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The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
Latest from the North.the attack on Charleston abandoned. Northern dates of the 15th inst., are received.--The attempt to capture Charleston is for the present definitely abandoned. The army of General Hunter has returned to Hilton Head, and the iron-clads to Port Royal. The Herald says "the attempt to take Charleston is, for the time, abandoned. The iron-clad fleet of Admiral Dupont and the army of General Hunter have been withdrawn to Port Royal. The experiment proved too hazardoGeneral Hunter have been withdrawn to Port Royal. The experiment proved too hazardous. The batteries of the enemy at Sumter, Moultrie, and Cummings's Point, and the obstructions in the channels, presented obstacles too formidable to be overcome by the force brought against them. By the arrival of the Arago, from Charleston bar on the 11th inst., we learn these facts. The fire from the batteries was tremendous, as the condition of the Keokuk shows. She was fairly riddled through and through with highly polished steel shot, weighing a hundred pounds each, furnished to the re