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15th (search for this): article 25
he fact has been clearly demonstrated, that no vessel can pass up or down the river uninjured, unless allowed to do so. The distance, in a direct line to the Maryland shore, is a mile and seven-tenths, if I remember rightly, and, with a proper elevation, balls can be thrown entirely across. The rifles do this with little difficulty; and even the sea-coast howitzers throw their ponderous shot over the belt of water that divide the two States. Opening of the batteries. On Tuesday, the 15th, everything was completed, and the unmasking commenced.--Hardly were the last pine stopped over when the steamer Seminole came slowly up towards the point. As soon as within range she was greeted with a shot, which indicated the position of the batteries, and showed where the enemy lay. Her deeks were instantly cleared for action, and her guns made ready for a fight. She drifted slowly along, with the Stars and Stripes flying, and soon opened upon the shore. A brisk cannonading on both sid
October 20th, 1861 AD (search for this): article 25
Army of the Potomac. [our own correspondent.] Dumfries, Oct. 20, 1861. The evening of Friday last found Centreville in such a condition that it was difficult to say whether one was himself or some other man. To collect our ideas a little, as well as to drive off dyspepsia and the gout, threatened by high life in camp, a trip to Manassas was decided upon. Saturday morning found us in a quiet country farm house, not far from the village. Standing beneath a trellis, over which sweet honeysuckles grow and shaded the porch, we waited patiently for "something to turn up" to give employment to two roving pens. Suddenly a dull, booming sound came to our ears from the direction of our batteries on the Potomac. "There's a gun," said my friend "Personne," who was quietly smoking his Havana; "and another, and another," as the reports reverberated through the air in quick succession. Every moment the firing increased, until the sounds run into each other, producing a continuous
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