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The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], Governor's Message. (search)
From Charleston.
evacuation of Morris Island — another demand for the surrender of Fort Sumter--Gen. Beauregard's reply — Furious bombardment.
Charleston, Sept. 7.
--The bombardment was kept up without intermission all day yesterday and far into the night.
About one hundred and fifty of our men were killed and wounded at batteries Wagner and Gregg.
The attempt to assault Gregg was repulsed before the enemy had completed their landing.
Great havoc is supposed to have been played in enemy's boats by our grape and canister at dark.
Yesterday afternoon, the enemy having advanced their sappers up to the very moat of Wagner, and it being impossible to hold the island longer, Gen. Beauregard ordered the evacuation, which was executed between 8 P. M. and 1 A. M., with success.
We spiked the guns of Wagner and Gregg, and withdrew noiselessly in forty barges.
Only one barge, containing twelve men, was captured.
The enemy now holds Cummings Point, in full v
From Charleston.
--From intelligence received yesterday from Charleston, it is generally understood that battery Wagner has been evacuated by our forces, thus giving the Yankees possession of the whole of Morris Island.
What effect the undisputed occupation of this island is to have upon the future movements around that city remains to be seen; but we have the assurance of those who are familiar with the condition of affairs there that the safety of the city is in no wise involved, and not at all compromised by this evacuation.