The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-03
THE ASSAULT on EHRT WAGNER.
T PQW Hqanc IN So,ahcIm Btc2Nac.

On rushed the Feaerals at dou,
Die cuiclk, salated by simultaneous
outbreak OF hot shot; an iniplacable.
concentrated fire from Sumter, Gregg,
and James Island They began to
appreciate Just then the full meaning
Of "a Roland for ones Oliver.
And conspicuous III the van, on
cane the it;lc misguided and unfor-
tunate Massachusetts, Colonel Shaw,
his long hair waving behind him, as
he led his sable eniiint< refau<. \
portion followed him over the ditch
and planted their flag upon the ram
parts. where the Colonel was shot
and instantly killed The others,
however, could not endure the sight
OF that gaping d;tcA-or the revolving
sensation of winged metal, v!ciousls
near-therefore, they broke, and un,
der the influence a panic, disgracetul
and irretrievable, acted rather like
wild b,utes let loose from q menaGe-
ie, than reasoning, responsible mea.
They blundered iirst upon the Ninth
.iIaine, and afterward upon the Seven
ty-Sixth Pennsylvania, partially des-
troving the organization of both.
Some of the frightened creatures
ran Ike deer; others, in the base pa
ralysis Of terror, prostrated themselves
upon the ground, crawling along on
hands and feet.
Then, in startling contrast with this
pusillanin1ity OF 81 r Black Regiment,
by tie SID Of Which even the action
e ,.ie Spartan Heiots (wao confront
ed bravely enough their masters
spears, and covered only at the crack
OF tie whip looks Ike lottiest hero
ism; then a grand deed what the old
Mortimer would have called deed
of deirug-do, was performed by men
of the ever dominant Caucasian race,
the thought OF which, as | write
quarter Of century after its occur
renee, here in the tranquil Indian sum
mer, makes my heart beat and pull
ses throb unanimously. Across the
narrow and fatal stretch before the
fort-every inch Of which was swept
bv a hurricane of fire, a bosom of des-
truction-the sixth Connecticut, Col
onel john Chattield. charged with such
undaunted resolution upon the south
east salient, that they succeeded, IN
the very face OF hell, one may say, IN
capturing it.
What though their victory was a
barren achievement what though for
three hours they were penned in, no
support daring to follow them! friend
anu foe alike now, as then, must hon.
or and salute them as the bravest OF
the brave!
Grimlr they held on TO the salient
they had taken. Indeed, retreat was
next to impossible Even a body OF
croc mitaiaes are naturally indlsposed
to taste twice of the Hadean fame! !!
Yainlv q section OF the Charleston
Irish volunteers endeavored to dis
lodge them. They were repulsed, and
their Captain, Ryan, killed. A detail
from Major David Ramsey's com
mand, advancing upon the same er-
rand, tie gallant Major was struck IN
the back by a shot from the bomb
proof, and fell mortally wounded. But
the enemy were at this time retreat
ing from all parts OF the field. Their
decentralization was complete. Never
theless. sharp fire of grape and mus
ketrv hissed over the faces Of the sa-
lient until the Thirty-frst Georgia
regiment (vho had just reached the
island with Brigadicr-General Ha-
good) charged over the south scrap
ard two companies Of the Charleston
battalion, Captain julius Blake, de-
ployed along the western face, When
the Sixth Connecticut, convinced that
the game was up, sensibly surrender
ed
The history of the wal, rife with
desperate conflicts, can show no more
terrific strife than this. 1t Was, IN
more than ore particular, g battle o:
giants.