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uk, Nahant, Catskill, Passaic, Patapsco; gunboats Canandaigua, Mahaska, Ottawa, Cimarron, Wissahickon, Dai-Ching, Lodona. Aug. 18Wagner, to prevent assaultIronsides, Passaic, Weehawken; gunboats Wissahickon, Mahaska, Dai-Ching, Ottawa, Lodona. Aug. 19WagnerIronsides. Aug. 20Rebel batteries on Morris IslandIronsides; gunboats Mahaska, Ottawa, Dai-Ching, Lodona. Aug. 21Sumter and WagnerIronsides, Patapsco; gunboats Mahaska, Dai-Ching. Aug. 22WagnerWeehawken, Ironsides; gunboat Montauk. Aug.Fort WagnerMost of the hits were from 10-inch guns in Wagner and Gregg. At anchor. Aug. 1730 1,700Fort Gregg  Aug. 172 2,700Fort Sumter50-pounder rifle on spar deck. Aug. 18118  Fort WagnerUnder way; distance varied from 1,200 to 1,400 yds. Aug. 1950 1,100Fort WagnerAt anchor. Aug. 20158 1,150Fort WagnerAt anchor. Aug. 202 3,400Rebel Steamer50-pounder rifle on spar deck. Aug. 217011,300Fort WagnerAt auchor; hit from Sumter; 11-inch shot, solid. Aug. 22115  Fort WagnerUnder way; dist
tteries, and ordered Captain Nocquet, Chief Engineer, to report to him temporarily for this duty. Upon my arrival there, I found that rapid progress had been made, and some of the works under charge of Captain Nocquet, were ready to receive the guns, which the Major-General commanding wrote me were on the way. Port Hudson is one of the strongest points on the Mississippi, which Baton Rouge is not, and batteries there will command the river more completely than at Vicksburg. On the nineteenth day of August, in obedience to orders from the headquarters of the department, I moved from Port Hudson for Jackson, Mississippi, with a portion of the force, leaving Brigadier-General Ruggles in command with------troops. In concluding this report, I have to express my obligations for the prompt and cordial support which I received at all times from the Major-General commanding the department. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, John G. Breckinridge, Major-General. I omitted t