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Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 10: attack on James Island. (search)
n occasional shell from the enemy disturbed the quietness. A mail came in the afternoon. Supplies were more abundant; and from sutlers at Cole's Island some additions to the army fare were procured. In the morning the naval vessels shelled Pringle and the woods until later, when they concentrated upon the battery. During the ensuing evening Colonel Montgomery with Birney's brigade was sent to join General Hatch. General Birney had returned to Florida. At John's Island on the 7th, Colonel Silliman, with his regiment, the Twenty-sixth United States Colored Troops, supported by Lieutenant Wildt's section of Battery B, Third New York, made a gallant but unsuccessful attempt to capture the enemy's field-guns on the hill beyond the lines. Some ninety-seven men were killed and wounded. General Jones was considerably reinforced by this date from Atlanta and Wilmington. He also stripped Sullivan's Island of troops to confront us. Quietness reigned at James Island on the 8th during
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 13: operations about Pocotaligo. (search)
n of the front. The Twenty-sixth United States Colored Troops having arrived, its colonel, William Silliman, assumed command of our Second Brigade. During the day Companies A and I with Captain Homaembarking amid a heavy rain-storm on the steamer Mayflower, on which were General Hatch and Colonel Silliman. Our transport started out of the creek when day dawned, ran up Broad River, and into the ugh the woods before our right, to better cannonade the railroad. Accordingly, on the 9th, Colonel Silliman led forward with the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh and One Hundred and Fifty-seventh New lock, ten pieces of artillery opened fire for fifteen minutes to clear the woods in front. Colonel Silliman advanced the skirmishers about half a mile and became engaged just before 10 A. M., the ene about one hundred in all, including General Gartrell wounded. Ours was about two hundred. Colonel Silliman, after displaying marked gallantry, was mortally wounded. His aid, Lieut. Edwin R. Hill, F
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Index. (search)
230. Shaw, Mrs. Robert G., 5,134. Shaw, Sarah Blake, 5. Shaw School, 230. Sheridan, P. H., 288. Sherman, William T., 236, 253, 258, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 275, 287, 288, 289, 307. Sherman's Western Army, 253, 258, 260, 261, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 275, 286, 287. Shooting for insubordination, 190. Sick, 23, 35, 48, 51, 108, 116, 125, 131,147, 151, 197, 261, 285, 307, 317. Sickles, Daniel E., 218. Siege of Savannah, Jones, 252. Silliman, William, 212, 254, 257, 258, 259, 260. Silva, Charles, 111. Simington, Thomas H., 160. Simkins, Battery, 108, 129, 141, 206. Simkins, J. C., 88. Simmons, Robert J., 59, 90, 93. Simpkins, William H., 7, 34, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 67, 73, 83, 89, 90, 91, 96, 103. Sims, Thomas, 32. Singleton plantation, 296, 298, 299, 300, 306. Slack, Charles W., 23. Smith, Carraway, 159, 171. Smith, Gerrit, 11, 16. Smith, Giles S., 269. Smith, Gustavus W., 240, 242, 244. Smith, J. B., 12. Smith