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The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Eight Months' campaigning and the result. (search)
ond Dispatch.] Savannah, Nov. 8, P. M. --The steamer Sampson has arrived here from Port Royal with the wounded. The engagement on yesterday was between Fort Walker and Bay Point batteries against fifteen vessels inside and several outside. Two hundred men were at Fort Walker and thirteen hundred outside on Hilton HeadFort Walker and thirteen hundred outside on Hilton Head. The steamship Minnesota was the first to enter, and was followed rapidly by others. The attack was from three sides, and after the second round from the fleet, the principal gun in our battery was dismounted. The engagement lasted five hours, and all the guns on the fort were dismounted, except two. As the forts were Hilton Head. The steamship Minnesota was the first to enter, and was followed rapidly by others. The attack was from three sides, and after the second round from the fleet, the principal gun in our battery was dismounted. The engagement lasted five hours, and all the guns on the fort were dismounted, except two. As the forts were no longer tenable, the two remaining guns were dismounted, and the magazine arranged to be blown up when the enemy entered. The total loss of the Confederates was about 100. Sergeant F. Parkerson and private Heiss, of the Barry Infantry, were slightly wounded. In the Georgia Foresters company two are missing. In the Thomas Count