The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-18

He was soon after started to the city in
Brig. Gen. RipIey's boat, which came
down TO bring dispatches. An uccou at
OF the condition Of the fort was given
Mai. Marley for Gen. Beauegald. %
the way up to the city one Of the enemy
boats commanded by Lieut.. Charles
Craven, Of the United States navy, fell
in with Maj. Warley, and captured him
and his boats crew, which was greatly
outuumbered BY Lieut.. Craven's party.
| Major WarloY had the pre- }orce of mind
| TO tear open the envelope containing TIE
communication for Gen. Baauregard,
and after putting an oar lock inside
thre " it overheard before he surrendered
q met Lieut.. Craven since the war and
heard from him an account OF this Incl
denD. The enemy were ia the habit OF
sending boats at night from the creek
between James and Morris islands
around Cummings Point, and between
Sumter and Gregg out towards the Bar.
Capt. Thomas Hugueuin, OF the 1st
South Carolina infantry, who had with
his company relieved Capt, u. Press
Smith and the garrison Of Battery
Gregg, was ordered up from that work
and made chief Of artillery in Warlc}'s IS
place. Oac of Capt. Huguenin's lieu
tenants was leftlu command OF Gregg.
a more efficient successor of Warley
could not have been selected. Huguenln
was without fear, had been trained at
the South Carolina Military Academy,
and was thoroughly acquliutcd with all
Of the duties OF an artillery officer.
Our working parties were hard at
work all da, repairing damages, occa-
stoned by the cuemy'a fire. Corpl.
Newcomer, OF Company A. was killed
and several men wounded this afternoon
There were a number Of casu ties "a the
other regiments Of the garrison. The
enemy'5 fire slackened after nightfall.
a calcium light vas displayed by Gen.
Gilmore but was turned on The creek
Capt. Sellers and Company f. (St.
Matthew's Rifles, were with me in the
salient tonight. They had beeu with
me there last night. l had been directed
TO remain in the salient when my pres
ence was not needed elsewhere. Both
men and officers had gotten so they
could sleep uad fire, when permitted
to take little rest. The shells from
Fort Moultrie passed directly over the
salient, and as they were now timed to
explode just two hundrcd yards beyond
US, the danger OF slightly premature
explosion WAS great, as will be under
stood, when 1t is remembered that
Moultrle was nearly two miles away
Besides this danger and The danger
from the enemy's shot and shell, The
trenches were now 80 near that pieCe!
from cur own mortar shells thrown
from the iort came back into the salient
FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER, SATURDAY.
The last parallel OF the enemy wa
now completed, just 200 yards from ou
works, and their guns and mortars be
hlnd 1t ready tor action. In the bonn.
Dafdment OF today shot and shell from
seventeen seige and Coehorn mortars
aud thirteen 100, 200, and 300 poundel
Parrot gUna, all IN the land batteries
were necessarily poured into the forts
Tnesa, with the fire of sixteen ii inch
Dahlgren broadsile and 200 pounder
Parrot bow and stern guns Of the
lronsides, five Is inch DAhlgrcn guns
on the eDemy's moIitOra, added to the
thunder OF Moultric, J3hason and the
batteries on James and Sullivan's Island
made all artillery fight the fury and
grandeur OF which can hardly ba cen.
ccived. 1t Is tcYond my powers oi
description, surprising the most highly
colored accounts OF bomEardmcuts oi
which have ever read or heard. No
o,u9 nat INC ,i,' i"l5'ISn i"THuaSo eau
$50. ..t,;', 49, nc ''lo.'"i "'1ii" ot Tue
ho,r ".n'Iu hiI II"'n " ScCll t'iot:;nou'
could not be counted.
The Parrot guns wors so lCar that the
explosion Oh Slar shells III thc Tort
crowned Ine report Cl the guns All OF
our guns III tne i0rt were slenced. II
was ihposS'oIe lor the arlIlerlSts &c
wo,H 'nc'il un"er >"cA ilre. Whcn di
.eo'ea 10 10 any one 3Pot, as IL was when
p"t nr0hlery opened, IL became lnposSl
o'o lEt "nyth!h" 10 HVe, ana TIE work
ttH o; our |uhS was therefore OUT OF the
qulst'On; Men were Dcia9 Killed auc
mounueu 10 every "lFcctlon. l! was
iiiiposS'ol' 1, 20 stano even lor lew MIN
&c "eo 49, W |'lo Pa,I VI Lefteplcin or parade
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