The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-08-07

Sumter and Cummings Point enhaded 1t
on the left In the midst Of this terrible
shower Of shot and she'll they pushed their
way, reached the fort, portions of the 4Sth
New ork, 54'h Mass. and the 9TH Con
necticut, dashed through the bitches. gain
ed the parapet, and engaged in hand TO
hand fight with the enemy. ADD for nearly
half an hour held their ground, and did
not fall back until nearly every commits
stoned officer was shot down. As on the
morning Of the assault of the l1th inst,
these men we're exposed to a calling fire
Of grape and canister. from howl'zer,. ra-
king the bitches from the bastions OF the
fort, from hand crenafies, and from almost
every other modern improvement Ct war
fare. The rebels fought with the utmost
desperation, and so did the larger portion
Of Gen. Strong's brigade, as long as there
| was an officer to command it.
When the brigade made the assault
| General Strong calamity rode at lis head
| When it fell back, broken, torn and bleed
ing, Major Plimp.on. Of the 81 n. II, was
| ,ha highest commissioned officer to COM
mand it. Gen Strong, Col. Cha,6eld.
Col Burton, Col. Green, Col. Jackson, all
/ had fallen: and the list | send you will
tell how many other brave officers fell with
them.
The 1st Brigade, under the lead of G en-.
Strong. failed to take the fort. 1t was
now the turn Of Col Putnam, command
ing the "a Brigade. But alas. the task
was too much for him. Through the same
! terrible fire he led his men to, over and IN
to the forts, and for an hour held one hal
of it; fighting every moment Of that time
: with the utmost desperation, and, as with
the 1st Brigade, it was lot until he himsel
fell killed, and nearly all his officers woun
ded, and no reinforcements arriving, tina
his men fell back, and the rebel shou. ant
+ cheer of victory were heard above the roa
of Sumter and the guns from Cumming
F Point.
1t was madness for the "a to remain
longer under so deadly fire, and tn
thought of surrendering in body TO tn
enemy could not COR a moment be enter
tanned. To fight their way back to tn
entertainments, was all tha: could he done
and in this retreat many poor fellow fell
, never to rise again.
: The battle is over, it is midnight; th
| ocean beach is crowded with the dead. tn
! diving, and the wounded. 1t is with diff
Guilty YOU can urge your horse through t
Lighthouse Inlet Faint lights are glim
mering in the sardholes and rifle-pits t
t the right, as you pass down the beach =
In these holes many poor wounded An
. bleeding soldier has laid down to his las
, sleep Friends are bending over them t
staunch their wounds, or bind up thei
shattered limbs, bat the deathly glare fror
sunken eyes tells that their kidd service
: are all in vain.
All that human power could DO to carr
=! this formidable ea,thwolk seems to hav
been done No one would have imagine
. in the morning that so fierce a canuonad
! from the navy and both the batteries 0
e shore could fail to destroy every bomb
. proof the rebels had erected. But the mo
!, neat our men touched the parapets OF III
: fort, 800 strong streamed from the
4 safe hiding place, whore they had bee
i concealed during the day. aud fresh 40
: strong, were prepared to drive US ak
We then found to our sorrow that tho l
! inch shot ir"n.. the monitors, even -.,ne
:. ufed at dist"..,.o5v OF out 1850 yards, ha
, mot Injured ihem in the least Only Il
. parspets Of the forts had been Knocked il
o 10 sand heaps.
j The amount Of she'll thrown at 70
n Wagner would almost build another lro
r sides.