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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
ccess was due, in fact, to a happy diversion by General Terry. He embarked on the 8th on transports, which, ascending Stono River, deposited on the ensuing day almost all his strong division on the low beach of James Island. Posted with nearly fouousand men between Grimball's Cross-roads and Secessionville, supported on his two flanks by gunboats in the waters of Stono River and Big Folly Creek, he was seriously menacing Beauregard, who could not consider his presence as being simply a demonttack, but their artillery compelled a prompt retreat on the part of the Federal gunboats, which could not operate on Stono River: the Pawnee was riddled with shots. On the morrow Gillmore recalled Terry's division: he needed all his forces on Mor little importance, by the Confederate troops posted on James Island against the Federal craft occupying the waters of Stono River—namely, the Marblehead, the Pawnee, and the sailing vessel Williams. A pretty sharp artillery engagement took place o