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JOUBNAL.
;iV?tCDEC. 15. 1882.
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1 1.1 tte Pout otflce at New Berue, N C.
M Mcoad-olau Batter. . :
"iCT TLEET. ' .
I ::-rtlLtfack a Fort Wagrncr
I ..tlerile rounding Fortl
i Irer Kccfclred Gilmore's
5, sii Jitnr Thej were Be-
. (Detroit Fre Pre.) ., j
3vpr believed that the
I le able to'tako
!; : :!;r, an 1 for this reason he
'i .t abet ucuring a foothold
. - rria Island. When he had
M:had tb he had secured a
-Ration for cannon which
. tl:row shot into Charleston
' ! ? Tort Bumter nnder a con
i f -idingr. It has ' ever
1 f that the Confeder
:i t. totca the watch for and
" prr pared for such amove, but
a C .'.lens believed that Fort
tr was the key to the situa
, : 1 t!r.t the federals could
: :t:,:a themselves anywhere
i - h of its guns. On the
1 - GHaiore looked upon
? t . a work which might be
' ? adisa, and the erroneous
ilj tVicr.d and' foe re
: 3 t:rribie blunders, an
' ..'.Lories.';- '.. ,
-. 112 FI2SI ATTACK, -i't j
I attack on Wagner , ,was
i f ' a nfeht of the 10th of
, 1, .3. On th previoua day
' ' 1 1 a command consisting
. -ty-six Pennsylvania,
: i Ilaii-e and two companies
t 3 L z r V Connecticut had by
' "i t.itaclc In boats captured
' '-ctod batteries within
3 cf the fort, and had
i r a easy victory .thtt Gen.
.Lo was in command, ' de
1 to r.ate a push for ' the
t hieving the Confeder-
disorganized and panid
; a ty what had occured.) In
! c f being in this condition they
j peering to move out at day-
tnd attack. Gen. Strong
' We er as a san-heap
i ..u Out r but feeble resist-
1 13 a rush, while in truth it was
f lve strongest forts around
THE BUSH'.'
1 1" r before daylight the Fed
i s moved put, the compan
i f.cm tie Seventh. Connecticut
" The only way to take the
i WES to go over the parapet, and
;. T lrcrj must have counted on
3 r-rrison being "sound asleep to
- li tk rush to b successful.
: ..a 'was cot ohly awake,
,i ...rrrras, and, had at ' least
: : ;';t:3' warning. The Feder
j r:t.I a gallant rush and
...1 ty a volley which killed
y r i outright, dashed through
t cad up the pai'apet and
, j ' t ; below-' its- crest: Had
I ....ca & thousand men Instead
V 2 fcrce would have leaped
- 1 f d attacked ?the gajr-
. l suth a small' body of men
tivf V.;tTait rtil
.: : 13 A 'TSAJ?. lii ti; j
, t j I. -rcl regiments mdtecf
' 7 tl t tLa Confederates
.j t..t t.cry iaa in line
Iti t-a best adaastage.
t -..-r' TV !-'''. nd
. 1 -.to it L ul
i I! j crJ.-ltLj to 1. 'I
i ' 1 i p. i. ct,
'I ; U-3 Lae
T " : ";a.
on t! e sa:iJ each one bepan :,
in": fni bis own Look. Tl
confusion until it wa tli.vi
1
back. Tltutha
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Conf'r,1 Tales t!-j
vet' it!:. r;.;'.:uk'i;:ioa tatue!
LandM of men clinging to the par- i
epetr tzl in tLrea-cr. fjur- niiuutes
their position was made untenable.
LigLted ghr-i:? wcretoised over by
band, band pxinules used Vithout
stint, and a Hank lire opened V'ith
musketry, and it was either retreat
or be slaughtered in line. Word
was pasCod to "retreat," and; those
who ran the;, gauntlet,', in ' sau'y
looked upon tbeir.fscape-. as.-miraculous.
A iLre of slipt, shell, grape,
canister and 'musketry 'loilowed
them for half h mile and the sandy
beach offered ;n6''prptectibri.i , The
loss was frightful, ', Only 'ft fraction
over half the Connect icut menicame
out aliv, -while the other regiments
were terribly cut up without haviug
inflicted the least loss on the enemy.
The Qob federate loss did not exceed
twenty-eight killed ; and dozen
wounded. But for Strong' rash
moveafi the time 'an, attack, three
or four nights later by , a heayier
force, luight have been .successful,
This attack called .for a large in
crease of 'the garrison and "Other
steps Which contributed to "a "still
greater slaughter when ' liextjat-;
tacked. , - . ("' , ; j
Betweeu Uie 11th and the 18th
of July the Confederates' sbength1
ened Fort Wagner as far as was
possible and largely increacsed the
garrison, having, discovered that
Gilmore desired to go to. Ciiarls
ton by way of'-Morrls Island-' Up
to the 11th' Wagner had " given b'no
thought to the iron-calds which liad
sent her a shot now and ' then" a
they poured destruction into Sum
ter. . After the tight of the 11th; 4
Federal deserter gave the exact
numbet of Gilm'ores forces and iai
formation of ,wha; Works t.eliaa
throVn up.it! He hadJ iiia(leai fer:
maneut lodgmdn on the island,
'w,aa hjeayjly .jntjenching, and' there
was reason, to belie yexbfjit the iron
clads would W palled fipon to- beaf
a hand in the ext assault. Fully
5QQ.menv;ere mpJoyed, during the
next five days in snaking Fort Wag
ner ready for bombardment as well
as assault, and -it was perfectly pre
pared; wneq'Jbe timejcfjme-I.
V1- " "the FOBCE3. " j
At this time the. Federals held a
good share of Morris Island, and
had, put about fifty .guns, and jpor
tars into position, each"one able; to
hurl its inissile iutb. the i'ort. These
guns were backed by more than a
division of infantry, and there lay
Admiral :Dahlgren's 1 fleet of, six
iron-clads '; with " their ' terrible
guns. ' !' . I ' ' r ' t
The. garrison, of Fort Wagner con
sisted of 1,400 . men, with heavy,
guns, a battery of light artillery,
and bomb-proofs enough to ' shelter
the entire garrison.,:", vl,;;- j ;
OPENING. THE FIGHT; f fu .
: Soon after noon on the 8th, 'tlije
sea being smooth. and the day ' per-.'
feet, the iron-clads moved forward
and took position about seven
eights of a mile from the beach and
opened on Wagner. It was be-'
lieved by both l)ahlgren apt! Gil
more that " the iron-clada ; could
knock Wagner to pieces before sun
down, and that nothing would' be
left for the Federal infantry except
to bury the dead." Thjs wa,$,. the
Admiral's iirst wrestle with a sand
fort. He was togain , 8onie ;.valua-;
We experience.- " ' : ' v ; ..
ON BOARD THE ' FLEET; " !
Each iron-clad went right to bus
iness as soon as getting into posi
tion using, sliell lone," ( Walter
x as ,a fait target ,at easy .'raugp arid
before the fleet had been engaged
half an hour predictions were made
that thejl'ort.wouUl surrender with
in two iiduiit' id'heiifiring was
steady and regular, one great shell
,af ten another: Jcreaming ibvt ktlie
wateto bury itself In the parapet
and fill the air with clouds of dust.'
1
guns opened lire
r:;' is I . t'U
; . .. (;;-:'' ri a
: r ti
' : ' "3 a
"hmt& fifty k:
as soon as the fleet was stationed,
and three of the four faces of Wag
ner wtie wept. by a LciW re
than was bestowed upon any other
fort (snring t ; o war. xne scream
r ,Ii s re
' "J every i'oi.t of I.Iorris
d kri't up a col, .tai.t treinbl
r tho concussions.
ic::r tvacnes.
Itw?s well undorbtood in '11.
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Mrpying 1 to be
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Gihnore wanted to got i '
ter and CLal. -tva - i
fo'-ris Island, Werner. 1
U. ..thCIlcd tO 'tj i'v;.0
...iu tbtre was i l
L.-.ad save sand and a lev
These were used ! as a i
dire necessity, and without - 'a
thonght that tbi events of .tv.o next
fortnight would npset the theories
of a thousand yea,-3 of war. ' '.
i jl nere js rot to-aay a sea-coast
fort in , tl'e u-'M, ho' mutter how
massive ' nor"w hut its "cost," which
can stand a .'tomtardaient -.with a.
S:.;.d fort tltown up in ; twenty-iburi
hours fcy: aiitimeut of sokliers.
lae Amei-ican. war tried torts as
theyihad never been, tried before,
and while the big guns of the iron
clads could pulverize brick and
stone to powder, they could scarce ly
deface the "walls of sand, y
' When the bombardment had last
ed four hours it was believed,' both
by the fleet and land torces, that
Fort Wagner had been dismantled
and deserted, and that its garrison
had been driven to take refuge .be
hind the Band-heai)8 outside. Froin
the moment the first shell had
struck the spot had been half-hidden
by a cloud of dust, and the on
ly sign of life was the occasioned fir
ing of a gun,' which seemed inore
nke a signal of distress than a to
ken "of defiance. At 4 d'clockin the
afternoon, ; had the h- irou-clads
hauled :off,v Giliriore would have
moved to the assault. - ; i ! h
-: ''U THE OABBISON. '
f "VWhile men who were among the
garrison Of Fort Wagner "that day
agiee that it was the most terrible
fire they ever' experienced, human
life inside the works was as sale as
on board' one of the monitors. ! 1 The
bomb-proofs Were crowded, but there
was no danger.' "a The sand : walls
could have been leveled down and
yet the men in the dark' holes un
derground Would1 have been per
fectly safe.,: Great shells from the
mortars descended inside the fort
with a thud which jarred the ground
ibr.i yards . around, , and t exploded
with .ft sound .which made pne think
that.the.jSa'ndy island ;was being
riven, but it. was a waste of ppwder,
During the worst of the bombard
ment not more than a dozen men
were left outside the bomb-proofs.
These. s sheltered. i themselves,, to
watch land note proceedings, and
they witnessed the full terrors of
concentrated firo from 'seVenty-fiye
giins and mortars., r :-'f''::--
; . - ; . i THE BIG SHELLS. , - ;
Gilmore's land artillery could not
have inflicted & scar pif tjtte fort, and
his'fire would nbt 'aye necessarily
driven a single "man; to shelter, but
the shells from the big fifteen-inch
guns oh the iron-clads were felled
withdestructiori . ', They were driven
witl a'orce wbicli sent , them into
the parapet at distance; ot , eight or
teii feet,' and when they exploded
it seemed as it the whole island lift
ed itself lip a foot , qr' two. One
who has pot seen the awful work of
these great shells can form no idea
oftbeir power for destruction. ., In
one spot, Where the fire seemed to
be concentrated for halt an hour,
at least a .thousand tons of sand
were moved a distance of fifty feet.
The bursting of a single shell would
lift three or four tons of sand and
hurl the, cloud all over the fort.
There were a dozen places where
the moat was ruled up until on a.
level with the crest of the parapet.
More pr less timber had been used
with the sand. , In one spot a shell
penetrated ' five feet of sand and
passed directly. ' throughV a pine
beam twelve, inches square., An
other shell cut six feet off the end
of a still larger beam . and hurled
the missile so high in the ' air that
hundreds of Federals saw it.'; I After
the bombardment fairly, opened the
fort was struck ten times a minute
for eight hours, and as the sun went
down the Federals were justified in
believing that a body, of , infantry
cquld occupy jthe, wprksj ( without
resisiauet). , , - , ,
l- '. WAITING.- '' ' M
i ; As the boom of the .last g',:n from
the fleet died awav orders were
'i . t. . v; lii-.t a- si?;r.'.e rci
out ia t m :.: which could be
t.oi i .-.i t-!!, i i tuiy a lawmen
had been under rlr'e.. Whv the
colon I
wLca it
troops sLould
"'t le fairlv
lave led,
doult:iif
they would follow, is a question to
be seU'.cd along with Larnside's
blur. !.r at the Fetersburg crater.
The moment the column moved out
it was nnder re from Cummings
Point, Fort Sumter, Wagner and
the F.edan, and before it had
marched fifty yards it was known
that Wagner was alive to the sit
uation and prepared to receive
them. ... .
THE ASSAULT.
1 As soon as within musket-range
of Wagner the assaulting column
made a rush which carried it nearly
up to the works. Had there been
no bombardment they would have
stood a better show of success.
They found themselves tumbling
into deep pits, , falling over sand
ridges, and, utterly confused by the
work of the shells. The moat was
full of water at pne point and filled
with sand at another, and the
parapets were simply banks full of
caverns. The lines of formation
Were broken up, the darkness was
confusing, and in ten minutes
those able to withdraw made a
hasty retreat. It was most fool
hardy assault of the war. There
was no show whatever, no matter
What bravery was exhibited, and
the confusiou was added to by the
action of the colored troops. They
no sooner saw what sort' of trap
tney were in than dozens of them
shouted out: "Hold on! Don't shoot
- I surrender" - Twelve hundred
Confederates, cool and fresh, : and
safely protected, had only to fire
away at a brigade of Federals
broken, confused, and tumbling
over each other. That brigade did
not stand there "lor nearly half an
hour," r ' .as stated , by Federal
historians. ' It did hot stay there
twelve minutes. Ten minutes
more of the murderous fire wonld
not have left a man alive.
,'.v A BLUNDEB. ',!'' . ,
Gilmore had excuses for his first
assault, but in the face of the terri
ble repulse and the statements of
survivors that the Fort was intact
and full of men, the second assault
was a slaughtering blunder for
which history should hold him
responsible.; " ' ' '
' Tad second column was composed
of the Sixty second Ohio, Seventh
New ; Hampshire, Sixty-seventh
Ohio and One Hundredth; New
York. This "column began to stum
ble over the dead bodies of Federals
before it had traversed half the
distance to the fort, and was like
wise subject to such a front i and
enfilading fire as to almost disor
ganize it. Sheer pluck , carried it
through to the fort, and despera
tion held it there twenty-five min
utes tp be decimated. It stood no
more show to capture Wagner than
one barge-load of men would have
stood to capture Sumter, but even
though every .man fully realized
this every company stood square
up to its work and every man died
like a hero. At one moment,
desperate and determined, over
half of that brigade swept into the
fort, but in five minutes they were
swept outot it again and "again
they took up the fight from the par
apet. When the retreat was
sounded a third of the brigade was
wounded. Gilmore's mistake1 wet
the parapets of Wagner with blood.
His blunder left the dead and mang
led in such heaps that the bravest
veterans were appalled. ;
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graven tjounty. .
The nbcriber havinic qnallfled as Execui
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onthe4tli day of November, A. 1). 1884, befora
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the 4ih day of November, lsh3, or this notice
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Done this 4th day of Novemtier,lh.2.
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nov7d4w Lxecutor. ,
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