Show wie HIE aale LAST GREAT COMBINED MOVE MENT AGAINST charleston recoiling from the disastrous assault upon wak wai wagner nir made roade on the of july last preceded as it was by a no less leas bloody repulse ea ein the in a similar attempt at the reduction reaction by assault of that apparently al wt impregnable stronghold it was resolved by the respective commandants of the federal land an ani ani 1 naval forces before charles tan to adopt some new nevi mode moje of attack the of reaching that hotbed hot hot bot bed of re killion through works of such formidable form idaole ghar obar character acter defended with a pertinacity heri bori dierig dueing during upon desperation being declared in tw tra pas pes admitting of no misinterpretation tee the federals however though writhing a ja the agony of successive dle die discomfiture sabit ulo uio upon the attainment oi 0 the prize which jia lia ilas lias be been en the object of repeated land and na tle in prowess never paralleled ia i a ancient or modern warfare were far tar froin tr oui OBI abandoning the idea of reducing charles charlesi a C n the contrary from each repeated fulde V they seemed to return nerved with motive power and determine I 1 tin tim etc to stand as victors on the soil and once onre I 1 m MX we float the stars and in the su iky tsy y breeze breeze of the metropolis of the palmetto Pal pai ottto rate skie the ile thunder tone tones of fifteen inch rifled guns i i ans ali ami two wo bundred bundled parrots had maas meas i usably died away their terrific fire being repta td ed ty ly the smaller guns of the nearer I 1 did fid an and dwater water batteries bat terie i the monitors also baw f ing within fair range Je delivered livered but a ai i fire whose liitt lit nt could only have LA tsei wn either elther to dissipate any exulting guti gut 1 1 lika liwa liunila wot 1 ot oa ox the part tuf tut if the ae fenders defenders f charleston in view ot of a repetition ot at at i fat rat to thy federal arnis aras or for the ibe puarose gerih ve riH the real har caracter shar bar acter et of the next on nt lat let whatever may have been the design oti these sportive discharges it is quite obvious that meanwhile nean beann while hiie hile the assailants wre were cale asie avle in making the required preparations for a vie yie igo orous roua anda and ani as they hoped successful renewal rei I 1 nt wai wal rat rot of hostilities in accordance with the tb change in tact tactics ca found to be an unavoidable expedient and which after laborious and add tep inep lep thought re earch official consultations consul tationa I 1 ad d the thorough racking of the tle concentrated I 1 pr autive boyr roars i ora ors ct cf the ibe respective command I 1 anta ant a should be determined upon I 1 besides the erection of new earthworks earthworms earth works I 1 within rtuh ki more commanding distance and riffel the construct on et of nearer approaches by ridle rifle an heavy reinforcements wera were ordered from I 1 tue the tb north which soon began to pour in new baueries also were ordered among which is pi publicly ly invoice a as having been rec received elved ly fly gen gilmore about the first dual at t august a luttery of ruas runs the heaviest ever cast in the north which were at once mounted on morris band so powerful was this battery that it was asserted that an hour and a halts haits bombardment bard bar ment dment from it would comel compel comei the surrender of 0 sumter herein in Is the fi at stand and only gian gly n io 0 o the e public as to tho the newly fixed point or character of attack until the reiterated A re ortis of Sum tera critical cond tion serious breach gradual demolition and the solemn assurance of its final fall announced in plainer firms than army dispatches bad at any time revealed that fated sumter was the ibe ancon jc telous 1 y odi oui victim upon which was to be vented lilb ilie demost most desolating fire ever poured forth fr from engl engi engines nes hes of destruct destructor on rort yort wagner was now pronounced positive po sitivi ly contemptuously passing by walner wagner therefore the range of the new guns add and meri merv owen batteries was tried on the cum angla Polut po batteries located on the extreme north end of morris mortis island which had pro previously been treated to a mst ro at furious bombardment bar dment by the iron fron ironsides sides bides ard anil two monitors buy but with what effect has baa not the ral real rai point a against ainest which winch was to be directed the coming t storm of battle was yet cart care tilly I 1 the northern people were adli adit adelaed ikea lita to t om oam gam down their eager and over of the immediate fall of ai aal aad kho ibe forcible of charleston t the e ear eor respondents correspondents using lang laug tage somewhat atter attar this form the ion lon expected day set for khe the ui hum Lum illation of th tho the imper imperious ioui spirit of re bellion at charleston has passed with every promising success though per pei perhaps hapS lot tot lot ai 21 soon goof as 8 81 me may wish bortne to rma Sum Saia eera tera battlements was r tabs tari as to ue b regarded as alray alra aka sy y which it was some game satisfaction to be assured would in a degree decree compensate for the fruitless labor expended on wagners magners Wag ners apparently impenetrable defenses while gen gilmore was wag thus vigorously preparing for another renewal of fierce artillery conflict the confederates were not inactive or listless observers the works on james island were astren strengthened th ened new batteries erected abary repairs made defective and exposed points fortified and other means of inore more effectual defense adopted desultory firing continued from the guns of wagner C sumter gregg and the batteries on cummings Cum minga point an aej james Ij Ii hilad iad lard lad laid in reply to shot and shell from the monitors gun and mortar boats of com corn da dahlgren hagren and the land forces of gen gilmore Gilin ore cre the ridle rifle pits of the federal sharpshooters had also been brought up to within close dose range of the parapet of wagner 1 and the sharp riflemen were said to be pi picking irig onn off goms eom ot at van wan Vau gila etla runne gunne un ners neis dip dis visiting upon its defenders nj attle I 1 atie annoyance arno yance the federal advance aug ath was within yards yaras of wagner the shells of the ene my which at times w v re poured in upon the I 1 federals thick and fast bad mit but slight effect the prot protect protector ecton on of the union troops being 11 so complete completa that their casualties casu easu aties atles ties as reported were hardly worth noticing j sorties corties aid ard skirmishing were of almost daily dally occurrence occur renze flom room tha the time of the last deadly a to the revival of the irs irm impending pending 1 general attack in one et of these on aug ad i the federals a e reported to have captured eive five hundred confederates on BH ait island in rear of folly island or on the night of the jtb while on a scout near light house creek i I 1 capt payne of the looh dooh new york and nine men were captured by the confederates on t tn as r ht ol 01 uhe the ch nhe on v ti a boat belon belonging ink ing to the th ironsides Iro asides wab wag run under by a bon jon confederate confederate federate steamer and art of oft I 1 the lue crew drownda drow ned neA the remainder says gays one account were vere p eked up by another boat be lobring to the federal picket fleet another account bay says a they were captured A fierce ar tilley fight was inaugurated apparently patently ly un intention unintentionally ally aily by a little shell practice from the gun kalt bait bo it ottawa and one i of the taking their position orf off fon fort wagner on sunday morning ad uit nit the ile ice however proved too serious a matter for the confederates to tamely allow nearly dearly every hot shot from the ottaway Ot tawas hundred bundred pound parrot being plunged into the works sumter with her hir heavy rifled guns attempted to drive the impertinent annoyance away but hers her hots shots were badly ranged falling in the th water and all about the ottawa and t not in a single instance striking her regardless of the wrathful salutation salutations of jiu sumter mater rater and moult ie le which haj baj also johnd la in tu bolt boit bucce ding belt was dashed in a 0 wagner until it was t nir cotil in ouel onel one vast pyramid et of smoke emoke ard dust the fort occasionally responded with her ten tea lichi lich columb ladr lads but to no purpose finally however a shot from tue the th e 0 ottawa tawa either dismounted a gun or blew up a sm 11 service magazine in wagner and woke up the garrison in their rage rage a they sprang to their guns and opened fire upon the federal works and upon the ottawa and for a couple of bo ho lra ira the fire was more intense and rapid than then ever before ded from that work Gilm Gil morea oreye batteries responded with the greatest rapid ty the works on james island next caught up the deafening L refrain and belched I 1 forth their nety nosy salutations while sumter moultrie and johnson joined in the chorus the fire was unexampled in rapidity and generally in inaccuracy accuracy wagner was covered with bursting shells enveloped in smoke and dust but her bold defenders stood blood by their guns with the abe g eanest of steadiness 1 1 i the trenches of at the federal federals were gleam leam ing with fi fitful fui ful fires of exploding shell and he airway air wab was impregnated with sulphurous fumes and alive with the whistle of solid shot the hum of abel lethe shriek of rifle projectiles projectile and sand all that variety of strange sounds that proceeds from a hundred flying missiles mis buea sUea the ale I 1 ork dvork in the trenches necessarily blacki elta tuta ci as the men found it to their safety to to take to cov eov coor ervery very frequently this thundering sundering cann cannonade cont continued inked an h hur ur or more when the new ironsides hoisted bolsted anchor archer and rii riia motia moria A majestically to her old po off W re she anchored and brought her port to bear on the work in a moment ohe oho h fifee i a shot from her rifle gun forward and getting the range let dy fly a brogde at lit the fort rma ima rota her tv to Q bw bm dred pound rifles ani and eleven eleon inch guns her fire thus opened continued with steadiness ner accuracy and effect one after another the ene meys guns ceased firing and finally an occasional shot from a ten inch at the ironsides was wag the only visible indication that wagner wanner was still in the hands of the enemy As it if in imitation of her impregnable antagonist the ironsides also ceased sh ellins and save an occasional ahot from johnson joh Job at noon all was still again gain it WAS not known that during thia this impetuous and spite spiteful fui fut naval and land fight a single casualty occurred the federals deny having sustained any loss while it ja is well known that their opponents were securely shi aided by bombproof bomb proof which perfectly neutralize the terrific concus concussions sioni of shot and shell at washington on the letb dispatches said to have been of a business character and ther lher therefore etore not proper for publication were re cel eared cared red in which gen gilmore and coln coa dahlgren dahigren Dd hlgren reiterated the former confident as ur ances with the preparation preparations a then being made to conduct the operations against chares charleston on to a triumphant lesue issue to batter down or overwhelm by assault the stronghold t of wagner havin having be come among th the e admitted impossibilities as already stated it was hinted b an officer who reached new yo k from charleston on the tle that it would be b the purpose of the com of the charleston expedition to re turn to the only mo e of reducing r tha that work kwork 11 amely namely assault upon being so to largely reinforced as to render another failure among the I 1 things impossible sumter Sui ater however the chances wr were could be le knocked to pieces more readily thid thi would at least be b gobie i the tbt assailants would not be able to occupy it even should they succeed in demolishing its forty 0 city fifty feet hight bight el a I 1 walls wall the interregnum following the crush crushing ilig assault ef of the monitors moni tors tori OB on sumter suiter on the ath ef of april last liy by admiral dupont had bad afforded ample opportunity for increasing iner rasing rating t their thel r efficiency ency as that disastrous failure sought to be palmed upon the only as a recen nois sance 12 had bad fully show shown n the utter inefficiency ef of the iron irod dads to take charleston alone these were there therefore feres fores taken it will be remembered to port royal eight in number and put in a state of repair it was deemed would make them absolutely finder impervious to any missile or projectile known among modern the intention to open the grand concerted and anai final a sault on sumter was waa announced for the which it was subsequently atly explained pla pia ined nei was wag n en an account of some boase difficulty as to the quality of at the army a ammunition and also owing to the serious in fndia india i posit position lov iov ot of gen gl more mote who having recovered lis equanimity appointed the following day for the opening of the s ene which was to be the bainn ng of c the end ens eaf ot of sumter this ills on however horev er was frustrated through the blundering di play of ii intrepidity by Gil mores batter shereta sher eto etc fore alluded to from the lest accounts at hand it aphea g t that b at the th e oft detracted work of the demolition of sumter was actually recommenced by the tbt batt rieb on shore the monitors and wooden warships war ships simultaneously on saturday aug 15 b at daybreak the plan of the new attack as nox dox no developed seems to have been betl to allow gilmore with his two hundred pound parrots aided by other eff active shore batteries to engage 0 sumter samter while the five monitors wooden g gun run un boats nine in number with other naval armao auts were brought to bear against wagner gregg and whatever batteries were in i a position to cripple or in he the least degree interrupt gilmore in bw hu ewo to against sumter on sunday the the fanz jana batter battey aided by the monito monitored moniE orb ors rey rep also closed ia with sumter add and their combined fire waa was ter terrible and destructive in the tha extreme the shots aa as per report swept through the fort col rhett wab wag wounded oun ded as also several beveral other officers in wagner cul galord WB ws reported rented killed and aud several wounded twenty three war vessels ibel beg the iron dads were wert then within tbt the ba bar r cf of Cail catl tirton harbor the bombardment wab was doing its work the heavy bavy havy abols at every n m nde edo dc do pc brea brek elie elle tp to t friday twenty five fire hundred ailes buiral as reported ha had d struck truck the fort I 1 on the admiral dahlgren 1 ar 6 mo monitors niters bombarded sumter from midnight till six next morning during time one hundred balls struck it many vt vf them passing through the sea wall the whole parapet was carried away tnt bit sumter still displayed the confederate gag flag which had already been shot away repeatedly A dispatch to gen halleck dated morris morria island announced the practical demolition of sumter as the result of seven dad day bombardment of that work and on that day says the dispatch sumter was a 8 1 1 harmless mass of ruins another feature of the stratagem concoct concocted td for the reduction of charleston was the erection of a battery on a marsh between morria morris and james islands from which pursa ant wit with h due 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