Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-07-23
FROM CHARLESTON.

the First and Second Days Bonn
bardment. Sumter Preached and
Cummings Point Captured and
Re-Captured.
BosroS. July 1S.-T,,e Herald's cor
respondent gives the following account Of
the second days fighting on Morris Isl
and.
On the morning Of July 4ih, the 9th
Connecticut and 9th Maine regiment
made a furious attack upon the Cum
ming's Point battery. got possession Of it.
and hoisted the Amer lean flag at daylight
Fort Sumter openel upon hem, when a
Pennsylvania regiment cowardly deserted
them. refusing to stand by their comrades
The other regiments held the battery until
they were badly cut up, and then abandon
ed it. and the rebels again took possession
of it. These two regiments have shown
themselves heroes in this campaign. AT
10 o'clock. q. m. tho Monitors proceeded
to attack Cummings Point battery, and
at II o'clock three Of the wooden gun
boats opened on the battery at long ange,
aud threw their 20 pound shot directly
into their works.
Fort Sumter has been throwing shells
into Norris Islanl, without ding any
damage to our side.
The cannonadiDg ceased at p. NJ
The Monitors have been supplied with
fresh crews from the different ships.
The iron-clad Montauk has just arrived
( ON Port Royal. She is over the bar.
making. with the gunboats. fourteen yes
sells in front of Morris Island and Sum-
ter. We shall recommence the attack
to orrow morning. when we are sure of
silencing the Cummings Point battery
and Fort johnson. Everything is work
The Memphis has just brought in rebel
sidewhcel steamer. loaded with cotton.
cal turel while trying to run out at Balls
Bay. last night.
p. S.-Our troops will have their bat
terry done in two days more, and then they
can shell Sumter.
NEW YORK, July 1S.-Advices by tho
Fulton. state that the result Of Gilmore's
operations, uP to the morning of the 18th.
are: He has possession OF oil the bat
teries of Morris Island. save Fort Wag-
ner. II is reposted that orr iron-clads
had made breach on the south wall of
Sumter.
On tho 18th. 113 wounded rebels were
brought into Folly Island, many of them
stating that they were forced into the reb-
ell service. They are Germans, and will
be sent North. Other advices by the
Fulton merely cor-oborative of the
Boston Herald reporters account.
J New York. July i9.-Full details oil
the operations against Charleston are pub
lished
Daring the operations a rebel steamer
attempted to land reinforcements on Nor
ris bat wero driven off and destroyed by
: our gunboats, and the troops barely es-
capped. 1t is reported also that the rebel
3 gunboat venturing too near our vessels
was captured.
: Our loss in tho capture Of the Morris
Island batteries. and the attempt on Fort
/. Wagner foot up-7th Connecticut 100, q
, large number of whom arc missing: Sd
New Hampshire killed and 81 wounded
10Th Pennsylvania 149 killed. wounded
: and missing; It'll New Hampshire )
wounded; 9th Connecticut killed and
). Il wounded; 4Sth New York killed and
P % wounded; CID Ohio l wounded: OH
9 Maine 3 killed, 80 wounded, and &c
: missing.
: THE NORRIS ISLAND FIGHT.
y From an intelligent observer on board
one Of the iron -clads off Charleston, Wa
have the following graphic sketch. from
: private letter to & friend in this city:
i U. s. SrE AMER CATsKILL.
q Orr CHARLEsToS HARBoR, July IL
I On the 9Th we came to Charleston ant
). laid outside the bar all the 9th, but or
4 the morning of the 10Th about $3.50 WI
h were aroused and commenced preparing
n ship for action. and at 400 hove up anch
j, or, after the Admiral had come on board
and steamed with the Weehawken. Ma
. liant and Montauk. for Morris Island
= close to Folly. Our troops were on th'
o latter. We commenced at the beginning
5. Of Morris Island and went all along tn
s coast, driving the rebels before us, ou
: troops following as fast as We cleared tn
d way for them. During the day we free
: 1873 shots. The other vessels fired nearly
e a. many. We were ag-ship on this oc
'e casion. Our flagstaff was shot off abou
q Ithres fest from the top. The piece Eel
but the flag still stuck on the end of til
Il broken staff. When we hauled of, abou
/ 1920 p. M. our troops had nearly tn
}. whole of Morris Island. l don't thinl
d we would have hauled off so soon as WI
|. did. only we were nearly ont Of shot ant
shell. We had about twenty round
n left. We sileneed Fon Wcgnsr, az 6u