The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-07-29


Grants men had dug a tunnel. filled
it with powder. and then struck
match to it. When the top of the
hill was blown off. many brave Caro-
linians were killed. Then the FEEDER
ais rushed forward and the South
Carolina troops, immediately rally
ing, kept firing upon them until re-
Inducements came. The victory of
the crater is due largely to the men
of Evans brigade under Elliot.
Gen. Lee ordered a Georgia regi-
ment under Tige Anderson to storm
Fort Harrison at daybreak. and Jen-
kins' brigade to support him.. The
Federal fire was go CALLING that the
Georgians wavered. but the Caro-
linians rushed onward in face of it
and almost to the mouths OF the
guns. In the early morning light
they failed to see the shivers or
spikes which had been placed around
the fort and many, rushing upon
them, were killed. While the: federal
guns played havoc with the ranks,
the Confederates were forced to re-
tire. Although unsuccessful in the
attempt to take Fort Harrison. every
one admires the bravery of the Caro-
linians.
The Federals attacked the Confed-
crates of Hagood's brigade at Alex
andria and they surrendered during
his absence. When Hagood return
ed, hearing of the surrender, he ral-
lied his men and rode up to a young
Federal officer who held the flag Of
his regiment and demanded by what
right he held it. The officer replied
that it had been surrendered. Ha-
good demanded it's immediate return
and when he refused, shot him down
and took it. His men then cut their
way out Of the Federal lines and es-
capped.
Charleston was many times at
tackled but it was never taken. Fort
Sumter, which guards the entrance
to the harbor, was attacked by the
Federals three times. but each at
tempt was unsuccessful. 1t was the
last seaport to be evacuated by the
Confederates. When Sherman with
his large army entered South Caro-
lima. the garrison abandoned the
city and entered North Carolina to
fight in the last battles of the war.
In the meantime, the Federal general
was destroying all the crops and food
supplies and was burning many Of
the beautiful homes in his path.
Just as he was entering Columbia on
one side, the last train of Confed-
crates was leaving from the other.
The Northern soldiers plundered all
the homes and took all the valuable
possessions they could find. At
certain signal-the shooting Of sky
rockets-fires were lighted in all
parts and the city of Columbia was
burned by the enemy by order of
Gen. Sherman. Be it said to his
credit, however, this was fact which
he took no pride in.
South Carolina used the first heavy
artillery in the war, she was the first
to think of covering vessels with iron.
and she had the first submarine ever
made. Hart's battery, which was
brought over from England by Gen.
Wade Hampton at his own expense,
was the heavy artillery used in the
defense of Charleston.
William Gilmore Simms, the poet
and novelist, took a small ship and
some railroad iron and fixed these
over the top of the ship in such
way that the sharp edges almost met
and the curved sides caused the balls
to roll into the water. The boat was
used in Charleston harbor and was
known as the floating battery"
DR.. F. F. Carroll had boat fixed
so that person could dive under the
water and blow up things with it.
He placed it in Clear Pond, a little
below Midway, where he practiced
until he could blow up trees. After
that this boat was taken to Charles
ton, where a boat, the Little Davit,
that could hold eight men. was made
on the same order. This boat sank
one ship. and while trying to sink
another got stuck. 1t was gotten up
and it sank another. but for some
reason it got caught under the sink
ing ship and was carried down with
it. The people of South Carolina
should be proud of the fact that the
first submarine was invented by a
Carolinian and the people of this Sec
ton, that it was by man from Barn.
we'll district We see the Importance
of this invention now. Think of the
hovo honn