanding.

THE FIELD, MORRIS ISLAND, S.C., Sept. 9, 1863.

GENERAL ORDERS, No. 73. -- The Brigadier-General commanding desires to make this public acknowledgment of the benefits for which his command has been indebted to the United States Sanitary Commission, and to express his thanks to the gentlemen whose humane efforts

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