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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 10: (search)
he same way, lower down the Stono, at Battery island, Maj. J. W. Brown, Second artillery, concealed two rifled 24-pounders ithem in the old battery, and kept in hiding for the event. Brown's guns were commanded by Lieuts. John A. Bellinger, Companyarger force, on John's island, between the guns of Gary and Brown. He took two companies of Major Alston's siege train, A an, steamed up the river on the afternoon of the 30th, passed Brown at Battery island and Yates on John's island, and dropped aptain Walpole, rendered Colonel Yates valuable service. Brown, at Battery island, was only to fire in case the batteries friends attempted to go to her rescue. When within range, Brown opened with his rifles, and after a sharp conflict drove hee river. Next morning a larger boat steamed up and engaged Brown's battery, but she would not stand long and expose her sides to rifles, and doing Brown no harm, after being hit several times she dropped down out of range. The guns were all removed