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Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 14: Charleston and Savannah. (search)
to burn every building holding cotton. They fired a large shed at the Savannah railroad wharf and another on Lucas Street. Lucas's mill and Walker's warehouse were destroyed. The bridge over the Ashley was burned. A terrific explosion occurred at the Northeastern Railroad Depot, filled with ordnance stores, causing great loss of life and communicating the flames to several adjoining blocks. Not only on land but on the water was this fell work carried out. The gunboats Palmetto State, Chicora, and Charleston were fired, and blew up with deafening reports; and vessels in the shipyards, torpedo-boats, and blockade-runners, were scuttled or burned. Over 450 pieces of ordnance in the city and vicinity were abandoned, besides immense stores of provisions and army supplies. That the whole city was not obliterated in consequence of these acts of General Beauregard and his subordinates, can only be attributed to the exertions of our soldiery and the negro inhabitants. Our companie
7, 281. Charleston bombarded, 112, 133, 139, 141, 143, 145, 190, 225, 233. Charleston, Confederate ironclad, 281. Charleston Courier, 285. Charleston evacuated, 279, 281. Charleston Jail, 97, 285. Charleston Mercury, 268, 285. Charleston Neck, 281, 284, 310, 311. Chase, Salmon P., 23. Chasseur, steamer, 51. Chatfield, Battery, 134, 139, 143. Chatfield, J. L., 88. Cheney, Mrs. E. D., 23. Cheraw, S. C., 281, 285, 289. Chestnut, James, 254. Cheves, Battery, 129. Chicora, Confederate ironclad, 125, 281. Childs and Jenks, 318. Chipman, Charles G., 133, 164, 183, 202, 205, 237, 250, 252, 288, 291, 303, 317. Chipman, H. S., 248, 305. Christ Church lines, 284. Christmas days, 143, 264. Christy Minstrels, 142. Citadel, Charleston, 283, 311, 312. Claflin, William, 16. Clarendon Banner, 293. Clark, Lewis, 300. Clark, Newcomb, 274. Clark, Thomas, 249. Clinch, D. L., 173. Coan, W. B., 161. Coast Division, 236, 258, 269, 270, 277. Coit, W