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52. the occupation of ship Island.
Captain Melancton Smith, of the steamer Massachusetts, makes the following official report of the occupation of Ship Island by the Federal forces:
U. S. Steamer Massachusetts, At Ship Island Passage, September 20, 1861.
sir: I have to inform you that at seven o'clock on the evening of the 16th instant, the rebels on Ship Island fired the barracks and some of the shanties recently erected there for the accommodation of troops, destroyed the lighthouse by burning the interior and breaking the plate glass of the lantern, and then took steam for the main land.
The destruction of all the works and material landed for the completion of the fort was evidently contemplated, but the hasty departure of the force was undoubtedly accelerated by a message sent from my rifled cannon, and the appearance of the United States sloops Preble and Marion in the distance.
The officers' guard, and the lookout from aloft reported five steamers in sight