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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
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)
he side of the Federals. On that very evening Gillmore hoisted the Federal flag over the walls which his guns had just battered. The capture of the fort, with the forty-seven guns constituting its armament, was not the most important result obtained by this distinguished officer. In proving that rifled guns of medium calibre could easily effect a breach in the thickest masonry, at a distance of sixteen hundred yards, he had caused the art of sieges to take a great stride in advance. The Parrott guns had as usual been uncertain in their aim; that of the James cannon had, on the contrary, been excellent. When the news of the capture of the fort reached Savannah, where for the last two days the inhabitants had been anxiously listening to the booming of cannon, the greatest uneasiness prevailed; but the stockades supported by the flotilla, and by two forts which they had had time thoroughly to arm, constituted an obstacle which the Federal fleet could not well surmount. It did not