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The Fight At Pensacola

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
November
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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VYuehiitgtoD, Nov. 2G. i-tint Peorotiiry of the N.ivy Fox hiiü ii!C0Íved a dinpjitefi from ÜHltimore Stuting Ihut ti.o Norfuik Duy Book publishea iidvioes from Riehrnond ti the (.-fftnjt Ihat in eng:igmeit was going on at Pensacola, Puriies who leul ihtpaperssay t!;.t it stiltes ihat tho friiïnto and Colorrfdo enguged FWt ALKoi), ihat tho Kort brisfcly rcturoed lbo lire, md iurthor, th:it the véssela reueivod (l;iin:ige, an(i wra eonipöüoil to htul off. Tho D„y Donk nddH ihat F:rt Pickens was íi:ng on tb Ponemsulu navvynrd. Anolher diepatch naya that the 6ght onmmeticed on Siiturday und was in progretw Sundtcy oighb Fort Pickona iiy firing hot ,-ho!, had sot tha Penra-olu navy-yord ón ïro tb ree timen, but the rebelH up to the latter day werd ab!e to extinguish tïü ñamad. Thov' hnd not, however, been alile to supprcs.sthosó of the bun. ing town of Warrington, which the bot shot had utterly deBtroyed. It was thought at Old Point that our viotory wa8 decisive. New York, No. 2P The IlerahVs Fortreöa Mun'oo dis-ptiteh, nays: '■ ly a of trui;t trom Xi;riolk, news reached tliere fronr Pickens anl Port Boya), Piekem opvoed fire Satuniay rnorning, but tho uring was wild. Later it was etated Ihat Piukena was breacbed when tho firing censed. The rebels suetained no loss but Ihe Union forens wcre heavy losara. The wildest exuitement pre'vaila ;it Norfolk. Bragg sent ooogratulatóry dispatches all over the Sütltb, From the same source it is learned that at Beaufort two oom pa nies of General Sberman's eoitiniar.d had an engfigement with the rebels, but wero torced to retreat wKh n loss of eight. Beaufort ia being otrenubed by our forces.

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