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The Daily Dispatch: July 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the north. (search)
s possible, and succeeded. They have felled the woods around the guns, and in front have formed an abattis by falling the trees crosswise. One of the guns fired is the siege gun we left on the hill, near the Stone Bridge; one is a 32 pound Parrott gun; and, strange to say, Secesh has really made an improvement in the shape of casting the shot and shell; at least, our artillery officers here say it is an improvement. They make the base of the shell hollow, like the bottom of a wine bottle, but the rim runs out thin, instead of being blunt.--They have an English gun, firing 42 pound shell, similar to those at Yorktown. They have also a number of 10 pound Parrott guns, but they generally make miserable firing. Another "Yankee Device." While Professor Lowe had one of his balloons up the other day, they opened on him, and the first shot passed between the ropes; the next fell within a hundred yards of where the detail of men were holding the guy ropes, but did not explode
The Daily Dispatch: July 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Fortress Monroe. (search)
James river far surpassed their anticipations. Vegetation was at its height, and there were many fine scenes of vernal beauty. The Federal gunboats. The officers who were on board the Metamora and who came up on the Georgeanna, state that the gunboats Galena, Monitor, Port Royal, Wachuset and others were anchored in the James river, and some were receiving coal. The steamer Jacob Bell, which got aground off City Point, and was fired into by a Confederate battery, consisting of two Parrott guns, nobly defended herself, and, with the aid of other boats, damaged a number of buildings near the Point. The indentations made by their balls were plainly visible, and the attack occasioned a complete desortion of the battery. A new steamer, called the John Tucker, arrived this morning from New York, having made the run from wharf to wharf in twenty-two hours. The steamer Empire City sailed for Port Royal this morning, having in tow five schooners for Hattaras Inlet. The