...rd learned, fifteen times, the attacking vessels never having reached the position chosen by the admiral; the east pan-coupe five times, the east face thirty-one times. Very few shots were aimed at Moultrie . Admiral Du Pont did not wish the Ironsides to fire until very close to Sumter, and her fire was accordingly withheld; but after he had made the signal to retire for the night, he was asked to perm...