The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-04-24
From the Charleston Ncrcury.l
The Bombardment of
Fort Sumter.
SURRENDER OF MAJOR AN
DERSON.
FULL PARTICULARS.
APRIL l3. 1861.

| VIZ" ~" '"'u uPoh Tort sumter. At
an early hour on Saturday morning the
gun batteries, which had been silent dur.
ing the darkness OF the night, reopened
Their IRE. Abou' seven o'clock For, Sum
Ter vigorously returned their compliments.
The Cummings Point Batteries were I'M.
injured 10y any shots which bad been fir
ed against them, had not effected auv.
thing like breach, although hatrering
considerably and TO the depth oc foot,
The pancoupee on the sou,Leas, corner
MAJOR Anderson devoted his attention to
the SuIivan's Island, Fort Moultrie and
The Floating Battery. Forty rounds Of
hot shot were poured into him from For,
Mouilrle, and this fire was returned by a
rapid ani heavy cannonade from the sea-,
g'rt fortress, rddIing the quarters. In
the emphatic language of #a, off ler, "the
quarters were Knocked to III, bu, no
body hurt" During the morning ,hirtc
or forty successive shots, from Sum,er
were fired AT tue ID D,hlgren Battery. oc
casloning so much danger TO the men a,
the gun Capt. Hamilton temporarily re
moved them. The Floating Battery.
IJ"'"'''" ~ 'l Le"'e"ah's ates aud
i"'es'"' w "s tur", received devoted
attention. Twelve inden,ions are visible:
one ball going through the edge of the
'''se" VI '"e saho o'ss' producing
slight confusion on the head Of a pri
vate. The four gun battery commanded
W ho"'' ae".'"e' ana Capt. iiaII"n
Us wy ens,''e ''o'tar battery were
"''"''e" u. we Ieafh that
'q",s. was covered win DIRT
p'l''' " y" ''' u! h"nef'o Gus hre ,
''" ro"e'e'' WIS zone 10 u s'h
, @ "'""' r''ee' {" PW"'r' anyN here
.a ,u " Fe'''''"e' 'ne'' ""''es "',h the
'p"' ~" "''' ''y' lhe Mortar
'"''v''s ~ r"' Johnson, under com
~',, r' " mp ~" James an" Llent"nan,
""Ne" S''"unv ana efficiently,
".,''S ." 'o'',"'"' s''"' from Their
'"'"s'"'s''
AZ zen minutes a''er n. IN, "a thick
H"'"N' WAS seen issuing nom the southern
l""''"' o' Fort oumier's barracks the
names oroEe "u' visible to the eye. Al
','nes 'ne IRE appeared 10 be almost ex
ws"'"t"' ""u lheh hStn would rise -
"""s' " 5 ~ progress, three explosions
oee"''e' from me '"'' "' shells among the
se''''e VI 'e"z'hes or comhusnbies OF the
'".' lie concentrated hre OF all The bat
ere were "'e"h'iy Kept np' The progress
:" ''e names c""''nned' and all the quar-
'e'S were 'hv",Veu !" co"hagrat'on
"enSe c,o"'' "' o,hek SIN 'Rc ISSUED
,"e ''e ''o'' ro'' sumter become "
's"'"' ""u weak towards midday It
a'"'''' entirety ceased. S''i the nag
~ 'ano ,i S"o' """ sh"'' Tell regularly and
s"sn"s uPo" 'ne ne!eagured fortress
n' "''u",' ." r'.u"y' curing The neat
VIC e"E"Se"e"'' MAJ An"e'soh made
go VI ,''''eSS !" '"' ne" OF war ~
~ "" ',' "s'' "'a Oh saturday again
and ,,nn,,led w;,h ,La L,a, "'.'e''.s'
-, ,Ls L,,n;,a ,..,a.i. | '"oNe
Tho A,a 81 ,,s un;,"I &. '" ,'Se'eu
for assistance - La - ",,;'. s%"'
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bs,,., n,,, ~ vaIor Tha N".,ha. o.; '
Ger, in command L,v;," I.'o ,".n" s' aa.r', CO.,
lv ..Isc,sd Gor u,.;r 6del1v - ,h1', ."" a
lion and sun.r;or ,,ns,wnr,,;nas"
hostile crusade aosins, ,he 6 nh m.
uov illiny 70 ;ncu, tho ,;sL -, r,,n;,'''
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The solder, Of Ahol;,;on,sm wa,a laf -
,bei, fate ui,boo, an a,,e,n,, 90 ,a,,.so
,be, per;ou, condition Ths;, idls arI;a.
had the pIsasu,e or ses;na ,h.m s,,;L
,Ls;, coo,s 20 ,ba Coneads,,,a So
Th.y arc commandsI'Is g., 10. III.
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80. - 80, $50 " 80. .,,a 'se 49, W"
co., ,na;, - u. H. IL, 'o,"'"e"u"'n ,,'s
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hta quarter TO l O'Clock the nag OF