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The Daily Dispatch: April 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], The siege of Washington, N. C. (search)
s Va. Battery. The men showed courage, and are not to be blamed. She was a small affair, though. Saturday afternoon the Yankee batteries shelled the Rodman's Point guns severely. No one hurt. Sunday the gunboats below Fort Hill threw a number of shells at intervals. Our batteries did not reply. Sunday afternoon below Fort Hill there were ten steam gunboats and five sailing vessels all armed with cannon. The town batteries did not fire all day. Saturday and Sunday night the 531, Col. Owens, and 431 Col. Kenan's regiments, were engaged in throwing up heavy earthworks on Rodman's Point. Behind these will be mounted to-night three heavy guns. No firing anywhere this morning. On the north side of the river the troops under command of Gen. Garnett have been gradually drawing in their fold, and I was told on Sunday that Capt. Starr had his two Howitzers in 80 yards of the town. Whenever the signal for general attack is made, Gen. Garnett's brigade, with the North Carol