The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-31
SATURDAY DECs 81


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FSft McAiiisSer.
Learning that Hasen wss to storm d
Fort on the afternoon Of the 18th, / vi
tied the right Of the line. and At on
O'Clock Joined Geherals ShsrhaA an
Howard at Cheroe's rice mill, on ii
Ogeechee. opposite Fort lister,
found Sherman on. the roof Of the mil
sueroun ded BY his staff and .sieNsI officer
Bekley and Cole, waiting to commanic IT
with Hazen on the. Island. 8 While ps
tien'ly waiting for Hssen's signals, Shes
mans keen eye detected smoke in al
horizon seward. Up 10 this time b
bad received no iatelligence from th
feet. In a moment the countenance 0
the bronzsd chieftain lighted up, and b
exclaimed
Look forward !; there's the gun
boat II
Time passed on. and the vessel nov
became visible. Jet no signal from th,
feet or Hszsn. Half an hour passed. anc
the guns of the Fort opened simultane
oasly with pufs Of smoke that rose q few
hundred yards from The Fort, showing
that Hszsn's skirmishers had opened. A
moment afierwsrd Hazen Gig nailed
II have Invested the Fort and will
assault Immediately"
At this moment Bek!ey nnounces !:
ga signal from the gpnboat.'
Al eyes are tnrBed from the Fort 10
the ganboas that Is coming to our assist
ance, with news from home A few mes.
ssges pass, which inform us that Foster
aud Dahlgren are within speaking die.
lance. The guuboat Do4 hslts and asks !:
''Gau We run up? ls Forth lister
ours Y"
+" No." is the reply; " Haseu is just
ready TO storm it. Can you assisty"
yes, is the reply. What viii you
have us do -
But before Sherman can reply to Dahl
gren, the thuuders OF the Fort are heard,
and the low sound of small arms is borne
across the three miles of marsh and river.
FieiI glasses are opened. aud, sitting fat
upon the roof. the hero of Atlantis gases
away off to the Fort:
"Thcre they 20 grandly; no.a wayer,"
he rcnarks
Tseriy seconds pass, and again he ex-
claims
"Sec that fig on the advance. How
ard how STEADILY it moves not q man
falters y There they 20:
sui see the roll of musketry. Grand.
grand -
So -. 10 10 strained his eyes, and mo
mint after speaks without raising his
eyes:
That fpg still goes forward there 10
~ Il nclang heie.f
a pause far minute.
=" Look, he exclaims, g it has halted
They waver NJ, it's the p.rapet. There
they go aglin now they scall, it some
are over L,sk ! Tberc's flag on the
w,rk> !! Another Another ! It's ours
The Forts ours &
The ges. dropped by his side. and 10
au instant The JOY Of the great leader at
the posse s,ion ofFihe river and the open
ing oi the road to his new base broke forth
in words:
"As the old darkie remarked, : dis
chile don't sleep dis night !''' and turn.
ing to one of his aids. Captain Auderie,i,
befemarked, " Have boat for me at
once /; must go there" pointing to the
Fort. fruta which bali dozen battle flsYs
foated srandly in the sunset 81
Aud well might William Tecumseh
Sherman rejoice, for here, as the setting
sun went down en- Fort AeAIlister re-
duced. and kissed fonl good night to
the Starry Banner, Sherman witnessed
the elimination of at his plans and hard
marches, that had involved such desper-
ate resistance and risk - the opening up of
new aud shorter route 10 his base
Here at sunset, on the memorable 18th Of
December, the dark vat RS of the great
Ogeecpee bore witness to the fuiGllment
Of the covenant Sherman made with, his
iron heroes at Atlanta, twenty nine days
before, to lead them victorious 10 new
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