| Show RENEWAL EWAL OF THE ATTACK AT charleston CHARLES CAARL EsroN ron fON for some days daya previous ona oua to the 14 h uit an attack on morris island bad had been progress siri sidd fr resulting in the capture of alithe all ail the forta forts i 0 on that island except wagner the most formia bormida ble next to and eaid said to command slimier kunfe ii io iry to the he attacking of wagner the conte confeld afrate rate loss 1083 ii in killed wounded and pr boners I 1 is I 1 s reported at between seven and eight elgh hundred hundred federal loss not report eJ f on ferday morning the attack abacon an rort lort wagner was commenced baving having ib ibe the boube char ebar character acter of selme selma 11 and assault with i every prompt prospect 0 as reported of a speedy capture the attack waa w as a vry try P a combi combination natio fi of I 1 land ladd a id and naval forces including five monitors in ire the beginning to which number ni aber several more mote were added the land I 1 fora forg fornes forces es were under command of gen gilmore the naval under cum dahlgren oa on the isih after afu a furious flous fivus bombardment of e even eren ho houra honra rits tits an assault was made in which the Fe Federa deras 8 were repulsed with a reported loss is as per charleston dispatch of about two thousand nearly eight hut hundred drei deed dred federal Fe derale ays says tha the dispatch h were bun burord fd under tinder a flig hig of truce the cor coi confederate federate iosa losa is r ported sported atone at one hundred and fifty killed and ard wounded I 1 on the 23 the bomb dment of 0 wagne wagner i was renewed the iro ito clada co with the army it seems beems seen that during the day wagner refused to reply and nd the federals tabi takI taking ilg tig it for granted that they had silenced rd thi this s strong bold hold of the enemy y 9 gathered adhered their forces and went up in full and brave assur assurance alzee aiace for what they confidently believed would be the final and anil decided decidedly I 1 y successful a assault the blence si enie of the fort was but a sal sol solemn lemn prelude to ube the i ri minate slaughter which followed this second assault the enemy eneny were pre prepared pared parea at every poin poat I 1 k to receive the federal assailants ang and an to deal out death to ta them upon the most unmeasured terms sumler sumter also as if crouching for the lions ilon lion s leal leap as boon goon as the assailants began to advance poured into their ranks rants a deadly elgi eLfi enfilading lading torrent of a shot hot and shell shells the batt batte ries rieff on gys point also aleo opened a tremendous enfil 11 10 adli k I 1 I 1 g fire upon them the guns gum from wagner which swept the beach belched out oat their full quota of iron hail in uhe the midst of this murderous fire the brave agai agal assailants abial asai lants sli bli sll sil pressed on at double quick the first brigade under G n strong upon reaching the fort dashed through the ditches gained the parapet engaged in hand to hand fight and for nearly neatly half an hour held the ground and did didt not fall back till nearly every eiery commissioned officer had been shot down the finst first bri brigade ade having failed the second made an attempt advancing through the bama sama terrible fire col putman led his bis men ove into the fort and for an hour beld held half of bf it fighting every moment with the desperation pera pe ration t ion lon un until til be was killed and nearly all his officers wounded no arriving benfell men taen feil feli fell back the ile rebel shouts shoots of victory were heard above the roar of the tha guns of sumter aud and cummings Cum minga point gen stevenson in command of the ad brigade is supposed to have shared abased the fate of odthe thia 1 others the attack vv ws w s not made until about dusk and after they had lad go got lot tInto into the port fort fort it 1 was 13 so dark so ao say thos those who lived to get ed cut again that the slaughter was wholly indiscriminate cri crl m ria te n neither either pary party being able to distinguish Is frien friend d from foe of the MT mae which led the van all but six officers were killed wounded or captured A correspondent kajs s the carnage f for oi I 1 caa not call it any else was aiva awful ua 12 0 the toe federal losses are estimated at 1000 the losses are not stated at alej lae the batteries on both sides kept ull uli up a furious fire during ring the whole time lining as reported as ma mahy many ny friends as foes it is clammed clain d thai thal hat if the attack had bad een made one ore hour boar earlier aban it was wagner would have bave been taken whatever mods of wa warfare may be nc next at resorted to to in the tb reduction of wagner it la is evidently the fixed on of 0 the federals to possess the metropolis of the palmetto state which they may accomplish altea it be otherwise decreed DROUTH ethe ithe the weather continues mcg MCM hot t and dry with ewes twos ew e no signs ofra ST 4 |
