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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 178 (search)
ave been used by the rebels for hiding-places, from whence they could watch all our movements. One house, the largest, a fine mansion, had a tower at one end that had been used as an observatory till within a day or two. Our firing was watched closely last night from th<*> flag-ship, whose officers inform us that nearly every shell thrown from our two one hundred-p<*>nders fell directly in the midst of the rebel b<*>teries. On beating to quarters, every man on the Cime<*>ne, from Captain Woodhull down to the lowest g<*>de, seemed to feel that each one had some imp<*>tant duty to his country to perform. There was no hesitation; every body went into action with a will, determined to do his best to silence the batteries and save the right wing of the army, as well as the fleet of transports, (over one hundred vessels,) from destruction; and it is a source of great satisfaction for us to hear from the lips of the Commodore that our efforts last night had accomplished this important