| Show tho tha naval engagement at fort forb cortwright wright the tle reports in relation to tb the fight between the fecera and confederate flee fied fleets tsat at fort wright ht on 94 the 1 iab P b mst mav which were first put in circulation gerej were if those abose of a later date were true rot not exactly correct and ili rii in some re respects s i utterly IY false in detail the first anno announcement wic ement was chatan enge engage eng c f mp aunt wont at had taken placey place lasting ab ut an hour and a oal oai pai 1 cpr row ir wll mul w uxa boats had repulsed the fleet EIDI sinking ing ow oni ot their dats boats wand land nd blowing bloing 0 up two of others fiers the ive bye details adf of the principal oc occurrences n ces of the dau dam claing that thal at six 0 in tbt morning the confederate ram louisiana came up accompanied by four gl gm i boats and opened ened fire on the gun alt cincinnati which w was a s in advance e t f the rest of the thel fl otilia lotilla and which keit keyt thi the enemy in n cleck ch eck eek till the federal fleet came to hera er assistance s mance thai thal aba ba toti the arrival E of f any po lion f the we dle flett asch was ut at some dis dib tance the river riven tb ram finding her gun guns were not blot et eq hive etive against the iron armor of the abl e cin manati 1 1 1 approached he hert herb with the ibe evident ia of running her under and that captain the antin tion llon of bla bis antagonist prepared for foi the as j ak sault V bj patti putting ga g A the tee hue steam batte batteries iries odthe of the cincinnati Cinci crati and as the ram came I 1 j within close range lange the head bead of the cincinnati wd was s arneil cau clau lilg ipg ilig the ram to run alon alongside 1 when n captain drew a pistol and find ab shot b 0 ot t the pilot ot oi the louisiana through the b head e d the tha ebb contest that thab ensued was r s as h laving y ant ensely ns y exciting elci tire i ind and the creat of oc epich egich li boat hoat oat arme armed with cutt cuti cuti asses asjes carbia a and pikes discharged volley aftel after diley ht at each other ln ia quick sile site ce lon uon ion and and ana then hen the fidiam steam batt Is rles ries ries rles 04 oj the gln gin cAvill opened with ter tible effect throwing volumes i of steam ana and boiling water oon won the crew of the louisiana j instantly clearing clearen cl earin 0 her deck aeck and cau causing s fit ant mir mit to withdraw 1 I 1 l while ihfe conflict betge between e n the cincinnati cincinnati f i and the louisiana wak wab progressing the confederates confederate were jelu jein forc fore d b by y thre theae other vessels vesi oae ot 0 which alc h was vea I 1 the ironclad iron clad boat mallary Mal mai lory iury all of which engaged the Cincin 1 nati natly without I 1 juring faccas her ber h s the he shots of tiny tint dhel e amy kiaric glanced ed from her hen he froh rrth platina without damaging her he rin in fhe the ibe least her ber guns ache al ae 1 i time limb pouring shot and shell into the confederate boats biffi fearful fear fe arrul tul ful effect ed engagement the mall mali mallory ory approached approached t th ba tolo tojo what aha i t the lotu slana iana h had bad ad failed i t to accomplish as sh e cime came deax ne ax the federal on boat st louia of till then no BO mention had bad been ma made de in connection with the battle battie and which had bad ha probably just arrived ar rived rivea bore down upon upon her with a full head bead of steaba struck her and hearly bearly cut her ber herja in two tuo lieo sinking he as aa is stated in a few uni nai minutes while thib this feat was behig being ac the thet other boats ot of the federal fleet engaged the enemy abd and the battle raged with terrible fury and andieu ring the deadly strife one ona ozithe confederate boats blew up with a tremendous exl exi and thornly ly after another and both were reported blown biown to wons a oms oma and ani ever yona on board hoard lost under cove coler r of tho the smoke the remainder of the eremya boats retiro d at twenty minutes past A seven seyen in ina ini conclusion it wall wag AL stated thal ihal he the cincinnati which bore bai e the brunt 0 of the ther fiat was wa not bot ot materially 0 juiel would baut haut beleut beut ia co complete m pie te repair in then thon ty and that abat the st jv nial diat lory t a slightly I 1 d t and alla wa was s ready realy for adoth another e r a clon cion lon ion no ir cuir i boats were i juried in the least as aa per repart t A dispatch from cairo three days after the enga engagement ement stated that the cincinnati was wab more mode seriously damaged da caged than was at first reported and that f finding she was in a sinking It ikin condition her commander er run her into shoal water wate r where bhe rhe went down and add hid four feet of water on her gur gun deck and thae that a wrecking derrick had bad gone down to raise he her and d brin bringger 1 her ber up to cairo for rc para irit chirl the report stated that that the cincinnati had one man ki killed iledan and bree three wounded capt wab was one of the latter he be received a severe bevere wound in the neck it was also stated slated d ln in that abat report that th the abound found lound city was waa struck by the steam ram mallory and ran into water and sunk but had bad been ra sed abd brought brog ht to cal cat d 0 to he be put in fighting I 1 in condition g the confederate gunboat or ram mallory w was as not sunk by the gunboat st louis louls 0 as at first reported neither was she very materially injured a according to the statements ta i cements of de ser the cincinnati was raised on the alid at latest dates both fleets were re pairing r damages as aa reported and preparing for another engagement pothina kotbin Ho thina further farther having been said bala concerning 0 be the blowing up of the two federate I 1 gunboat gubbo ats as reported r 1 I 1 on the day of the j bati battle battie batt leav leat at which time deral derai otTi officers cers seem seum I 1 tto to have been considers con cod sidena sidara and anai ansi coun pot between le khe ehi ilir ti gaa laa ia conail I 1 explosions having cured as was heralded before the abated aasted |
