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The Daily Dispatch: September 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], Two hundred dollars reward. (search)
The Fort Gaines surrender. We have gathered from medical officers late of the Fort Gaines garrison, who have returned from New Orleans, some particulars respecting the surrender of that fort. They confirm Captain Vess's statement as to the disabled condition of the guns of the fort, there being only one thirty-two pounder on the north side bearing upon the fleet, and not a shell to fit it. From the list of which we publish, it will be seen that the position was not given up without a struggle against the gathering power of the enemy. Most of the occurred on the picket line, but two men who killed by a shell while sleeping in what was considered the most secure part of the fort. The first landing of the enemy was made on the spit, six or seven miles from the fort, from which point they moved up to a distance of about three miles, where they built a wharf and landed guns. After this they approached gradually until, on Thursday, August 4th, they had established a strong l