, 1863-07-29
qualities Il hnd displayed fow days before
I'll .Inf11Hk Islnnd.

tlrce regiments in the LIT Brigade, none Of !
Them hnd ever been engaged hi this form Of |
attack. All had fcsl. In their memories tle |
tevcEe fepul.c We Ead met on The morning of !
t1t lib inst. For two years the Department /!
Of the South hud been In exi:tencc, and uatil t
the ktormIng Of the batteries on lie south cnd
Ut Morris leland, the army had won no yicto. t
y fairly acknowledged By the enemy
Just rs oatkness began to close Ia upon the
Eeene Of the afternoon aud the evening, Gen. !!
strong rode to the front and ordered Ills bri- !
gade, consisting Of the 54th Mass., Col. Shaw
tcolors d rcgIment). the 6:h Conn.,, Col Chat
1ield. the Asth n. r, Col. Barton, the Sd n.
r.. Col Jackson, tic 7G:h Penn, and the 9th |
Maine, Col. Emery, to advance to the assault. |
A. Tie instant, the line was seen slow
fri. and before double quick llad been
ordered, tremendous fire from the
ba,be,tc guns on Fort Sumter, from the bat
teries 'oh Cummings Point, and from Ill the
guns On Fort Wagner, opened upon it. Tne
guns from Wagner swept the beach, and those
i on the left. III the midst Of .l3s terrible
shower Of shot and shell they puSled their
Nay, reachsd the ft.rt, portions Of the 5i:h
Msesnchuttsta. the ct! Connecticut and the
4sth Ne. York dashed through tue bitches,
gained the i'arapet, and engaged in hand to.
ha1d fight with the enemy, and Ter nearly
half an hour held their ground. and did not
fall buck ultil nearly e.. rs commissioned Of
tictr Was tho' down. As on the morning of
the assault Ut the 11th f,st., these brave men
aid canister, from howitzets, raKing the ditch
is from the bastIons OF the fort, from hand
grtnades und from almost every other modern
implement of warfare. The rebels fought
" it'll Inc utmost desperation, aud SO did the
Larger portion Of Gen. Strong's brigade, as
long MS there was an officer to command IT.
When the brigade made the assault General
Strong ga1lantly rode at Its head When it
fell back, broken, torn aud bleeding, Major
PlIIpton, Of the Sd New Hampshire was the
Gen. Strong, Col. Shaw, Col. Chataell, Col
Barton, Col. Green, Col. Jackson, all hid f,I.
len; and the l1Et send you will tell Ao IT many
ether brave officers fell with them. Stories
arc flying about that this regiment and that
regiment broke aud run; Iut TINT for the
would hare carried the fort; that The Ninth
Maine did not reflect much credit upon the
gallant State she represents, aud Il thousand
tthtr reaEons which care not to en1merate.
1t is absurd to Fay these men did not fight
and were not exposed to perhaps the most
deadly fire Of the war, when 90 many ofllcers
md 20 many Of the rank nnd tllc we're killed.
II ,i.ust he remembered, too, that this assault
..ns 1nnde in the riGht-a very dark night
tyen tile light Of the stars was obscured bv
tue l'lackutss Of heayy thunder storm, aud
The enemy could te distinguished from our
cwn vr9,r ,nen ss'y Ss}y 1y IND f il. Light ,sS 1f tlf
the howitzeranl the 1nusket The 9th Massa-
tlusetts {uegro) Hhom Comprehend officers
wrn11 hare called tcwattlfy u tsey lad
stntu'el mud eur'lc1 tte gates ur he'll, vent
boldly lntn battle, for tlc ,seronu tlmet cum.
i.tnist!e1 by their brave Tn lunel but rsAu cut
~ ft9 ir ~ higher ciilcet ltan tile buvi
1ltnt. l1fegt'e,h.
Tile Isl ,l,!1gade, ttnA'f tle 1ead Of 6eii:
ett.t t, taii,tt I'd takt tile ftft. Il t1as nur
the. t,iiii Of uul. rutiia1!!, tt,tiiu1niing tbe
a l'tisadt'. tnfh}susgd u tllA 1tn n. IL. lhs
f3d IT, Mt'h'u 4 N Ge H. Met.t'g' ' nv 9TH Yltis. VI; Il
@u @ tn 't h(6, iua'slis fiji s III" ~ sa+tIv h hlefI: III:
l5e, ilfe hp I'D Ilis lFAl! tH Yt"F hA4 iNfH the
h4 4uM ~! "xI,t tt ,,, i" 1H' T., r. fl R a. 1f, f X II
Ei'; Ei."p, t,'i"':'t *s ~ n rs Is ti.. Il, }h E,s
aHq lnaIl} alI nf his nna'a Hnnnlah, AIld nj
!nlnf'nla,'.rhts ,p'htlng, tlt' hls ,lmn hll
Mek, md t'sa ru1M, sll"lI ana nli4praf gintnrg
s"h '!m'! anVn tlta '''4r nf hHmtpr mud Tho
l,I lhla sncn..h aktaul hY tlnl. Putnaus
luisn,ln uHl, 1nrm III tlen 1iiIninras q atalr
altHAl al illt Attn NJ Oul. l'utliniI Wl1rI In ftll
mud With lla yn!In nlnl sword urged Ut, tim
tlinitll rn!ks lu tlIo tlnal cllargn itn' It w,s
tm latn. Thu I'd hl!gnt1r, tlsll. HtnvUuson'a,
wae ntt ol llani. II vas 1natness fur thu a't
IL rc.nAln 'onEor Under AZ deadly fIn. nnd
tho a1lnnRht Hf R,itrn,,1crlnE IN h0dY to lin
rhriuy rDnftl mi lnra moment b0rnlurt1lnvd.
'ru fight tlielr wny back 10 lho onlrcnc1nc1lts
wnt alf lint could l)u onc, ind IN this ratrca
Without tt,,bt many Of our alcu FIJI fro1'l
utlr 0wh :::Tc. Thu darknnss mas 10 Intense,
slle ,unr of nfttlnry 40 nu.l, tho tlKht Or rgrspc
ait' canister ehot ~ tnrl1 and 1cRtrhrt1fe.
Tint Il was rtto lnoly itntoesttlc 10 i'rcsrrsu
"rlrr n tho tnnks ofindt,l1ua' rompAutos, 10
~ Atst4t ttf$ stf ta Mttt1L s4&1tA
Motn tliun ltnlf tho tittle we ncro IN t1o
f"rt, tho ilEht ma# tmply 1nt't sn hind a',s.
la lin wt,tit4de fertlrra t'y tiay clrnfly lnhl'
.'ta, e"'Hn invr sword tatr1'stt, tomn nre
tmtktd on tln hrnd, Ratiu MO htasluA With
be,"hrt*,, md y fnw wtro kt.M''ted tl"w,!
~ lima to nnt Mway With ewollrn hnals.
Tl.ero wns Terrible fighting tn gut !ntn luz
tnt, und 'arrhlu aglIflug to gct out "f It,
Tnu eowaillly htood no hrttcF etlanss 10!
thetr i!yca than the fearless. Even y they
surrendered, tho shell Of blmlor. wero ih!ckls
fa1ling urunhI them In thu Darkness md aa
risf,lic.s, tiny could not bo safe, until yicto
iy, decisive and ununealluncd, rested With
Que or the other bell!gerent.
The battle ia ovcr; II IL midnight; &; the oceat
and the wounded. It is with difficulty yol
can urge your horse through to 1{ghthous.
Inlet. Fuint lights nro glilnmering In the sant
holes and r!tlu pits to the right, ns you pas.
| dawn the bench. In these holes manga poo
wounded and bleeding soldier has laid dowl
them to staunch their wounds. or bind ul
,heir shattered limbs, but the deathly glar
from sunken eyes tells tha. their kind scr
vices are all III vain.
In this night assault, and from Its com
+ r.cncement to its close, Gen. Gilmore, hl
Col. Littlcteld, Of the 4th 8. G., and Major
Bannistcr and STRIKER, Of the Paymaster'
Department, were constantly under fire nm
doing MI In their power to sustain the cous
. age 0f tho troop. and urge on reia{orcemcnts
! All that human power could do to carry thi
formidable earthwork, seems to have bee
! done. No one would haye imagined In til
= morning TINT SO fierce cannonade from bot
tie navy and tho b.tteries on shore, could fl
j to destroy every bomb-proof the rebels la
i erected. But the moment our men touche
i the parapets Of the fort, !, 800 strong stream
y had been concealed during the day, and t1cs
4 and strong, werc prepared to drive, US bacl
= We then found to our sorrnw that the 15.iuc
i shot from the Monitors, even when hrel at
j distance Of bnt 1,oSo yards, had not injnr!
;. them in the least. Only the pararcts Of Il
l. fort had been knocked into sand heaps.
= In their proper places forgot to tnentEc
il that the gnnboats Nnssahickon, Capt. Dayl
j the Chippewa, Capt. Harris, tho Paul Jonc
d Capt. Buyer, and the Ottawa, were also
K1Ecu Ill luG EutAuIlAu1EAt ~ 1OAG 4AAssSs y;
d that during every day of the week, from t
i. 10Th to Tie 17th, Ind been more or less
gaged with the work.
IF The amount Of shell thrown at Fort Wagn
i would almost build another 1ronsides.
< BEAUFORT. s. C.. July q, 1863
le left the battlefield last Monday to VI
l. the hospitals In thfs city and Ut Hilton Hel
Y where nearly all the wounded hare he
Is brought.
n The large old mansions are nearly all fu
T. and Il there are to te wounded and dying,
es better accommodations, so fur rs the inf
"a building are concerned, could be found. .
II in other respects, reg ret to say. the medi
oil department were not prepared for go larg
n. | deiland upon their time and skill.
n Dv the Ben Dc Ford, from Morris 1sla,
II. re have intelligence up TO this morning. 7
@. Monitors are sill daily ut work upon F.
1Yagner, but seem tn effect notliug beyo
n. preventing the rebels from repairing
~ work.
[es l"fn TINT III thu nttack of lust Saturday 80,
Ter hundred slots were I'll I'd ffotn that yesacf
Az Futt Wagner 1naau but q feehc ret 4
20. u! eotte iIu dnfnago wRs sustained by
MI t,Irut, Upt. ilnll, Provost Mars.1at Ger,
f'h fur slle Uctnf,,trnt ri the aauif,. tnrt
Ut rutnll,nnilur n. For4 Wagner t,ndrr fl,g
ililtr on Hnnday tnurhthg, III order to Rtrn
nsn IN frRntt IL tho bt,tlnl Ut our t1pH1.
ma rri,ui ut1crr wn,Iit not tre1t with lin,
de: t,Id lll,n tlat thu stcnd would l'u hnttet
OF thu whunslrf1 rafrd fur ~ well ~ sl!rlr o
VI Mnel, Indignation wAs txJ'feat"d on nrea
n4' IT risc!ng NegEo iFanps II t!o frant n,
~. night 1f t!lu santt-tl!ey tiHelra 70 ta III