Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-07-29

/ chorus. vera now %firing.with greGAf raidGltY-
t,,an ct any previous time during the cay.
The entire horizon appeared to be l,ga,ed up
with Che, 6tful Hastings of the lurid flames
that shot out from monster guns on land
and sea. J,
. During this critical period the majority OF
our troops were. driven to shelter beneath our
| bomb proofs and o~therworks ereetedfo their
protection. But it was known to the officers
commanding that such q demonstration ON
the part of the enemy was not without aos Cd
tject. q
An assault had been unprecedented ell day.
The enemy had hoped BIZ this terrible ire
not unly 70 destroy our battery Dn;to dslnof-
alizo our troops In both they ialied.
As the shades of night began to tail the
bombardment meaSurably relaxed. Genera!
TaIliuferro, one of sStonewai Jasksons We
%terans, . now promptly ordered every man to
the parapAt, and they were hardly IN rEels
places 6efGfs wcr! was received that toe
columns Of the enemy we're advancing 10 the
attack.
Coopca up as our troops had been all day,
ird brea' hiag the Simp!ra air OF q croS:iec
b1mbprocf. the ummop met with cheerful
response, aud Giey quickly repsired to their
respective positions. Tho liues OF tho Fede
rails; sover-l hundred yard, distant, Could 10"
he deserted advancing thrcnsh the gloom,
bearing tow ards the beach, asst to make a.:
attack on that side Of Battery Wagner. 1t
was about quarter to s O'Clock.
Five minutes more and the column was
1 plainly in sight, appearing, according tothe
statement giveu the writer, TO be seven hnes
deep.
Our batteries remained silent until. the
enemy reached tn. vicinity Of our rile pits,
when grape and caii:ter was thrown inte
their ranks with fearful precision aid execn;
ton. Checked for ali Instant only, they clos
I'd up the ragged gaps in their lines and
moved steadily Oh until within less than
eighty yards.
Garsiy waitir: the Feder1S to get within .
Destructive range, our Infantry opened tnelr
.usiia.le, aud irun 81 fringe ot fire that lined
the p.rnpe;. leared forth a thousand ,mesSel-
gers OF death. S,a9g, RAG under tae. shock,
he first line seemeti t'r ~ moment c%hcchch,
bat pasted only the. e intae r ar, tl.o whole
now cogtnenceda charge at double quick.
Oar men could MT charge beck, bud tiey
gave a Southern yell i'll response to the Yam,
kee cheer, AID awaited the attack. On they
came ever tie asnd hills, :";id stunoiing in
the huge pits HER OWE shells hi;c lus, uitll
they reached h, di,cu of tic battery; thci,
/ i was but = moments work for those Slio sur,
v;yedour terrible fire Of rno'Sctry, TO Clam
Der ~ the, slnping SIDES of the fertilization,
and attempt to cifcst ~alodsment. But the
ms,. who met hem, Oil tbs par@ptt were as
Ed.sperate as themselves, ANA the contest il'at
ehsuel was brief AMI bloody. The antago-
nisJs were breast 10 breast, aud Southern
1.|ies AMI Southern bsyonels made SHIT work
D, aa.nar, iifc. We could sop to take no
prisoners then. The parap.t was lined with
led bodies, white ard black, and every sec
5nd wa, adding to the %numi,ec. IL was one
ii those rencuuntcrs III which one side.or Tue
other musr quicKly yield Or ty:: Inc enemy
took their choice.
Ii, HISS than five minutes probably, the
i;rst line hal been Shot. bayoiie;ted. OF were
al full retrvat-rol.ing iac The ditch or drag,
|sirp their bloody bodies through the ssid
mn, oe their hands and knees. Bus another
Ina c,t;:,c, and another and. another, each &c
,,torcilc IFS predecessor, until the battle wax
4 hot, fierce aud bloody. Finally, however
the whole were driven bGck, either into tic
pr. AT ,rcacn ~ the base of the battery, GU
of reach Of our guns, or s~csmperi,ig cut 0
view III tie darkness OF the night.
i There WAS nov q comparative lull in TIC
j Grinr. but in fifteen or -tw,n,y minutes: Il:
the writer has been Informed, a second col
una OF Feae:a!s Gled dcwn on the beach to
wards tue !eIy u the Fort ii much the SAME
!, .n.er ., ,ts5 lu sued By the first Tnet'
,~,.aAic,l tue cxYerimant thai had la$t be:G-'
-,a,,,;ratcl =, dis;ls;r,asly ;otre'r %ealnIiril
IONS. a.d with 81 bravery that WAS worthy o
- i,.ste.: ca,s.,dashel u,t,n ;he work. Ib'
list assault failed utterly, hat with the rein
fyrceuerts kat LINED tSedeteated party, the.
cane again With such strength aud.inpctuoslt
that betwe eel, tle eX:re'ne darkreSioittle night
; which mad nav n v oped the entire scene, tn
!, difficulty Of distinguishing friend and Zoe, an
F., fle confusion: incident 10 such an OCCASION, som
T tGoor three hundred, as ise>timated, effected
bdgment in the vicinity oil the cnar'ocrs OF
cnn'ed by TWO of our guns. Others ciam
! bsred to the top II Tie nagtzine AMI BON
prof, willie SILL offers, as is said' ciasters
karound u Federal A4g flying Oh the rdlai'art
:. Tie last statement is noti:npsobaoiei put II
intAr1hu:t from whom many OF the ioreeoih
facts are gathered, states that the Only eoiq,
d flying IRON the parapet we're or own 0atti
q and Gobiccora:c Gags. This pos't'on' 'n
Fedcrais held for certainly ul"a!VS ct a
hvu-. We were at first c'mparaslveiy ign
f rant of their strength CIR exact location, b!
- G.p, Tal.iarerro, With the cool courage it
= winch be-is distinguished, made a close pa
e sonal reconnaissance, and soon had measur
perfected for driving them m d from i1s w stsi
d ments we shall nosdetai! the manner in whi'
:. y this was done, but we-da kapw that 10
Ut u Ms;or David Ramsay Of the Charleston Ba
~ talon, was severely wounded, ana CaI
: Ryan, of the Irish Volunteers, killed VIII
Re leading a portion Of their men on a char
ID against the. obstinate enclny. In the mel
10 which followed the final arrangements o. I
4. General, most Of the prisoners were caP,iur
N whom we have ir haal. Many escaped O.
he the side. of tho battery, but others prefer!
a voluntary surrender to the risk OF bel
kc shot in the back.
If. Both the Federal land batteries aud 6
-, " c.,J E.ovJ-were hrlnp at