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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 28: (search)
; and this expedition, from which so much was expected at the North, proved to be a complete failure. Less than three days after these events General Beauregard was informed, through Colonel Clinch, commanding in Southeast Georgia, that the enemy's gunboats had left St. Simon's Bay, on their way to Charleston, which, it was reported, would soon be attacked, by land and water. This news was in some degree confirmed by the following telegram from the Secretary of War: Richmond, Dec. 24th, 1862. General Beauregard: Information from L. Heylinger, a friend to our cause in Nassau—with the assurance that it comes from New York by a trustworthy source—states that the attack on Charleston will be made, about the holidays, by four ironclads. This news has not got into the papers. Jas. A. Seddon, Secretary of War. The substance of the foregoing despatch being repeated the next day, General Beauregard began to prepare for the emergency. As might have been expected, his firs