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The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
November, 1861, Thomas F. Drayion. Brigadier General commanding. Head'rs Provisional forces, 3d military District, Dep't S. C., Camp Lee, Harderville, Nov. 24th, 1861 to Captain D. D. Walker, Ass't Adj't Gen't, Charfestion, S. C.: Sir: I have the honor of presenting my official report of the engagement on the 7th inst., between the Federal fleet, numbering fifteen war steamers and gunboats, and Forts Walker and Beauregard, upon Bilton Head and Bay Point, at the entrance of Port Royal Sound. The fleet was commanded by Captain S. F. Dupont, flage Officer of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and the troops on board the transports by Brigadier-General Sherman. the distance between the Forts is by coast survey 2-5-8 miles. the enemy's fleet had been collecting in our waters since the morning of the 4th instant, and had increased in the afternoon to thirty-two war steamers and transports. on receiving a dispatch to this effect from Colonal William C. Heywa