The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-03
THE WORK OF THE NEW RONsIDES.
Casualties, Since The 18th Of July.

Casualties Since The 18th Of July.
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Core spcndcnce or Oscar q. sawyer.
MONKS InAxp, 8. O., July 80, 1868.
THE sruAncN AyvAIRs
~ not materially changed snce my last TAeSe have
been conflicts OF any considerable severity the
bloody aGair OF the 18TH fun detaas Of which long
sence laid before yeur readers. " course there con-
slnua and uninterrupted heavy artillery duel going on
night dny between Fort Sumter, Fort johnson and
the batteries erected IT, the work Cummings
Point called Battery Gregg, and Fort Wagner, and our
Batteries aided by the irouacIAds, which dsiy practice
- Fort Wagner ard Battery Gregg, occasionally ex.
changing SHOT with Sumter.
N ea nm nRn HATTrD
"a james Island which either been built within the
pest fortnight have long been Masked rs
as times little annoyance, but do not interrupt the
sseody advance and progress Of works. They have
large coast mortaSs n position and they msn
age 10 explode their shells high in the air
trenches, and and theO but very rarely,
1niiict injuries gallant troops who WELD
she spade and pick 40 well 40 they have the
musket. Fort Wagner, when not kept silent by
the iron cads and our mortar and rifle batteries,
sharp Of canister and grape working
yarties making above vocal with the monde
script missiles they favor with. The rebels %
have peculiar relish for broken bottles and glassware,
old bits Of crockery rusty nails, fragments Of cooking
Utensils and all sorts Of odds and euz wach may nict
wounds, and these missiles they pour INTO lines with
intense and little spite Some OF have
beel wounded by these novel procctIes, and in few
quite seriously The rebel stock Of quite
Anitsd, must ner from the above facts or they have
chosen substitutes for tho ordinary missile which
nd IN
asaah eventually 10 either the show not ct all
favorable 70 the rcbek.
o. iEnit ocR LANES wERR ADVANCED
few days since several hundred yards and entreme
seos within less than nvc hundred yards Of Fort
WaGnes, and sharpshoosess close 70 the
sese work as they pick on any gunner who attempts
asvsl ths large pieces bearing on our rencnos.
The sebsk b Wagner closed up tho embrasurcs The
southern OF work three days ego, have
nAasd silent until this morning n daylight. when they
sssd tie sbrss0rss and dsvsoped the fact saat they
haA hvs guns position, two os them bsmg sss opss,
oD wDteh they opened . hct ore on cur working
Usiss ed ocsasbousd ssls annoyance. Our bate
~ rsptsd instantly, and sharp contest eosued The
ssoss ksps up thar with great warmth and until
- a ths Monitors and the New roosides had sheled
sAsm heavily did sy asert shs guns and sake 70 Their
honbpsoofs, whsre they is secure Our work then
usae rapidly and quietly - we're.
TEE rraE InoRnDBs.
In This AFFAIR frigase New ronsidss Captain Rowan,
sssAmed up the channel and tock posiso0 within easy
congo Wagner and opeOed with ner 400 FOUNDER
~ gun forward, following up with bar eleven inch
broaAsAs guns Her nrng was rapid and effective, and
ssss senosd the annoying nre Of Fort Wagner and kept
4 Aown while she was engaged Brook 3 ride gup on
shs northeast angle Of Fort sumter, was vigorously
wsvsd BY the rebels, who eodsavored 70 drive on the
&igaAs andN oo,tor The range Of the gun was some
rA~
sAess sbs water far beyond tho ships but did nos
single instance 10 day ssrike them. They paid not
~ sshsss the grim old FORT bus continued
q sxpaods their shells Wagner. The nro Of
1sstssy Gregg, on ten inch Coumbiad, no better
shau shst of Sumter, though did elicit occasional
shos from the frisats vhersat deep ssnce foil upon
tho celebrated Cummings Point work for . while.
TAsss bombardments Of daily and
70 keep ths enemy continual ssas of alarm and xou
~. They Obliged 70 remain In their dog holes
whssh arc about m large and auiss hot
sbd faehousd Dutch oven from morning until night, and
usss In the terrible atmosphere Of their small prsus
snta the Withdrawal Of shsr tormentrstbe iron cads
savss,shem rcsrt,c breathing space Tho and
ssaso meas under besc circumstances
sssribIs rebels obliged 70 change the garrison
q Fort Wagner every three days, and when re
kevsd they completely exhausted and worn
sus our msn are wearing out well from their
srdsous eyhassvc abors the trenches. The lsts
= sickDsss have Increased considerably but nearly all
~ cases yssa readily 70 tho physiosus skill They
srss gsoeraIIy from exposure ana abors the
u0chss No epidemic has 10 likely 70 manifest lsse
- NH sslapd, - n the hcaishsst spot South
we havc SEA breeze twenty hours Of the twenty
ebus wbsch tsmpers tho iesvd rays almost tropical
Uas and rendsrs existence cn1arable. The nights
scilghuIly cool and pleasant. Mosquitoes unknown
end aeas abundant than IN any piacs nave YET
Ssm IN the south. 90 lie Morris island not
% dsagreeabic q might expect, aod II The
sand did DOT lse wings and transport Itself from
~ proper place to quarters where II Of place,
nighs say that there was choice SPOT tn south
Carolina quite desirable 40 a residence. But,
sDosanA,ely tbe sApd bpvs hisher ana hther at all
bu eo,ersse everything With It's gritty PARTICLES and
ksouatng itself into eyes, and mouth. until
sss heartily WISHES himself . thousaod miles away.
sosy pusKrrss.
Drwo rebcl dsserrrs Tort Sumter came 10 three
days STAGE taxing advantage Of temporary change "
their quarters from Fort sumter 10 For,
wagner 70 got under Tho old Gag again. One halls
svpss Pesasyivaua the other fro New York bey seem
70 bs mcn some intelligence, and give M scme Yer
vAiasbis Information. They say that the reposts, ~
ssmmonIy acoepssd - true, that the ravr~os q bess
sumser mutiuicd during the attack ny the iron cads
n April last, desired 70 give up the nxht with
sss s.auaasion No such place nor wers
shc majority favor n surrenderinr the fort Nearly
not quite QUE ha o the garrison usou men. ssd
would gladly TIE fort ssA'n IN our hands
fhs officers arc. q soorse, utter rebels and The
balance u the mso, and indulge 10 40 such wishes
~ Fort Wagner captured tho rcbeis deter
mined 10 blow up Fort Sumter and leave . mos Il
soIns So they report bat am n Inclined 70 place mush
reliance 10 shis portion cf tter statement Soldiers gene
ssiiy hold permanent work until rendered uo,sus
~. whsu Fcvt sunsev = esptured " viii no sasrn
through hard ksoeks and hard knocks aIcue when !,
Oil be ours 70 question csnpos pretend V decide
ssnssai Gilmore has hsscws plass ~h,ch net desire
70 know, and which the pssiic need M, .xpsci
70 learn Until sssy dsvesp themselves. rts
s.sny hsows quite ssensh os our operations
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