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oyed all the commissary stores that he could, spiked the guns, and did other damage to the works. At 2 o'clock it was surrendered. General Page, it is said, refused to surrender to General Granger, remarking that he would surrender to Farragut. Granger told him then to return to his quarters and he would again open on him. The surrender was finally made to Granger. The white troops then marched in and took possession, and our troops were formed in line, and marched to the tune of Yankee Doodle around the fort, and stacked their arms. They were then taken on board of transports and sent to New Orleans. The negro troops were not admitted into the fort. The enemy's land force, all told, under Granger, is said to be at least eight to ten thousand--one thousand cavalry from Iowa; the remainder, infantry and artillery, including about one thousand negro troops. It was reported that our officers broke their swords before the surrender. Some ten or twelve pilots, who l