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The Daily Dispatch: April 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the War. (search)
I have described, the commanding was of the meat awfully grand and terrible character. No words of miles, no words of any man can convey a faint idea of it. It was terrific. No less than three hundred guns of the largest calibre consentrated their fire upon the sight a who had but 16 guns with which to respond. The contest was too unequal to be persevered to. The Keckuk was soon badly damaged. The of the was so indented as to prevent its revolving. The had her two hundred pound Parrott gun disabled and, besides, night was coming on. The Admiral therefore signalized the fleet to retire and suddenly they fell back from a contest in which they were so tremendously overmatched; not, however, without leaving their mark behind. The northeast front of Fort Sumter, which was the only one exposed to our fire, was badly damaged. No loss than eleven boles, some of them three feet wide and two embrasures knocked into one, showed the effect of the Monitors guns. But that was