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The Daily Dispatch: September 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], The bombardment and capture of forts Clark and Hatteras. (search)
his time we saw the steamer Winslow approaching with a plenty of ammunition, and the following officers on board: Captain Samuel Barron, Lieuts, Sharp and Murdaugh, and Surgeon Greenhow. She came to anchor about 2½ or 3 miles from the fort. This wof Hatteras, the key of the Sound — the almost entire control of the Sound — the road open to invasion at any moment--Captain Barron, Lieutenant Sharp, and about seven hundred or eight hundred gallant men prisoners, taken by the Abolition Kangaroos, ed himself a hero. It was, without doubt, one of the greatest fights of the age. To us it was indeed sad to see men like Barron and Sharp, of the navy, and like Martin, Johnson, Gilliam, Sparrow and Sharp, of the army, obliged to lay down their arms any living man. But we cannot resist the conclusion which the facts published in our paper to-day force upon us, that Com. Barron yielded too much to his fears, or something else, when he proposed to surrender. It is unfortunate, at the presen
to pass out or inside of them without being accompanied by an officer. Of course none of the prisoners are allowed that privilege. At Bedloe's Island the prisoners occupy the untenanted barracks inside of the walls of Fort Wood, while Commodore Barron occupies a small house intended as a residence for officers. He is under a special guard, but is allowed the liberty of the island. Up to ten o'clock none of the privates had been allowed to go outside of the gate. This is probably ower of Stringham's squadron. It presents the exploit in a new light and the captures in new figures: Off Hatteras Inlet. Thursday, August 29, 1861. * * * Well, we have taken Hatteras Inlet--two batteries, some fifteen guns — and Capt. Barron, (late of the Navy, who seceshed,) Major Andrews, and 610 men. It was done by the 10-inch guns of the squadron, which made the place too warm for them. Their guns were well served, and they, it appears, behaved well. A few shot struck us, bu