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The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Letter from Charleston. (search)
possession of Morris Island, erecting batteries bearing on Sumter, the Sullivan's Island forts and batteries, and the city. You may rest assured he will make the most of his recent advantages. He is an engineer of rare abilities, and the sooner we recognize this fact and act upon it the better. Meanwhile Gen. Beauregard and Gen. Gilmer are not idle. Their active brains are busy, and the Argus eyes and Briarian arms of the army under their command are ever at work. It is said that James Island, which lies between Morris Island and Charleston, and over which the enemy must pass if he would reach the city from his present base is impregnable. I hope the same is true of Sullivan's Island. On the main land there is no danger. The harbor is not yet lost to us, and the loss of the harbor does not necessarily carry with it the loss of the city. The possession of battery Wagner and battery Gregg, and the new works being thrown up by the enemy, will enable him to render the bloc