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The Daily Dispatch: February 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], Action of the C. S-- (search)
coolness and bravery throughout and when forced to surrender was engaged up to the last moment in spiking the guns. Colonel John V Jordan who was in command on the island, it is said displayed great bravery. Gen. Wharton Green's battalion was captured soon after arriving on the island. Adj't Wise, a nephew of Gen. Wise, was shot through the body and killed. The loss of the enemy all concur in setting down at 1,000, while our loss did not exceed 150, according to last accounts. oolness and bravery throughout and when forced to surrender was engaged up to the last moment in spiking the guns. Colonel John V Jordan who was in command on the island, it is said displayed great bravery. Gen. Wharton Green's battalion was captured soon after arriving on the island. Adj't Wise, a nephew of Gen. Wise, was shot through the body and killed. The loss of the enemy all concur in setting down at 1,000, while our loss did not exceed 150, according to last accounts.
The Daily Dispatch: February 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], European News. (search)
ered his services for this occasion. No other officer of rank was killed who held a rank above that of a lieutenant. General Wise's son commanded the rebels at the time of the attack by the Zouaves and others, and resisted the storming portion bravditionally. Colonel Hawkins found the battery at Shallowback Bay deserted, but took several prisoners. Captain O. Jennings Wise was attempting to make his escape in a boat, when he was shot in three places, and died next morning. The fonnecticut regiment, under the command of Gen. Foster, made a dashing bayonet charge upon the battery commanded by young. Wise, wading knee deep through mud and water, to get at the fort, and yelling like so many Indians. Mean while a detour was ma brought to bear against them. The Hawkins Zouaves leaped the front defences, bayonet in hand, as the rebels fled. Young Wise was not wounded here, as reported, but received his wound in endeavoring to escape from the island in a boat from Shallow