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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 9 5 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 4 0 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 4 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) 4 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
n the rifle fouled, but the gunner had failed to report it. Ready? Ready, replied the gunner. Elliott stood near. Have you a good bead on her? he asked. Yes; fire. The rifle flew to a thousand bits, eighteen of the small fragments entering Hamilton's body. The entire squad was put hors de combat. The fort was now untenable. The young soldier was borne away by a faithful slave and afterward dragged across the creek bed at low water as he held to the flap of a cavalryman's saddle. He wastream. On the Confederate side was a noble grove of oak and an old store, and on the Federal side was a dense pinery and heavy underbrush hiding the enemy. An hour after, the tug came. It began fairly at 10 o'clock and lasted until 6. Twice Hamilton's howitzers heated and had to be cooled with water brought from the river. Fourteen times were his guns struck, yet he escaped. The enemy retired at sundown with a loss of about 600. That night, as the various commands were enjoying supper, o