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The Daily Dispatch: March 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], Appointment. (search)
The attack on Whitemarsh Island. --The Savannah Republican of the 23d, in referring to the attack on Whitemarsh Island, near that city on the 22d, says that it was on a far grander scale than the first accounts indicated. It furnishes the folWhitemarsh Island, near that city on the 22d, says that it was on a far grander scale than the first accounts indicated. It furnishes the following account of the affair: The expedition was composed of four regiments and a part of a fifth. It sailed from Hilton Head soon after dark, Sunday evening, under the command of Col. Howell, of Pennsylvania, now acting Brigadier. About three hundred of the party were dispatched in launches from near Fort Pulaski, and landed on Whitemarsh not far from Oakland Bridge, about daylight. The remainder, or four regiments, landed about a mile further east on the plantation of Col Gibson. E. Michelor commanding company C, 85th Pennsylvania regiment, to take possession of the bridge leading from Oakland to Whitemarsh. They had not proceeded far before they came in sight of a small earth work armed with two brass pieces. This the Lie