Wichita eagle., 1890-03-02
FALL OF CHARLESTON.
Raising she Old Flag Over Sumter Tusnfy.
i've Years Ago.

Raising she Old Flag Over sumter TIA snfy.
j i've Years Ago.
| II was 10 Charleston that Gen. usrtiee went
when ne made his E>at sscsps fFoin under
the fingers Of Saera2n'S srGsy 81 savannah
| In December. lisa At Charleston hards-s
/ bad about Is. COO men,
! Shsrrnan's strategic movements after lcsv-
Ing Savannah caused tsss evacuation c.
| Charleston. He couveSeGi "a. ilan~eSsiori tnss
/ Charleston was - be asgect.e,i zen. Scalin-
ineipsennlg made a lodEaseut "a troops ~
James Island, three miles fr,ars. Casrisssc.7
Feb. 70, ls65. Cooperative movements wsrs
made towards Charleston bv Gems Hasra
and Potter. Az TIE sane tizne Suerznan d.
yilsd his argav INTO two wiz. which
marched ouEOf Savannah Or Il arreuE routes
coHSerging AGAIN towards Colarabia, s. -
de had passed oy Chsries.scn IN TIE rear.
Only one WY u es,aIa was legt for Bar~-
dee, and thar wa-s oy The railway leaeln.- lnss5
North Carolina. wne-e Johnston was corcsss-
traOng n force - Oppose Sherman Accord
inglv, Fec. T. Hariee evsssasel Carleton
with ali ms ,roops ana l.ft II a,Eh sad dry.
IL was nov - be destroyed BIZ AZ owu
friends. Before having Hardeo at fire ~
whatever property would be q use 10 shs
Union army. \ guard was Gstailed ~ ap-
ply the torch - every point whe-e cotson
Was stored \ powder exolcsisa followed,
winch blew ihs Northwestern rai4ssSy station
into fragments aai Alie1 10 person.. Prem,
tAis explosion flames spread Destruction into
every part Of the csty. and thar night mnca
Of Charleston and some vessels IN TIE ship
yard lay in ashes This Shipyard Is now.
twenty-five years after. being rebuff. Dur
-
the war, the busy hsrn cf ind usiry Will De
heard IN It's grass grown spactS>
Next morning, Feb. Is ne~s 81 the-evss-n-
aLsosi ii Charleston WAS conveyed toIieslE.
Col Bennett. commanding tae Cnion- forces
on Morris Island. he sent beat anoooe 20
Fort Sumter. having On boar1i Maj j. A.
HenneSey. MAJ Hennsssry carried with
him the flag OF the stars and Stripes. Bys
O'Clock. Feb. IS, the national IA. ~as fioai-
ing. after an absence og foar wears, ossrths
spot where the mrs ovcgt act OF rrvols
against the uuite,d States government VIZ
performed. A guard Of Union troops were
Immediately put 10 work exiiugufshsng ths
flames after the formal surrender Of lAsc ity
By Mayor Macbeth
The same day, Feb T. Gssrgetown-on
Winyaw bay fifty miies northeslS; 81 Charles
ton, WAS evacuated hy the ConfederatcS Ac
Georgetown, in iet2, occurred q very sraSfc
event. A truce boss con tanning the national
colorS. was passing through tue waters OF
Winyaw bay. A South Carolina L MON syo-
man who lived near tho dock saw thsoid
flag, and waved her handkerchief a; the men
IL the boat. For this oifeuse she wsrs orsicrcd
TO be shot by the Confederate commander os
the port, and the sentence WAS executed
Gen. =. 4. Gilmore, commanding tho I'm
ion forces about Charl.-stoa,. took posSs,xzrr
of the ruined city. Col. Stewart l.. Wood
ford. afterwards lieutenant governor az New
York, was placed over Char Lex:on as military
governor. Meanwhile Hardes, escaping from
Charleston rs ne had done from Savannah.
Was making his way, with such speed - he
might across the Pedee and ksantre rivarA
We next hear of hun On a narrow neck %
land between Cape Fear and South rivera
seeking 10 delay Sherman ny tine fight of
Averysboro March 6.
The Gag at Fort Sumter Ind been tak-n
down by Maj. Anderson, April 10. ls6L He
carried 1t away with vow to rais.s the same
flag there again or die. The years came and
went. None thought the war would stretch
out so long, till one presidential adminntra-
ton had rolled away and another begun.
TIL {. 36l battles, small sind great, had been
fought, tall war debt OF two and three
quarter billion dollars bad becn rolled up by
the L nited States, and 3i3 900 good men and
true Of the northern army aud nearly as
many OF the southern hay in their blood
stained graves all over the country, north,
south, east and west.
You whose bright. true fsc-s
Are dim with clouds % dust
Who hide in the ebony place.
And cringe in the teeth u rust
As early as the fall Of 1ssie the Union forces
prepared to attempt the capture Of Charles
ton. April 9, 1858, Admiral Dupunt entered
the harbCr with q Union aeet and tried 70
lombard Fort Sumter 90 the It'll, but shap-
doned the attack under the bot Confederate
fire that met him. june .. Is6S. Gen. q. A
Gilmore took command a the Department
Of the south During the month Of July CHI.
more got POSSESSION Of most OF Morris Island
and made two unsuccessful attacks on Fora
Wagner, one Of the most formidable Of too
defenses OF Charleston.