FORT MONROE, April 24.
TO HON. E. M. STANTON:–
The Norfolk Day Book of this morning has a telegram for New Orleans, dated 23d inst., from which the following information is obtained:
There has been a heavy and continued bombardment of Fort Jackson all night. – It was still progressing. The rebels in the fort represent themselves still cheerful, with an abiding faith in their ultimate success. They state they are making repairs as best they can. Their barbette guns are still in working order, though most of them had been disabled at times. They assert that we have fired 25,000 thirteen inch shells, of which fifteen fell in the fort. They think our ammunition must soon become exhausted, but assert that they can stand it as long as we can.
(Signed,)
JOHN TUCKER,
Asst. Sec’y of War.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, April 26, 1862, p. 1
TO HON. E. M. STANTON:–
The Norfolk Day Book of this morning has a telegram for New Orleans, dated 23d inst., from which the following information is obtained:
There has been a heavy and continued bombardment of Fort Jackson all night. – It was still progressing. The rebels in the fort represent themselves still cheerful, with an abiding faith in their ultimate success. They state they are making repairs as best they can. Their barbette guns are still in working order, though most of them had been disabled at times. They assert that we have fired 25,000 thirteen inch shells, of which fifteen fell in the fort. They think our ammunition must soon become exhausted, but assert that they can stand it as long as we can.
(Signed,)
JOHN TUCKER,
Asst. Sec’y of War.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, April 26, 1862, p. 1
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