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The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], Southern Telegraph Company. (search)
The capture of Fort Morgan. The Mobile Tribune gets the following particulars concerning the capture of Fort Morgan from a citizen who was present at the time of the occurrence: From Monday at daylight to Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock the fire from the enemy's batteries on the shore was terrible. His batteries consisted of some fifty 30-pound Parrotts and mortars, and two 10-inch Dahlgren, most of which was within about two hundred and fifty yards of the fort, with a heavy line of sharpshooters between it and the fort. A perfect range was got on the citadel, which was to-tally destroyed. It burnt for several hours before it was extinguished. The fleet did not take as active a part in the bombardment as the army. The latter comprised from four to five thousand men, all Western troops. On Tuesday, the 23d, at about 8 o'clock, the white flag was raised, and General Page was given until 2 o'clock to surrender, during which time he destroyed all the commissary stores that he