The New York herald., 1863-09-10

Volunteer Engineers 10 the operations the marsh be-
tween Morris aud james islands comprising batteries
against the city of Charleston and numerous PIERS,
bridges road. aud csu-sways for outpost nses
ON the I'D d July the sec,nd pgtael was orencd.
Tie WORK was under the of The darkness and
by tho ALI 81 The ryng SAP ncs were pushed lor
ward dsance ~ six hundred yards from the arst para
-I-nc,ry half WY % the fort. The FourtnNes Hsmp
shire Volunteers d ihe hazardou. fatigue duty this
o,cason i'll great credit themselves Captain suisss
aud Llcaenatt rarsnd, ~ the Volunteer Engineers,
were III charge of ~ shwoffs While tho labor q put
ting N Inc of ossiaclcs, extending fom low tide upon
tho lett u ,o mash upon the right surer+erded
by Lcaleran wilson ~ the first nlted states artillery
Im ON rsrAifg.
The ct ihliahmcut of this e.pnd parallel a
reio sucoess r. h view u ,he renci garrison daylight
brough, the Yankees, strongly ntrenched only seven
hundred ytrd. away and within cssy rnge n their
rlres nsre was madc main line x defence. Heavy
gum wcre broesh up M bomhproo and Splinter pros
were speedily erected of thesc rude structures
Lieutenant cross or tbc signal corps established himself
with a telegraph INSTRUMENT aud thenccfcrward kept tho
handing general hourly normed q toe progress q
events
Ins ~ the rear VI this pe The erection X heavy
gun batteries against Fort sumter commenced he
25,h. Meantime, the work upon the left batteries,
under Leuiaaant Mcs.le, of the Engineer corps and
Licu,enaat Maguirc, of the Volunteer Fngincers VA,
steadily progr labor Of hsnIng the ponder
Gus guns from tho lsudnS TO the frcnt hsd commenced
Fxcepl uron the left where operations we're somewhat
scrcsned By the range Of hummocS selected site
oe our breasAng batteries very little could be
ptshed BY day but when night with her mantle dark.
nas hhl us from the eacmys view the energies q all
we've doabed, and the work went bravely 90. In the
second parallel about thirty piece. o. Offensive anc dcien
,,ve artillery were stationed Lieutenant Henry q The
rirst and Lieutenant uyrlck or the rhrd rnlicd states
artillery alternately rcorpeh, and Do % tho day, the
duty o. guarding @,h their sht batteries against s,sk
or sortle from the rebel lines
ON The ata day cf Augus the system o approaches
sius. Port wsgoer begun w the establishment ~ tho
a ,rd parafel This aoue under the spcrintaudenco
NJ an,sa walker and Teuenan>s Fsrraai aud falsot
vsh . astsrhnest x Eow York Yoianiser Engineers
rnev ,p,ranos.d saonxelves s-hs q Ne csemys
pscss,s
snce August the azy roller has bcon Go~ly bat
ss.s,ly moving fsrwsrd close upon the heels q our
p,escss getting many ysres IN sd
vance n th1n The fan sap. withont sss-ens, las been
chscy rs@s mo flying sap. however, hss beer intro.
ducsA xhensvss the Ssr<ncss vSvd sresstly Le
opsrasous Ts onc.vs charge o. the SAP Captains
sues and walssr. and Tiegiensnu wgIn Aad parsons,
al of the Hnglnesr regiment cspssn Walker has been
cvpss ally conspicuous for hs ng bAd strides towards
the enemy win the Tying SAP
Ths( fourth parallel opened on the 2isl a Aarusi
~hie tne bomb,rdmers ~ Fort samDv y, gors &C.
ny this sSyanss important pont lAs e n the rqs
or an old mecsIon sccgsst tie rebel shsrpsh 81
er-, VIC rad i~S csesyef % or dssdssntase. we're