The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-24


During the early portion of yesterday NOR
ming all was comparatively quiet on Morris Is
land. About IL o'clock the land batteries
opened on Fort Wagner, and the Monitors and
the Ironsides again approached and opened
severe fire. This continued until two o'clock,
when the bombardment became furious, the
reports being heard in quite as rapid success
sion as on Saturday. This furious cannonade
lasted for about an hour and a half, Fort Sum-
ter and Battery Wagner replying slowly. Also
fire was opened from new battery on James
Island. Fort Sumter got the range of the IRON
sides, and little before four clock she withdrew.
The Monitors also hauled off, ard for the re-
mainder of the evening the firing was at long
and irregular intervals, coming chiefly from the
enemy's land batteries. Some shots were fred
at Fort Johnson, and at the shell Point battery
The casualties in Battery Wagner yesterday
were four killed and eleven wounded.
A mortar fire was kept up on Battery Wag-
ner every few minutes during the night from
the battery near Graham's house.
On Sunday morning the enemy sent in
flag of truce to ask permission to bury their
dead, whose bodies lay thickly strewn in the
trench and elsewhere in front of our works.
Az it was supposed that the chief object of this
request on the part Of the Yankee commander
was to gain an opportunity to rcconnoitre our
position, the proposition was declined, and the
duty Of burying the dead devolved upon our
own men, and on Sunday no firing occurred.
The number of bodies buried previous to the
renewal of the cannonade yesterday was eight
hundred-6OO by our men, and some 200 and
odd beyond our lines by the enemy. Including
those still unburied, and the wounded who have
since died, the enemy's loss in killed alone
must have been nearly or quite one thousand.
The number of prisoners taken by our troops
Gncluding woundeD was 276. Judging from
these figures, and remembering The we'll known
habit which the Yankees have of carrying off
their wounded, it seems quite reasonable to be-
ieve that their total loss in killed, wounded
and prisoners could not have less than two
thousand.
About 2 o'clock on saturday the halyard of
the garrison flag was cut, and. the flag fell.
when Private John Flynn struck up battle
flag on the rampant in the midst of the burst
ing shells of the bombardment, and with Ser
geant Stilton, tied up the garrison flag to the
staff. The battle flag was shot down, and wa
reinstated by Private Gilliland.--Mercuyy of
Tuesday.
LATER FROM MORRIS ISLAND.
On yesterday there was some firing, chiefly
by the land battery near Graham's house; also
some annoyance from the encmy's sharpshoot-
crs.--But no casualties occurred at Battery
Wagner. A flag oftrucc sent by Gen. Hagood
was fired on by mistake, and this was apollo.
gized for by General Gilmore The body of
the gallant and lamcntcd Lieutenant Bee. lst
Artillery, who died of the wounds received on
Friday, 10th, was obtained and conveyed to
Fort Sumter, on the way to the city,
We learn on Monday the Lo,nsides was fair
ly struck by three shots from Fort Sumter one
falling on the deck, npon which she withdrew.
One ofthc prisoners states that last week
the Yankee camp lear Craig's Hill, distant
about three miles and quarter, were much
distressed by the Precision with which shells
were thrown there by particular gun in Sum-
ter, which they supposed afterwards burst, We
have heard Of no gun bursting in Sumter
Mo.co.a, or HIodn,oJ.