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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 45 (search)
o late to act this night. G. T. Beauregard. Official: E. Kearny, A. A. A. G. Morris Island, September 6, 1863--3.15 P. M. Captain Nance: Will boats be here to-night for the garrison? If so, at what time? And if our sacrifice be of benefit, I am ready; let it be said so, and I will storm the enemy's works at once, or lose every man here. The enemy are within fifty yards of us, and before day dawns we should assault him, if we remain here. Answer positively, and at once. Assistant Engineer Stiles has just inspected the fort. He says it is untenable. L. M. Keitt, Colonel, commanding. Official: W. F. Nance, A. A. G. E. Kearny, A. A. A. G. headquarters battery Wagner, September 6, 1863. Captain Nance, A. A. G., Charleston, S. C.: Captain: The enemy will, by night, advance their parallel to the most of this battery. The garrison must be taken away immediately after dark, or will be destroyed or captured. It is idle to deny that the heavy Parrott shell have breached th
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 14: (search)
ast parallel within 50 yards of the fort. The fire of the fleet and mortar fire from the trenches, with incessant fire along the parapet by the land batteries, made it fatal work for most of the fort's sharpshooters, and the gun detachments. The garrison of the fort at this memorable period was as follows: Col. Lawrence M. Keitt, commanding; Maj. H. Bryan, adjutant-general; Capt. Thomas M. Huguenin, First South Carolina infantry (artillery), chief of artillery; Capt. F. D. Lee and Lieut. R. M. Stiles, engineers; Lieut. Edmund Mazyck, ordnance officer. The artillery: Captain Kanapaux's company, Lafayette South Carolina artillery; Company A, First South Carolina infantry (artillery), Lieut. J. L. Wardlaw; Company A, Second South Carolina artillery, Capt. W. M. Hunter; Company E, Palmetto battalion artillery, Capt. J. D. Johnson. The infantry: Twenty-fifth South Carolina, Lieut.-Col. John G. Pressley; Twenty-seventh Georgia, Maj. James Gardner; Twenty-eighth Georgia, Capt. W. P. Cr