hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Matching Documents
The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.
| Document | Max. Freq | Min. Freq | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Daily Dispatch: May 16, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
| View all matching documents... | ||||
Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:
The Gunboat Attack upon FortsBoykin and Huger. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.]
Fort Huger, Hardy's Bluff,
Wednesday, May 8.
Three of the enemy's gunboats, two of them iron-clad, came up at 8 o'clock this morning, to Fort Boykin (commanded by Capt. John U. Shivers) and opened fire, discharging about 309 rounds of shell and ride shot.
The fort, which had only five inputted guns, returned the fire until 10 o'clock, when orders were given to spike the guns and burn the quarters.
A fine company of light artillery and infantry had started from Smithfield, isle of Wight county, to participate in the fight, but learning that the above orders had been given they returned: The three gunboats then moved up the river eight miles to the fort on Hardy's Buff, and at 11 o'clock the guns at this fort opened fice, which was returned by the boats continually until 2 o'clock. After firing over 200 rounds of shell and rifle, they passed up the river out of range of the guns at