The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27

from the deck above with a heavy
brass trumpet, and he was convinced
of his mistake in less than half
minute. l tied him up securely, ban.
daged his head, and locked him up in
a coal bunker"
Let US jump his service on the fri
gate Powhatan, and follow him as he
participated in the desperate assault
upon Fort Fisher. forlorn hope made
up of volunteers from the fleet was
sent against the works, regarded up
to that time as impregnable.
at 3 o'clock the order to charge was
given, and we started for our long
run of 1900 yards over the loose sand.
! The feet kept up a hot fire until we
approached within about coo yards of
the fort and then ceased firing. The
nails, and almost before the last gun
was fired manned the parapet and
opened on us with 5000 muskets. The
army had not yet assaulted, so the
whole garrison concentrated its fire
on u.s. Under the shower of bullets
the marines broke before reaching the
rifle pits that had been dug for them,
and did not appear again as an or
ganization in the assault Most of
the men and many of the officers mix
ed in with the column of sailors, and
went on with them.
About 500 yards from the fort the
head of the column suddenly stopped,
and, as if by magic, the whole mass
of men went down like a row of fall
ing bricks; in a second every man
was fiat on his stomach. The officers
called on the men, and they respond
ed instantly, starting forward as fast
as they could go. At about 300 yards
they again went down. this time un.
der the effect of canister added to
the rifle fire.
Again we rallied them and once
more started to the front under a per
feet hall of lead, with men dropping
rapidly in every direction We were
now so close that we could hear the
voices of the rebels, and what they
/ said need not be written here.
THE officers were pulling their caps
down over their eyes, for it was al
most impossible to look at the deadly
| flashing blue line of parapet, and we
all felt that in a few minutes more we
should get our cutlasses to work and
make up for the fearful loss We had
suffered
AT this moment saw Col. Lamb,
the Confederate commander, CALAMITY
standing out on the parapet and call
ing on his men to get up and shoot
the Yankees l considered him with
in range of revolver, so took delib-
crate shot at him. AS | fred a bull
let ripped through the front of my
coat across my breast, turning me COM
pletely around; felt a burning sem
sation, like a hot iron, over my heart,
and saw something red coming out
of the hole i'm my coat, which ! took
for blood | knew, of course, that if
a bullet had gone through this portion
Of my body ! was done for; but that
was no place to stop, so went on at
the head of my company
LAS we approached the remains of
the stockade | was aware that one
particular sharpshooter was shooting
at me, and when we we're a hundred
yards away he hit me in the left leg,
! about three inches below the knee.
The force of the blow was so great
that landed on my face in the sand.
got a silk handkerchief out of my
pocket and soon stopped the blood
and again went to the front as fest as
| could.
= about this time the men were stun
bling over wires which they cut with
q, their knives-they proved to be wires
t to the torpedoes over which We had
charged. but they failed to explode
2 Ny left leg seemed asleep, but | was
l able to use it. The stockade, or what
e remained of it, was very near and
I determined to lead my company by
D the flank through a break in it, and
t then charge over the angle of the fort
which now looked very difficult tc
b climb.
e q managed to get through the stock
t ade with seven others, when my sharp
] shooter friend sent a bullet through
r my right knee, and / realized that my
+ chance of poing was settled tried
S to stand up, but it was no use; my
t legs would not hold me, and, besides
this, l was bleeding dreadfully, ant
S I knew that was a matter which hat
Q to be looked to.
= when / received the wound in m!
right knee, / began at once to try t
r stop the flow of blood / used for thu
e purpose one of the half dozen sill
y handkerchiefs with which | had pro
l, vided myself but | was so tired ant
o weak from loss of blood that | wa