, 1863-07-29
TIE ATTACK ON CHARLESTON.
a Graphic Description Of the Assault
On Fort Wagner.
Correspondence Providence Journhl.1
-ISsrEE C1tANLEsToS BAR,

This morning ats o'clock, NC who were |
asleep on the tnrret, we're awoEa by heaSy
cannopating in the direction Of Wagner, and
q esrly mo.nipg fiRs %ads II lIsht It. By the rapid |
flashes Of rebel guns. The fire was directed
lardFard, and *e, Of course, presumed it was
unity to the fort.
with astonishing qulckness, VIC got up anchor
and we're soon Ia motion, awaiting orders
from the Admirul to proceed up the channel.
In few moments the tug DAndellon came
alongside, from the flag slip, and told Capt.
Faiifas to be ready to move ut q mome1ts
and we received fen-second 15 inch shell, aud
The eane length fuse 11inch shell; AZ ll:lo
q. M, the Catski]l. Nnhant and WeehaNkon
got under way and steamed toward Wagner:
at 1925 the Ca.ekllf fired her iltst gun. and
The firing became general and very rapid from
Wogner.
In twenty minutes We lad received our shot
pnd shell, and stood up tosards the Interest
Ing spot, an1ious to contribute our part to i
tile entire humiliation Of all the detances OF
treason in those pats. All the morning, &C.
caEioual shots rere sent from tue forts down
the Island, hctoke ming, without doubt, that
tley we're l,nrassed by our eflarpshooters ih
}ncf, nc cnn see the1M rten|fnE up behind
buphes anl huis aud hills, delivering their fire
deliberately sri surely. arl decreasing tils
uHlUQEI VI ekEtFE W laEu fHbt. l bpOhG VI
tno ioutes w1lleh wete burned 5ostcrlay
tIottfpg during tle fling. just ,bclow tho
t,o&1tuhs these hutlPps occupied is ntiolIer
one, larger tint, either If tiuse which weru
ltIsntd, mid rlIaeE waa tlsed dtiilhK tile ttlng
tt,etetdby, at n.e'gt'n atstluh by our owh stif:.
l"pH tjlsianct ttyni .Wrgnsr, Tjiis ilpHps
, ytAt!Dues IL !thlalh, drAp|e thr ellula which
l!ave Hrlm'rtt!y hern dlrrr'ei ulmi ]! fun
Rulhsvf MD Whg''er. ubitr slsr l,yteh Of this
hn,Isn. GIld nl'"h !1la enNd hr'1!nt II, we can
ntl an, E'eInHa nwny tfls Inns, whi,9 n'f feia
Har tNlly laad llnlr 'itlHs, hntt then, sIatlnx
| nwuy !rtln )@hnd Thu hesarle!l AMI Window,
tuts t'oueao, tnko lhsii"n tIr''lnl Il hush OF
| sAnutHl of eund. at4l tra nNny.
soon wl'nst. tl.u dltclln,4" of tntu9.ll.lnE Of
lie!o y frinaips;d, i'rorrlng our shcll. Into
the ,,,a, etn're re-, ni Wgsner or AenduK tllem
wn,h. Thu oxtrhrira .f,rt wiiicl We found
yesterday inurn1DE 70 anr,y ltnsllutl III hl iA
| INrtt, liR hnglcs tlinrp n,nl welt def1ncd, mud
lts lnlreR1ng s1dce thoroughly egdlcd, u now
rent ind torn, lts limo, broken, Its uniformity
md cln,1,1rlr through I'D eldch lafge enough
10 nutnlt l,o,ao ntt nngntt., Tho toba! ilrc
ID Now irIrgutnr a,,ti Dalt. but tho prcullurtty
II m tnitli.wu4k llke thts IL, That ,la,nngo
sustained through thc dny cat ba a1Most oi,.
tlto)y tujrHtitd Ut hight: mud 70 Tork Wngf,us
% s";'s y da'. t 81 .xava T s%a';y q yS'st. sSsf
fffIn tGst"'I.. mud. ntter inw parting ahDis 10
giyv et,llInhfs 10 IN intrnllon to iueAtp In tl!a
Vicinity hDut mnRu frequent and ragiy ea'a
ntoN sour 1tludtd Bott'!etn bscthral," VIC
withdrew and ca'Ac to ahrlsur III our old posf'
| tahu, The officers all Mcn eoI,la cut OF the
l'lot.h6,se, tu,rct and ftoIa below deck, Al,d
tako long looks at tho battered fort, as We
! moYc dLwn the channel, white the soldiers on
shure, who have prtn interested spectators O
the canl onudlng, luke on the!r capa and glgs
US heArty chctrs.
our stay here, for this place, rsusily SO hot
is now pleasantly cool, and though the sun's
ruJ { cone directly upon US, the air IL contin
ually tempered by n frekl cool breeze.
After dinner wu tDjoJea ourselves rs mucl
as Gre conld In so limited space and so pc
cu}iar an abpte.
In tie afternoon the irregular firing contlu
ued from Wagner, Battery Bee and Sumter
but thu shot aud thr}l only buried them=elye
. In the sand. or sank In the sea, beneath foun
, :, tain Of their own creatton.
just t.fo1e dlIk We taw the Fmokc an'
heard the ,eport& rapid and heavy h7int
,, orcr toward james 1zland, aud we're thus as
, ! snred Of the carrying out Of the programme
: | 9f hich this Was part. II told of the sue
cessful occupation IT that vicinity by on
,. troops, Under cover Ct the gunboats.
sht,-o and 1intr ,rb;oh a-e ccyara, viii, ~,
! ttnts' rnns and ca1riarcs of nnr n,vn men
add now two regiments are moriug in fin
or1er down the shore to be ready II needed q
, the o;het side Of the poiut,
THIS evening the sky has been illuminate
aa'gs Wy W o.sas 1stanu. Esthsi " ~,
= guns.
Ard 50 another day closes, brInginr n
. tTtEn1y.iy,ur nonfa nearer, Te nope tne ilsn
"hcn "lii pt1ng US again. lever IN nnmber
: Ioes1ply, pnt s.ropg ~ purpose anu WI, ut
I oel the Haus u fort cutAtert not to "lthafa
!. except az our ON oftlen, ana never until
: rebellion.
9 nc eahEot pe mistaken, We thihk' ID oean
d assuIt d Lat THIS altack va, surprise TO Ii
Q rebels. Evsf3 1Mpg nas lAa!sated tn1s, On u
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