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The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
The air was alive with the leaden messengers of death.--The planks and boats were riddled by every volley. Once more they were compelled to retire, and they fell back to the ridge of hills running parallel with the river. As it was evident that the rebels were determined to use the houses of the city for defence, contrary to an implied agreement in the correspondence which recently passed by flag of truce, our artillerymen were ordered to fire upon the city. Accordingly, Benjamin's, Edwards's, Muhlenberg's, and other batteries of the 9th corps, together with the batteries of the 9th corps, together with the batteries to the right and left of the city, commenced an almost simultaneous bombardment. The fog was so dense that it was impossible to see but a short distance beyond the edge of the river. The houses, however, in which the rebel sharpshooters had ensconced themselves were plainly visible, and to them for a time the fire was particularly directed. The effect was their