The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-08-27
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fhe enemy. rpainiained q sloW but
steady :fire upon. Sumter .thyourhoTs,
Tuesday night The ,bombardius,t Of
she fort By The enemy's tSo hundred
pound Parrot gaas On WednSsd.y v.,
sseo heavier than The bombsrdnsn,. of
Monday and Tuesday. II eouiinneI
without iRterm:ssion, and with mors or
leas rapidity. through the day, and had
hot ceased at the hour Of our poipu To
prsss.. Indeed. It may bs ssid That
Sumter for the last three dsys has pfob.
ably withstood . heavier Gre than apy
Tort OF It's class ever sustaiped bsfose.--
In the meanwhile, tho Parrot gum be-
ing bcyoad the range Of Sumter, that
fort has generally remained silent, only
throwing occasionally few ;slisIls at
the fleet. Two or three sliots were fir
ed 9! tie. Ironsides late, ip the afternoon
of Wednesday. ~
Wagner had comparatively a. quiet
umc."' In the morning, and again nj
noon,. the Ironsides, which still main.
lsins its position nearly, abreast of the
fort, aed two Monitors, assaulted il with
their shells, but inflicted no damage
whateser. Up to aslate hour, no cas.
uslty wss reported from MorTi. Island.
>. Our land batteries continue to annoy
the enemy without cessation.
THO fonowiug were the casualties at
Sumter on Tuesday p.
Stewart, cockswain of the post boat
seriously wounded; w. J.. Deveaux,
Engineer Cops, slightly /; Corporal Bon.
nettr slightly. On Wednesday our loss
wss one killed and fSs,r yysos,ndsd.-
Their names have not reached us. -
!. General Ripley pulled down 10 Fort
Sumter IN the afterpoon, under q heavy
fire; and remainsd there, for soms time
examining its condition. lie found the
garrison stiH maintaining the sdinisa..
bic discipline. for which il has aiways
been remarkable. Guards wero TUNED
ont, and the usual etiquette observed rs
strictly as II nothing was going on ~ ith.
out. The, under siich trying eircum.
stances rs those thropyh which the
garrison are passing-fhey being sub
jected to tiie whicli cannot be return.
ed-h = most convincing proofcf its
high; tone and soldiery fofiituds.
~ IA Charleston Mercury. 2oh.
The slow but steady Lombardment
OF Sumter has continued without inter.
mission night and day since the date
Of our last report. Grimly and ia al
lence the grand old fort reesises ti,s ter;
ritle fire Of :he enemy. But. xill her
dag float. deiiantiy from tLs, rampa,ts.
The end Ia not yet. :, .
On Thursday. the firing Of the Par
rott guns vas exceedingly heavy, bu, by
no means so accurate rs on the two pre-.
cediny days. About le o'clock; the
Tag staff was shot sway, but il was
soon replaced. = s.- :,
p The ni.silss Of these Parrott guns,
which are distant about two miles and
five eights frem Sumter, are 200 pound
bolfs, eight inches in diameter and two
feet in length, having fat heads Of chill
ed iron. ShelIs. also Of tho ammo d;.
mensions, are. thrown. Up TO Thurs.
day night about $500 Of these missiles
had struck the work. The damage in.
aic,ed has, OF couyse, been considerable.
Prerioas to "Wednesday all the guns Of
OF the south face were disabled. The
garf ison are still full OF courage.
In the afternoon Of Wednesday about
4 O'Clock the ironclads formed in line
of, battle 10 renew the attack on Sumter,
but tho font opened at long range. and
the fleet retired without attacking.
Battery Wagner was nssailed three
times yesterday. About half past 10
n. m. the, Ironsides aud two gunboats
opened with shell; and again at Q p.
m, and just before sunset, the battery
was bcmbarded BY the Ironsides alone.
Each Of these attacks was brief, and, We
believe, without effect, as, up to late
hour, no Casualties had been reported.
Mono, too, up TO n late an hour, had
been reported from Sumter. -.
The Yankee sappers have begun their
approaches on Wagner. Our James
Island batteries, under command Of
Lieut.. Col. Yates, continue to annoy the
enemy exceedingly. A shot from one
Of them lately exploded two Of tho Yam.
kse ammunition chests. and Wagner
has succeeded in disabling ono Of the
Parrot guns. ..'...>.-., .,
On Wednesday Private Broddock
was killed at -Bs,tery Wagner by the
enemy's sbsrpshootsrs, =. .
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