Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-07-15
Fron TIC courier.of Gandny.

The Attack on Charleston.
The ss,ault Saturday morning oil Battery Wag-
ner, and the hoavy banb.rdm.nt kept Up on that
work by the Monitor, and wooden gunbosh for
several liour1 Sntur,ity and Sundsy, has dcmon-
stratsd fully that the enemy ha, determined to
make Lii. present movement ; decisive attack on
our ci.y.
II is not known q: &c: with certainty what the
forco.of the enemy il, but prisoners report it from
fifteen to twenty th"usanG. Sartra! eemonssra-
tions have been made on James I'lnpd nrd thu
Savsrnnh Railroad, doubtless intended as feinsa,
to divide attention and cndeayor to- carry sumo
weak point II. IS, tn. enemy, VIC arc confident.
viii find himself mistaken.
About daylight Saturday morning the enemy
made. thei. first determined assault on Battery
Wagner, the centre fertilization Of Morris lsland.
It was 10 doubt intended to be . surprise. The
assault Was led hy four Companies Of tho Seventh
Connecticut, supported on the rigat %andileft by
the Ninth Maine and Sevsnty-sizth Pennsylvania
regiments, with the third New Hampshire, Forty
eighth New York, and Sixth Connecticut, in re-
servs-in all, between four and five thousand mon.
The euomy's loss is estimated to have been at
least fully FIVE h:ndrcd. Ono hundred Of h;s
dead lay directly in front of the battery, one hun
dsed and thirty unhurt and about eighty wound
cd wcro taken prisoners. Tho commanding officer
of the assaulting column, General Strong, is re-
ported by the prisoners to DO seriously wounded.
TIC. last seen Of him he had fallop from his horse
and was carried of the field by his men. Several
othGf officers Of tho enemy are reported by the
prisoners to be either killcd-or badly wounded.
Oar loss was reported to be five killed and ten
wounded.
Tho prisoners report their loss Of tho previous
day about fifty killed and wounded. THY also
state thxt Lieut.. Bee uas sill Siive Saturday, but
worry revciely wounded. Capt. Macbeth was
p(uunod BY q she'll and taksa prisoner. Tho
prisoners report him doing we'll whea last seen.
Eight guns and three mo.tars fell into the hands
Of The enemy. These had been placed IN POSITION
ON the ,1na hills at tho luwor end Of the Island,
and were designed 10 commaa. tho approaches
from Little Folly Island.
Ili9re fslluxs q list Of furty.une. prisoners from
the 7th Connecticut, thirty six from tho 10th
Pennsylvania, and fifteen from the 9lh Maine
totsl e2-who are lodged il Jail, aud tifty-nino
wounded Yankees ~Lo arc in h%oslitnl.]
The total loss in the :lst South Carolina i,ogi-
ment is killed IS; wounded 1ud missing ITO.
Til. is official.
Those WOUNDED in the ac,iun Of Friday, and
Low in hospital, number c:shty-tWo.
THE boMBARDNEST. SUNDAY.
The bomburdncnt Of Battery Wagner was re-
p7wcd Sunday forenoon, about ten o'clock, by
three Of the Monitors, assisted afterwards by two
wooden cunLcats. Tho firing wss very. heavy
and kept up for several hours. Tbs enemy ired
rapidly, but wildly, eiicitins only nm occ Vional
response FROM tho forts OH Morris IslGid and
Fort Sumter. Orr casualties through the day
were two killed and three wounded. ono sho,
from Fort Sumter is snid to hare taken effect OH
ono of tho gunboats, as sho immediately aiter To-
ing struck moved of, evidently laburing Very
hurd, AZ if her machinery was d.Msged. The
enemy strGek tic liitio stcamcr Mauisanlt dice
Sunday forenoon, causing same little danago to
the machinery. Many rumors were ahoat that Is
Monitor wa. badly damaged in the engagement
Sunday. The report VI one being crippled en-
Saturday WAS correct. She was towed Cd by two
transports Saturday evening, and has net rinco
made her Appearance. +.
The Yankee land forces competing the. presont
expedition era under tic COMMAND Of General
Gilmore. Admiral Dahagrcen comm snds the
feet.
A.demon.tratlon MAS nadc Ivy the enemy on
Saturday on Jamee Island. They shollcd the
woods very briskly for about one hour. A report
VA, In circulation that a fight Ind taken place on
Sunday morning at Secestiunyillc, which proved
uitrc.
THE ESEgY's EAira or TIE COAST.
We h.,e besn kindly furnished with tho fellow
ing particulars ~ = re;tlenan just from jack
,onbbrv', If the late raid OF the enemy 90 WltoHn
and the Jack,urboro! br;'igc.
Fariy uu Friday morning last, three of tire enc
ny's ~sunb"atc steamed up toward WiltoUn.Dluh
After enga.ins n Sectivn Of Schultx's Battery,
they suec.eded il lariirg and took OF II number
ut negroes belonging 10 Mr.. Hayward Manisault.
rw,s.9 The %g,nnpats, alter removing the obstacles
IN the rircr, pa,sed up tho river, and whom onpo-
sire Dr. Gluver's plantation taoir progress was
checked Ivy a section of Captain Waltcrs's Bate
ry, (W'asbinston Artillery under command Of
Liaut. S. &. ~Ilor.ey.' Aftor n brisk fight Of abont
%rorty-ivo minutes, Mt 8 distance Of about $50
yards, the boats were 70 damaged as to he COM
pcIled to draw of. One boat, supposed to be tho
Planter, WINS go much crippled that she aunk on
her way down.
Northern News.