Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-07-22
FROM CHARLESTON.

ling q force Of orr infantry and artillery SUI.
prised the enemy on James Island, and
drove him to thu protection Of. his ,gunboats
in Stono River Wescaptured fifteen, be.
longing tosa Massachusetts, negro regiment,
and killed and wounded; about fifty. Our
loss was three killed and ten wounded. -
The bombardment Of Battery Wagner by
the Monitors was kept up all day yesterday,
and was fercely renewed this morning. =,
One man was killed at Battery Wagner
yesterday, but the battery was uninjnred.
CHARLESTON, July l8.--An incessant
and heavy bomhardment Of Fort Wagner all
day by FIVE monitors, the Ironsides aud sew
Feral gun.boats.s Our batteries are lying
slowly. The casualties at sunset were four
killed and fourteen wounded. The fort is
] not injured. 49,
/ The surprise: of the enemy g force upon
James Island last Thursday morning was,
in some respects, amore important achieve
ment than the first accounts had led US to-
believe. Netouly we're the Yankee gun
boats driven doRn the stream, but the Yam
kee land forces were cleared off the island.
We understand that they crossed over the
causeway which connects James Island with
Battery Island, ,at which latter place they
row are. AZ: 33:s .t & II
The expedition which accomplished this
riddance was organized by order of Biga-
ldier General Ripley, who was at Secession-
vile atthe time. Brigadier- General Ha-
good held the immediate command Of the
forces engaged. The artillery attack upon
the RaDnee was handsomely executed by q
section Of Blako's Battery, 1st s. G. A, and
o section of5the Chatham Artillery, under
Colonel Del. Fsemper. These four guns
dashed mp into position and opened FIRE up
Lon the Yankee Nessela the distanes of 400
yards Nine shots were fred before q res.
ponss, and it could be plainly seen that the
EFFECT of their rapid and accurate FIRE was
damaging. y. E5 rs.
Our troops obtained a considerable booty
lin the camp which the enemy had been
forced to abandon ! SO hurriedly and unex-
pectedly. & g 8 3
L CHARLEsroN, July 10. Yesterday- morn
ing the euemy opened an awful fire upon
Battery Wagner, exceeding ia violence any
fheard here since the beginning of the war.
Five Monitors, lhe Honsides, seven wooden
gun beats,with two batteries on the South
lend Of Morris I,land, maintained for eleven
lihours q conyergings FIRE against our works.
Its estimated the enemy fred during The
day nine thousand shot and shell. Our
guns replied regularly from Wagner, Bort
Sumter participating. Our loss in the bonn,
bardmeutwas four killed and fourteen wonn.
1ded, at 6 p. n. At dark, the enemy hav-
| ing slackened fir, advanced to the assault
with q heavy infantry force. Our men,
though terribly jaded by the labors Of the
tday, fought desperately. The Yankees,
with white and black regiments, came up
column after column until eleven O'clock,
when they were finally repuised with great
slaughter and driven from. every portion of
our works. They held q portion Of our
works foran hour. We took two hundred
and fifty prisoners, including fifteen negro
soldiers, q Lieutenant Colonial and other
officers. The enemys loss issestimatsd at
from one thousand to fifteen hundred killed
and wounded. Oar loss about SIXTY killed
and wounded. Lieut., Col. Simpkins, com.
manding Battery Wagner, was 4" ~, ] aud
Maj. Ramsay, Of the Charleston battalion,
wounded. All quiet to day. s;5.s. IS =