The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-21


hail urcn our vessels some u which were disabled
owing to the c,oSslns Of the mrreis and one the
K,o.uL grounded and sunk. Neat morning, Al
ni-.l D,r-,nt refused 70 recommenee the s',sek,
.ai .nsr several day, delay the entire feet ro-
turned 10 Port Royal.
a, the sd Of july, General Gilmore landed his
roop, and . rsve train upon James Island I'm
msdiAl.ly inireuching, and eommeLcnS opera
lions 10 drive on, tte rebels. He is supported by
our ron -cl.hs and on the 10th these vesscl' szAn
| bcuharied the rel a forts.
| For mouih General Gilmore approaches nearer
and ne,rer finally planting bis swamp Angel"
| and throwing Greek arc into ,he streets Of
| Charleston.
o. the i5th ~ August comhined attack ia made
Admiral Dahlsren taxing bis irou-cads up to
within 1000 yards Of For, sumter. Atrrhc COM
| bat results in some advantages being gained by
our toops.
On the 28d n August smother borubsrdmeni and
iron-clad stuAck TOOK plsce inActins ssrous in-
| Jury upon the C,n,cdcr,te oarihworss and forts
Thereafter daily bomhardmsut occurred s'v-
.r,i minor batteries wero captured. and our troops
| moved nearer 10 the e.y, which slmost cou-
stautly ,heiod.
| IVY TIE ura OF reltfll'fT E'If bNh''''
mass Of ruins aud almost disabled.
On the oh Of September, Fort Wagner and BAT
terry Gregg captured
On the sth, another demonstration Of iron -clsis
and terrific bornbsrdrnenL procured our iron-csfs
a permanent lodgemeut inside tho entrance to The
hsrbor, thus cfectuslly ciosins tne Por 10 ,uy
commerce with the outside world.
On The 6,h Of sep,embor, rebel torpedo was
.xuloded beneath the iron-clsd wechswten, sink
ing her.
Siege operations were continued, the hnns bslng
KEEP, up At intervals
The army .nd naval operations were continued
with more or less visor, our troops being oScup.ed
in siren gthening tho works
on the 1Slh Of june the rebels placed lArss
nun, or OF Union officers under hre, In the prisons
of Charleston.
on the % Of August our government sent large
numbcr Of rcbci officers 70 James Island. Ihs-c
prisoners we're also placed under fire. Eycotusly
, thi- kind OF warfare was abandoned, aud th'
Union officers exchanged for .he Confederate cou
mandcrs-
During the year skirmishing and naval demon
STATIONS continued, w,thow important savantase
being gained by either side.
1868.
Ia January the position Of affairs Al Charleston
remained UNCHANGED.
d Anor the capture of savannah, some of the troop
At Por, Royal werc sent to James Island, snd NOR
active demonstfauous commenced A.snst Charles
ton.
! On the lG,h OF January, General Sherman le'
Savannah with force vArlous'y csuInaiei Al from
sixty 10 one hundred thousand men. On 'he sam
d.v, General Foster, from Port Royal capturc
Porotai 60 Bridge, cutting on commun'cahon' Dc
- tween Charleston and savanush
On the Sth OF February, &C ording " rebel r'
pyr,s, sherman captures Rrtnchvile.
On tha sth Of February Colum. isis evacuated b
tne rebels, and occupied ny sAerman's army.
On the i4h Of February Chsrles,on is evscusle'
h On she 18Th Admiral Dshlsren reports;
liam now on my WAY 70 the city y
Description of Chnrle-ton.
Charleston is the principal city on the Atsn'
coa.t between Chesapeake Ray and the Gnh
- Mexico, and w.. place n great commercial n
nv por,lnce previous to the war In 1861 "a popul
uon amounted to nearly sixty thousand, tut q
civil war has reduced this number n least on
half. It's the l,rgc.t city in South Caroi,ns' AZ
issitl1te on peninsula formed y commence
The Ashy aad Cooper rivers when un |" VI, ,n
with the sea at suihvsns ls0u'' sew
r- nile, below The city averages on
nine feet above hist'wster vel
is divided into eight wares AMI extends tht
nile, from Battery Point on the soutY towards !
es north. Aversgirg mile and hnf IN "iutn !
n hoiaes oi recent date are ~ stone auf hrcE' q
many of them are very hre The old.r "rle'ui
are wooden, but the number ot THIS ,IaH OF awe
ere .ny was gtea " reluced ly II cslau.ions tre "
or, occurred since the eumm,nc.ment of The WI
T.crc are A number ul lar.t, handsome put
buildings, including the Count II luse ana Cusb
. House Lt,cuit Caurt Hluso amt AsonRl, uuilt by
I'Diicl Stats Guycrr'neut. Itu'e bre nearly Iol
$50 rburches some uf " b ~ are very tine grueiur
-' There ate also several tSudseur colleges scum
" 4es aud Libraries. Many OF she houses VA the c
MS aud nearly al hose ia kle suuurDs s'hhu III
10, closed Ipts, surrounded 10y trees "'i'h H'-
ulace a very romantic and deslrAt!o alP"arhht.
10 mo ypriug and summer. Charleston was 'o'iu
Al hnportaut mart for cotton iieo' tobacco =
H., bAd srveraI steamship lines 'ouncct.n II "
' New York, PhnR4elphiA baltimore aui llAva
nd' LIS extensive railroad and canal conmuh'ah
sre tA the interior rendered II the centre ~ supp
and cou.nerug fg VIDE TAu[e ti count
The cl'y ~ defended ny Fort sumter
lam the entrance 10 thr Larbor by f1rt Nout
tho , on SllAvAn'- l-ltnd srd ~ Forts Pln'Fney .
i. .Gutusou respectively two and four miles from
'No ,lty These works are oi grrs' strougth, aud v
Irce co,structed by the Uniicl states Gpycrum'
On They have since been strengtheued ani imlo
by The rebels, Otler additional works, scar
r. lc.s ioruI Itah.e, have been constructed by
aud ,elels Tie Wlo'e being so situate that &
wing mutually 11tt.H ana e3mmahn eSon osne.,
oops could soon render turtcnGtlc The land spproAc
10 lie cItg were also fOrtaed by earthwo
AMI batteries On each side, the whole constitut
.s.steru oi s,fruCo which lractcaly renders
ID at rl.ce irr-e ,nstlc against 3 sel attack Ia a.
tack -, a., 49, r.e n Z eutrAncrs 10 the hArhor Il