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Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865 583 9 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 520 4 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 354 138 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 297 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 260 0 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 226 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 203 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 160 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 137 137 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 129 37 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1863., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Morris Island (South Carolina, United States) or search for Morris Island (South Carolina, United States) in all documents.

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The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], Affairs at Charleston. (search)
e enjoying a frolic. In the centre of the fort was a large mortar, which every now and then threw its shell through the air whirling over the enemy's works on Morris Island. We were entertained at the quarters of Col. Rhett, who is in command of the fort, and who expresses every confidence of its being able to stand any assault f men are very comfortable, and are roomy and well ventilated. We next pulled over to Cummins Point, at Battery Gregg, which is 1,300 yards from Sumter, on Morris Island. While crossing from the fort, the shell of Sumter whizzed over our heads, while occasional shells from the enemy's works were seen to burst over Battery Wagnro, and the men were cheerful and in good spirits. We were received by Col. George P. Harrison, of the 32d Georgia, acting Brigadier, commanding the forces on Morris Island, and were presented to Captain Chichester, Chief of Artillery; Captain Hill, Chief of Ordnance; Lieut. G. M. Blunt, A. A. G., and Lieut. West Cohen, of Col. Ha
The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], From the lower Valley. (search)
The struggle for Charleston. --The demand made by the enemy for the surrender of Morris Island and Sumter, with the threat that he would shell Charleston in four hours, is rather encouraging than otherwise to us. It shows that he was tired of taking Wagner, and sought to leap to a conclusion over the difficulties which stood in the way of the regular approach to it. It is a good sign that those obstacles are still such as to be dreaded, and, if possible, avoided. Nevertheless, Gen. Gilmore will be held to the straight road — the taking of our batteries and the clearing of Charleston harbor in military style before he reaches the city, and then — he must fight in and through that. The throwing of a few shells into the city by way of showing what he could do availed the Federal General nothing. It was a barbarous act, utterly unjustifiable under the usages of civilized war. It endangered the lives of a few women and children, but had no effect upon the stern determination o