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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 35: operations of the North Atlantic Squadron, 1863. (search)
erson; Acting-Master, H. A. Phelon; Acting-Ensign, Wm. P. Burke; Acting-Master's Mates, George B. Howard and Daniel Laken; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, G. W. Richards; Acting-Third-Assistants, J. L. Bowers and F. A. Whitfield. Steamer Hunchback. Lieutenant-Commander, Wm. P. McCann; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, George R. Mann; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Henry Cushing; Acting-Master, Richard Pasquell; Acting-Master's Mates, W. L. Weaver, C. H. Weaver, R. P. Boss, John Maddock and T. C. Barton; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, Henry Armstrong; Acting Third-Assistants, John Wall, James Dodd and Bryce Wilson. Steamer Commodore Morris. Lieutenant-Commander, James H. Gillis; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, M. H. Henry; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, C. G. Hutchinson; Acting Master, A. A. Lewis; Acting-Ensigns, P. B. Low and H. M. Pierce; Acting-Master's Mates, R. C. J. Pendleton, W. H. Otis and C. E. Blanchard; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, Volney Cronk; Acting-Third-Assistan
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 36: operations of the South Atlantic Squadron under Rear-Admiral Dahlgren, 1863.--operations in Charleston harbor, etc. (search)
ued; the Union troops fought with desperation, and were able to drive the enemy from one side of the work to seek shelter between the traverses, while the former held possession for something more than an hour. This piece of gallantry was, unfortunately, of no avail. The enemy rallied, and, having received reinforcements, made a charge, and, by the force of numbers, drove the Union troops from their position. One of the regiments engaged in this brilliant dash was the 48th New York, Colonel Barton, and it came out of the conflict almost decimated. The 48th was among the first to enter the fort, and was fired upon by a Union regiment that had gained the parapet, under the impression that it was the enemy. About midnight, seeing that it was impossible to hold what had been gained of the fort, an order was given to the Union troops to retire, and they fell back to the rifle-pits outside their own works, with a loss, in killed, wounded and missing, of 1,530 men. After this most g