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The Daily Dispatch: March 17, 1863., [Electronic resource], Official report of the Naval engagement off Charleston. (search)
Official report of the Naval engagement off Charleston. The official report of Com. Dupont, of the engagement with his fleet off Charleston, is published in the Northern papers. He mentions that our iron-clads went out of Charleston, unperceived by the blockaders and attacked the blockaders; that the was first attacked, andal officer of the ship, Surgeon Gotwald. Commander Stellwagon makes his report as follows: U. S. Steamer Mercedita, Port Royal, January 31, 1863. Rear Admiral S. F. Dupont: Sir: --I have to report that at half past 4 o'clock the morning two iron clad rams from Charleston, in the obscurity of a thick haze, and the moon the ship. I am, very resp'y, your obd't serv't. (Signed.) Wm. E. Leroy, Commander. Capt. W. R. Taylor, senior officer of the Housetonic makes to Admiral Dupont a circumstantial report of the action; but all the detailed are published elsewhere. He thinks he shot from the forward turret the flag of the rebel ram; but