Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-07-06
The Attacle on James Islaud.-.Assault
onFort Johnson.

From the Charleston Mercury Extra, July I'd.
The enemy crossed over on Friday night from
tho upper end of Dixons Island to Legarc'' Point,
and at daylight on Saturday morning advanced
on Rivers causeway, capturing t"o guns Of Blake's
Battery, lst S. C. A., which was thrown out III
front, uusupy ortsd, on picket. The Inuskctry fire
lastad tbree-quarttra Of en- hour. Our batteries
opened heavily on tho onemys advance and cheek
cd them at tho cauaeway. 1t Was reported Sst-
urday evening that gunboa. and barses were in
the StonO, bu: no further development took place
before nshifall:
The ene,ay's force is copjectured to be fifteen
hundred. General Talafero conmands our forces
on James Island.
SATURDAY, O'Clock, p. N.
Tho enemy arc at stand, extending from
Gr;mbalra along tac cau.ewaJ, and number cay
5000 No fighting sipco ti.i' morning.
A column is advancing up the Stono on johns
Island, where our General Robertson commands.
(Latcr.
General Jones has received dispatches thia
nstnins tha, an attack from As barges was made
OF For, johnson laat night Colonel Joseph A
Yates, 1st S. c. Artillery, WIS in command, and
goribusly repulsOd the snemy-takins l3o pri-
soaert, lie stand Of arms and bargcs. Only IL
bargos we're seen aftslTarda. In front Of Gen.
Talliaferro, towards tho stono, all is quiet. Pri-
s.nors say Foster ha, 1900 troops there.
(O6ciql.)
sUsDAY, July 3, 1864. .
Ths enemy assaulted Fort johnson in barges ut
dawn, bat wero handsomely repulsed by the gar;
rison undor Lieutenant Colonel JoI Yates. Sew
eral Yankees we're killed and wounded. Over 100
prisoners we're taken.
H.W. FEtLDES,
Assistant Aijutant General.
-" (The Latest.)
ROYALS HOUSE, July 3, $50 =. m.
Captu:n Fieldcn, A. Il. G.;
In the absence Of Colonel Black, have the
sfsnor to forward the following report Of Lieut.
Col. Yates.
The commander of tho expedition, Col Hoye,
sgd Pennsylyania Regiment: says the expedition
was about five or six hundred strong, but-the Ad-
ju.ant, who is raortally wounded, rays they were
one thousand strong. His statement. is credited By
most.of the prisoners. have the honor to report
the capture of one hundred and forty prisoners,
including FIVE commissioned officers and some
wounded also five barges, one hundred and four
toon stand Of small arms, with accoutrsments.
The enemys lose in killed and wounded oan-
mott be estimated, as most of the. wounded mere
taken of. We will be able to tell better at low
tide Our loss wassrer5 small. The expedition
was composed of men of the army, who advanced
in two columns of bafgcs, about9S in number, one
column around Gregg aus one down Schooner
Creek. As far as ascertaired they numbered 1000
strong. The e1pedition.s5ns formed at the south
end of Morris Island. The prisoners havo left
for Charleston. The enemy brought implements
for ontrenching7 also seti6hs:
lSigned) J. R. PHIsaLE, :,
Lieut. and A. I. General.
MS- The Courier Of Monday says: It vac re-
ported Sunday evening that tho enemy bad re-
treated from Lcgare's farm, aud that oar former
picket line had been re-estsblished. No such in
formation had been received at Headquarters up
to late hour last night.
Passengers by the Savannah train yesterday re-
port demonstration MADISON the railroad near
pocotaliga No official information was.reccired,
and the report is believed to bo without foundr-
ton.
Heavy firing was still going on in the directioif
If stono at the hour of closing our report.
Ga- The New York Times thinks "there will +
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