The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-04
SU NJ TER SHELLED AGAIN.
FIRO1ICHNIC hEPRODUCTION or THE
d7giCK On yRE FORT ~ 1863.
Shnr'e>ton's " ert of Merry mnkiu= tnr'ted
by n stirring War Scene OF Thirty Years
AEo, when the Monitor Fleet Attacked
thc Hrdoubt 'n,, Famous In 1851,


Ago, when the Monitor Fleet Attacked
the Hrdoubt Made Famous Tn 1891
CnAELnsToN. S. c.. Nov. 3.-Thc chief feature
o! tharlestons earthquake festival was the
honhnrdinent OF Feat sumter tonight. II
was Witnessed by GuUaO persons. and went on
without any casualties. Tho bomtardmCnt
reproduced Tonight vas not tho Commandment
OF the Tort b. the south Carolina troors dur.
ing its occupancy 10y Major RoN crt Anderson
On Arml l.. l"Gl. 1t was tho attack on April
4. lSt''. hy the Federal feet. and is memorable
us the irst engagement in which an ironclad
shi'' was used against 4 masonry Tort
INC Iect engaged in this sea fight was COM
roScd Of the Mcehawkcn. = guns. CaIt. John
Rodgers; Ia sale, > guns. ant. lcrcival Dray-
ton: MontaGk, guns. Capt John |. Woricn;
ataracV. . guns, Commander Daniel Ammen:
Flagship New !ronsidcs. ~ guns. Cant. 7.
turner: C&tokill 2EUns, Commander Rodgers.
Nantucket. .Uns. Commander II. Men. Fair
lax; valiant. guns. Commander Downos:
krokuk. guns. Commander A. c. Rhind.
The CananlaiEua tar ilpusatonic. the Una
dilla. the Nissahickon. ami the Huron were Off
the bar. but were not engaged. Tho fight be-
gan about o'clock in the afternoon. The
Irst shots Tired at the fort came from the Lead
ill.,; monitor Wcchuwhcn. one PASSED over
the heads Of the men stanlin. ready to fire
=
and cut a clean hole through tho reg,ncn,al
Confederate flag nyine on the George Wall.
piercing it near tn" crossing OF the two can
mons in tho centre of its field.
not much dnma.," was Guue to either feet
or tho fort. Tho kcokuk SONS to have had
som" defect in hcr hUill. Commander Ehind.
however. seemed determined to test her tight
Ing capacity = tho utmost. Whom the turn in
tho channc! was reached ho came "bow Oh"
to tho font. receiving tho concentrated force 81
all the guns that could lc brought to bear
from that Port and from Sulvan's Island. lie
was riIcnr"i after firing three shots. Tho
position taken scrned to him 10 DO about 500
yards t!oA sumter.
:. TO tho~"" N the Tort t appeared to b" hardly
Or tItrir minutes lie Wa giad to escape With
out lr'r. "H' tu"i or going down. lis vessel
Wa srGHE ninety ,im@s II. the ,Lull aud tur.
rnts. and ninctcc" shut- Here d her through.
IE" tWrets wrre rcncrrHt",! ly rife bots and
fen-lNrh round shots. hlddi,d n she was it
! a matter Of wond"r how sho cscapcd with
night. '''''''>''' ~ '''"' IVA ''' VI ''''
hat night she sank OF the southern par. o,
The following is a statement showing tho
iorreH engaged On 10Th SIDES. the NUM- cr Of
t"nf"d"f4'" ,ets >umh"r tguns engaged.
80; (M"ts !ir%", 100; k.llch. w,unded. ~:
IyR"r"rS, % II" T"'u" against 4rwored vessels.
F"u"r2I r"sris sumter q! guns engaged,
~: Ih)iS ii!'t. 40 k!.Ic!. !: "p"iIoG. 80.
TINS Is 70 G"s"r.p Jon II wha' tool; Iia"c
n"alF tEntY yuars ago The idea. Of repro
Ia"'"-. !. !" 'ho !tIa or as il ivrutrchnir show
wa. "',. mated nY t"n.,;" Afford o. til. city
nni W ,nrsnd ~ tho Executive Commit
t"". he ocular t .lc.jut..y Of thr Iun"r
iaT OF .arie-f"n. }ri:h IN" sp"ndil Battery
III 'r enact" aud gaid.n. which VIII easily hold
.'u."h p'oi!" suggested pos Utilities for IL
Iyrrt, chni" dl-l lpv.
\ o"t". e Fort sumter was built on light
ois ard "nrHor"l in TIA" stream. Tho feet Of
st"a'"h"a's Hrnct "th l,y:ot"chric bombs.
represented the at'1"., NJ !l""t. ard ihrn" bat
t"rl"S 81 IN" stat" NatIorai Guard. stationed
in tie r.,Y, thuvdnIci ',l,uk cartridge, and
H,", lrtni"rinio bombs at IN" il"".. No Tags
% any KIN! w"r" Gtsrlaycl ~ thu enGh cement.
II wa z Ncr, realistic affair. II was n ler-
fec nigh. Ih" hoMhHr,lmcnt iaStci two
hours. fh' men q way witnessed il from the
N"NdvipS ard IIol' hin aud seemed to ENJOY
~, sp"ctA"i'. In-moIrow night the fireworks
MLL. Ne. shown.