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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
which Tybee belongs is separated from another group, called Warsaw Islands, by a deep entrance which bears that name. A navigable channel connects this pass with the estuary of the Savannah River above Fort Pulaski. The Federal gun-boats ran into it, putting to flight on their approach the Georgia militia occupying the works erected on Warsaw Islands, and thus opening a passage for future operations, which would enable them to reach Savannah by turning Fort Pulaski. Finally, on the 12th of December, Captain Rodgers, who commanded the naval squadron operating along this part of the coast, entered Ossabaw Bay, but, doubting his ability to establish himself there, merely exchanged a few cannon-shots with a fort situated at the extremity, and retired after making a thorough reconnaissance of the bay. In the mean time, similar enterprises were progressing on the other side of Hilton Head. The group of St. Helena Islands is bounded on the north by a deep bay bearing the same name, a