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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—the naval war. (search)
the night with provisions, at the risk of being sunk while passing before the Federal batteries situated above the fort. That of Venus Point, of which we have already spoken, erected with the greatest trouble in the centre of a perfect swamp, had received its armament on the 11th of February. In order to command the pass still more thoroughly, General Viele, who with his brigade had charge of the works on the left bank of the river, succeeded in building a small work upon a spot called Bird's Island, and placed a few guns in it. It was, however, on Tybee Island, south-east of Pulaski, that the great works required for the bombardment of the fort were being prosecuted. In order to present a correct idea of this siege, and its importance in a point of view illustrative of the improvements in artillery, we must describe in a few words the position of the work it was intended to attack. The estuary of the Savannah River is bounded on the south by Tybee Island and, an on the north