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Iii—return of guns and mortars at forts and batteries in Charleston Harbor engaged with the ironclads, April 1, 1863, together with return of ammunition expended, and statement of casualties.
Fort or Battery. | X-in.
Columbiad. | Ix-in.
Dahlgren. | Vii-in.
Brooke rifle. | Viii-in.
Columbiad. | 42-pounder, rifled. | 32-pounder, rifled. | 32-pdr., smooth. | X-in.
mortars. | Grand total. |
Fort Johnson | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
Fort Sumter | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 44 |
Fort Moultrie | | | | 9 | | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
Battery Bee | 5 | | | 1 | | | | | 6 |
Battery Beauregard | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 |
Battery Cumming's Point | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 |
Battery Wagner | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 10 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 77 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ammunition—Shot | 385 | 80 | 86 | 731 | 140 | 321 | 343 |
Shell | | | | 5 | | 45 | | 93 |
Total shot and shell | 2,229 |
Total pounds of powder | 21,093 |
Casualties in action | 3 killed, 11 wounded. |
Number of shots fired by fleet | 151 |
Number of shots struck vessels | 520 |
Of shots fired by fleet, all but 24 were directed at Sumter. |
note.—This information is compiled from reports of
General Beauregard, May 24, 1863;
General Ripley, April 13. 1863;
Colonel Rhett, April 13, 1863;
Major Harris,
Chief Engineer, dated April 28, 1883 ;
Major Echols,
Engineer, dated April 9, 1863;
General Trapier, dated April 13, 1863; and from tabulated statements accompanying the reports of
General Ripley and
Major Echols.