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The Daily Dispatch: September 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], Two hundred dollars reward. (search)
osition was not given up without a struggle against the gathering power of the enemy. Most of the occurred on the picket line, but two men who killed by a shell while sleeping in what was considered the most secure part of the fort. The first landing of the enemy was made on the spit, six or seven miles from the fort, from which point they moved up to a distance of about three miles, where they built a wharf and landed guns. After this they approached gradually until, on Thursday, August 4th, they had established a strong line completely across the island, with a battery on either flank and another in the centre. From the time they were within a mile and a half of the fort skirmishing had been kept up by our pickets. The fleet, as it ran in Friday morning, fired a number of shots at Fort Gaines. The suggestion of a surrender first came from the officers, and was opposed by Colonel Anderson, who regarded it as premature; but finally a consultation of the officers was h