The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-07-29

elaboration our guns kept replying to tie
foe
For eleven consecutive hours, the bonn.
bardment ragged with more or less violence.
About dusk, the FIRE, which during the af
teruoon had been ;ncessant (probably with
the design Of demoraIizing our men and
uniting them for the expected night.
workO began TO slscken considerably, and
at dark ceased almost entirely The results,
thus far, had bean Of character to give us
good cause for encouragement and gratula.
tion. The damage to our battery was in.
significant and Of kind easily and speedily
reparable The boom.proofs had afforded
ethclent protection to large psrtion of the
garrison, and our casualties nj 7 o'clock %
m, we've four killed Hpd fourteen wounded
ot the ,enemv's losses from our tire, i! any,
we have, OF course, n" trustwo orthy account
Fort Sumter, which bore Il part in the ac.
ton. cent several shells into the Craig Hill
batteries, and also into the camp OF the en-.
emy, about 81 miles distant, it is believed,
with good effect
The NIGHr ATrACK.-A few minutes
before eight o'clock, our pickets gave no.
lice that the enemy, 10 heavy force, was
moving TO tho assault The attack was not
unexpected, and our men, though much ia
ded by the fatigues aud exposures Of the
day. sprang to their pieces with zeal and
alscrity. The enemy advanced in two col.
umns Of about 5000 men each, the whole
under the command Of Brigudier General
Strong. The column which attac ked our
right was composed partially OF negro
troops, who were put 10 the advance. On
our lett, the other column advanced with
spirit. under severe fire from the DahIpreu
guns and Columbiads of Fort Sumter. As
the column advanced at the double quick.
the guns Of Battery Wagner o opened
When the enemy had reached about
sixty yards distant our infantry Dkted be-.
hind the ParaPet, poured q CALLING Are into
the moving masses; the Yankees, neverths.
less, in considerable force, succeeded in
gaining the trench, and began to Chamber
up the sides Of the battery. At this mo-
ment, Lieut.. Waties, Of Blake's Battery,
who was in charge Of two brass howitzers,
(belonging to . detachment Of artillery un.
der Captain DePass, Of Whites Battalion
oPened raking fire, which swept the trench
playing Terrific havoc in the ranks ofthe as.
sailants. The hoSitzrrs had been assigned
70 this position, which they occupied 40 ad.
vantageous for us, at the instance Of Col.
Harris, Of tho Engineers, all the horses be.
longing to the sec ton having been put hors
du combat during the day. Twice the enemy
was driven back at this part of our works.
Qhe left,) and the trench filled with the enc.
my's dead attests the severity Of the conflict
there.
On the right, the negro troops were met
with terrible cross FIRE Of musketry. Here
were posted, among other troops, the Char.
lesion Battalion, and these gallant men be.
haved in q manner worthy the fame their
organization had so dearly won At Seces.
sionviIle. The second assault was still
more desperate than the frat, but It was
met and rsPeled in the same gallant style
by the brave troops, Georgians, North Car.
oiinlsns, and sons Of our own city, who
stood shoulder TO shoulder in the fight
In the centre Of our lines, q small BODY
OF the enemy succeeded in gaining q Iodg. |
ment in . salient, the gun Of which had
been disabled. Here they maintained their
position for more than an hour. A gallant
but unsuccessful attempt Was made to dis |
lodge them, in which Captain Ryan fell. |
and 1t was not until smsli force Of Gsor. |
gians had assembled the magazine and thus
gained q. position to command the salient |
that tho audacious Yankees surrendsred.-l
At the time that this occurred, the firing
elsewhere had ceassd, and the Georpians
their purpose without firing q |
gun. The movement by which this was Of. |
tected wa, undertaken at the suggestion Of |
Colonel Harris.
The RELATIVE LossKs.-Ths fight las.
ted from until u p. m, and WAS of des
Psrats chSJactsr throughout The epemv',
losses wee very heavy. His killed and |
must have been at least 1900
The number Of his dea6 left On the field |
and buried BY Us yesterday exceeded 600.
We captured over 2OO prisoners, including
a few Of the negro troops
Our own losses were comparatively light
~ 10 estimated that our killed and wounded |
will not exceed 100. Among these, how
ever, were some valuable officers, such ss
Lieut.. Gel. sinkins and Capt. Tam, Of the
let 3. Z. Infantry, and Capt. Ryan, Of the