The New York herald., 1863-07-29
0PEaATIoAS kGAihST CHAR ISYOa.
REBEL ACCOUN r S,
Terrific BOmbaxdMcnt or Lat
terry Wagner.
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A NIGHT ATT ACK.
TnR CONFLICT As VIEWED FROM THE CITY.
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Tho Union Troops Establish . Lodge
ment Within tho Works and
Hold it for an Hour.
General Taliaferro in Command
81 the Rebel Troops.
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4 1g1oHx 00MxRHxN1RS.
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1As sumter Guards Fired Upsa BY Hertz
Carolina keginene,
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IAo eum&e1 Guards Fired Upen By Hertz
Carolina Acginent,


moderated tho excessive heat II the preceding fortnight
tho morning sky clocdess and tho light breeze
scarcely ruted tno pl .oid waters Of the harbor.
B0ARARDAKST rArERY wAGHER
About eight O'Clock tho desultory cannonads with
which the experience & week had made community
familiar was again heard For nearly three hosrs tho
enemy's lrc maintained with the usual dcberaton
but about eo, ca O'Clock noticed that the reports
came in FAR more rapid succession BY noon II bccame
well understood that the foo was resolved 70 subject our
position :. ordeal much severe than any which.
up 10 that time, II had encountered
At that hour, as we learn by accounts from
Morris Island, tho converging fro Of the enemy
against the battery had become truly fearful.
boats with the land batteries which tho Yankees had
thrown up the lower part 0f the sand kept up
sant rain q shot and shell into our works No less than
sixty nve heavy guns and eight mortars known 10
have been 10 play gsinst us. AZ one tne rapid
tho Are that tho reports averaged twenty per min
utc ono Of the honi ors lny northeast Of Battery Wag
and two 10 the southeast while the Others with the
ironsidcs kept position nearly Opposite the Of
tho battery The wooden gunboats manBuvrod at some
distance outside tho of turreted Monsters relying
chiefly upn their long ranged ried sicgo guns There
we're two Yankee batteries on Morris slandone CONSIST
irg ~ two gums and mortsr, located Cratgs ui
within ab~nt eight hundred yards Of our battery the
othcr was beyond Grahnms House, and had
OF eight red shell guns. II Is estimated that during the
day no less than nine thousand shells fired at the
battcry.
DonnARpMRxr, AZ vKwKD yRex Tak tfrr
was grand. terrible sight. The horizon. from Fort
Moutr 10 Vinegar Hin, crowned with tho shifting
muses. OF the smoke OF the conflict Each moment the
enemy shos. 81 memcs singiy. sometimes Ia clusters
could be bursting just above the site Of Battery
Wagner bot whom, AZ intervals, the clouds OF white
smoke lifted for time from the scene, the flag Of the
brave garrison could be stan ing dehan,y tho
breeze. white with grim regularity and deliberatlsn
guns kept rsp,y,ps 20 the toe. g
Fer eleven cosseca,ive hours tho bombaedment ragged
with v,eence. About dusk the hre. which
during tho stcrnson bad boon ncassant (propaby with
the design d demorali,ing men and uniting them
for the sxp>ctsd nights work. began 10 slscksn
stderabiy and M dark ceased almost entirely. Tho
SUITS thus far bad been OF character 10 give good
csnse tor encouragement and gratuistoS Tho damage
70 battery Insignificant and IL kind easily and
speedily arabic Tho bombproofB had Afforded ell
ccnt protection 10 large portion o. the garrison and
casualties at o'clock p. H. but killed
and fcurtoss wounded ~ the cnemys losses from
hre r any, have, or course, trustworthy
Fort sumter whit bore part the action several
shes into the craig mn batteries and also into the camp
OF tho enemy about three aud quarters miles distant
Ia believed, with good efcc,.
TIN NIGHT ATTACK
At few minutes before eight O'Clock pickets
notice that the enemy in heavy force was moving % the
assault Tho attack was not unexpected and men.
though much adcd BY tho fstgaes and exposure Of The
day. sprang TO their places with zeal and aacry The
enemy advanced In two conne o about thrcc thousand
each. tho whole undcr command of Brgadicr General
Strong. The column which attacked our right
composed partially of negro troops. who put n the
advance On left, ths other column advanced with
coiumsiads from Fort sumter Al the column advanced
Mt the double quick the guns OF Battery Wagner also
when the enemy reached point about sixty yards
dstant Infantry posted behind the parapst poured
CALLING FIRE into tbe moving masses the Yankees, never
thcless In considerable ioree succeeded in gaining the
trcuch and begsn 10 chamber the sides Of The battery.
Al this moment Lieutenant watcs. OF Bske's battery,
Who charge of two brass bowitxers (bclongng
detachment of artillery under Captain lefass OF Whites
battalion) opened raking IRE which swer. the trench
playing terrific the ranks OF 10 assaants Tho
howyers had been assigned 10 an position, whcn they
occupied advsnageousy .or at the instance o Col
Harris ot the eneinses all the horses belonging 70 the
Twice the encsny driven back at this part ~
works he ieit and the trench filed with the enemys
dead atfests the severity % the conflict there.
On the right, the negro troops were met with terrible
Gre VI musketry. Here were posted among c.her
troops tho chasaton battalion, ana these gallant men
behaved IN manner worthy the fame their organization
lad dearly AZ Sacssss5nvle The second astauit
still desperate than tho FIRST but l. met and
rel elicd in same gallant st,.e bv the brave troops
Georgian North Carolinars, and Of own cy,
who stood shoulder 10 shoulder 10 the nght.
In the centre Of lines small body OF the enemy
succeeded Ia gaining Judgment In n salient, the of
which had been disabled Here they maintained their
position for than hour. gallant bat
Ryan fell and IL was not until small force Of GeorsaDs
had the and gained position 10
command the salient that the ardaoous Yankees sur
rendered. AZ the time that this occurred the nrng
where had ceased, and the Georsans accomplished their
purpose without firing gun. The movement by which
this Vas en'oied was undertaken at tile suggestion q
Colonel Harris.
The fight lasted from eight until eleven r. NJ and
Of desperate character throughout The enemy iosso
very heavy. HIS killed and wounded m,st have
been At least 500. The number of his dead c the
Geld and buried by us yesterday exceeded GOO We cap
turcd 300 prisoners, including few of the negro
troops.
our own losses were ComparhtIVelr Hfnf. IL eHtl
mated that killed and wounded Will no, exceed 100.
Among these however souc valuable officers such
Lieutenant Colonel simkins and Captain TatGm of the
Frst South Carolina infantry and Captain Ryan OF the
Charleston battalion, killed, and MAJOR Ramsay of the
Cbarleston battalion, severely wounded.
wounded--rapian Warren Adams Company n, in the
back and bead Lieutenant L. H. Twsgs Inspector Gese.
raj General Talisferros stat, wounded by shell;
Captain stoney OF General Taliaerros stan, wounded
through the groin privaies Brdgman Boyle and sparks
of the First rouih Carolina artillery regulars killed
Lieutenant Powe wounded In the right arm.
battery constructed under the direction of tho Col
Thomas ~ Wagner. Indeed small portion o. this sen
sh,s for, Ife ,moortsnce of ths s,e 40 eommsndIng
tho land approach to Cummings Point Informed
induced Captain Frnncis ~ Lee o. the engineers then
pisy n ihs work Captain fess designs having ap
proved by General Pembcrion, the work was rapidly
carried 70 compilation under hts direction BY the amcnted
Colonel shsw, Of Boston, who commanded tho wy
fourth ma.ssehu.s' % sses.o rss,msn. W.. KILLED 2. our
dercd h's sword 70 COL Gaiard. Tho MAJOR and o'
the captains also killed another reuteasut Cclo,sl
kind just as he had mounted bastion. Colonel II.
D. Putnam u the Seventh New HAMPSHIRE faoing az
brgadcr geDera) was left deal 10 front of lines
pr Lose q 'ns n.ea s,..c. navy ana sns aa@,ss
ssstssant - utast general wu kined.
Geners iaaferru commanded our troops On the ssnd
during ~ ssht, and universally eormcdsd for tho
ga~nry, ccoincss and efcsaey which bs dspisJed 90
iisntsnass Coaonei smkins who fell shot through The
breast. commanded the artillery II tn We learn
inst Lsussoans Cocosl IN Ksmpsr the dsiinsuisssa
Virginia sssuisvts, ssecsrds him-
Laesv Aecsants.
Tne Charleston k0urv q rusaxay ccnisins The fol-
lowing relative 10 the attack Morris Island
During the early povtoo of yesterday morning ell
comparatively quiet Morris Island Abort eleven
O'Clock the issd batteries cpeo~d Fort wagner an1
tb. Noaisor AsA ,hs Irons,dss again approached and
opened sevcvc nrc. This oYBtnusd until two eelosx
when the bcmbardmens berzme fwisun the reprrtx
being h~ard m qu'.s a rspld sncceoa ss % Saturday
Thts fur0ns cannonads lasted fos about hour aad