Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-07-16
From the Charleston Courier, 18th inst
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The assault Satuda morning. on Battery wagner and
the heavy bardm'n kept that work by the Mon
Sunday monstrated fully the enemy has
mined TO lie his present movement decisive atack on
our city
The enemy g but prjsontTs report from teen to twenty
Thousand. Several demoBsra ions have been made
JAMES lsnr and the savannah Railroad, doubtless nten-
ded feits to divide attention and endeavor to carry
weak point So, tie enemy, confident, Will
fnd himself nj taken
1t is but natural with tie sound of booming cannon on
every side that community, who especially
interested Ill The welfare OF husbands, and brothers,
new eDgsg d, fhoaid show more or less excitement
Never. however, have greater calmness AID q
spirit exhibited The old and thu young
have epraed Themselves and the orgapization of our mill
tia has been Effected quietly and rapidly to surprise
even the mo~ sax gu:ne.
About daylight urday morning the enemy made their
min Battery wagner the centre for
tfcaon If Biortis ISLAND. It doubt Intended to
be surprise. The assault led by four Companies of
the Seventh Connecticut supported the right and left
by the Ninth GGDe and Seventy sixth Pennsylvania regi
York sixth Connecticut. reserve-in all, between
and thousand The advanced bravely
up to tie battery cur men according to previous orders
reserving their fire until the had got within musket
opened the advance Some few of the foremost
anies rushed forward only to be shot down taken pr
but when they retreaed precpitaely
in apparent cCntUs3on back b hind the sand hills.
fifty killed and wounded They also state that Lieut. Bee
was still alive very severely wounded Lieut.
of the attack aid took in the action gives the follow
being ordered to reat declined and said he would
fight his gun to the last The enemy mounted his work
and carried the battery at the point of the bayone Lieut.
Hayward was shot through both hips she'll struck the
gun worked by lieut. Bee, and exploded ten pieces srik
his breast and four in the face He carried for
distance OF ABOUT five hundred yards by his when be-
ing hard pressed by the enemy they compelled to
leave him, and laid him in front Of Capt Mitchels tent
Capt Macbeth was stunned by shell and taken prisoner
The prisoners report him doing well when last
Eight guns end three mortas fell into the bands of the
These had beea placed in position the sand hills
at the lower ED ct the Island and were designed to
The enemys loss estimated to have been at least fully
five bundled One hundred of his dead directly ia
front of the battery, hundred and thirty unhurt and
about eighty wounded taken prisoners. The
handing officer OF the assa1tng column General Strong,
is reported by the prisoners be seriously wounded.
The last seen of him he had fallen from his horse and
carried of the field by his Several other officers
the reported by sonsrs be either killed
badly Woundad-amoDg them Lieut. Cot Rodman, Capt.
Theodore Burd OK, Lieut. John Wilson, of the Seventh
Connecticut, and Msj. John W. Hicks. of the Seventy
Sixth Penns5 Vania Among the officers prisoners,
hurt, Capt. D. B. Hoogland Capt " B. Chambe lain
Lieut. " E. Phillips, Lieut. E. C. Jordan, all Of the Sc
venth Connecticut and Lieut.. E. W. Ware, Ninth Maine
Our loss reported to be five killed and wounded