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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, XIV. Massachusetts women in the civil war. (search)
her wagon train, as a general purveyor for the sick. Her supply of comforts for the men was ample, and it was increased every day by fresh stores, gathered by foragers on the enemy. Every night when they encamped fires were kindled and fresh food and necessities were cooked for the moving hospital. Through all the long and painful march her wagon train constituted the hospital larder and kitchen for all the sick within reach. She accompanied the Gilmore and Dahlgren expedition to James, Folly and Morris islands; and during the long siege of Fort Wagner, all through the torrid summer, she remained under the fire of the heaviest rebel batteries, devoting herself to the suffering men. At the close of the war, when the Southern prisons were opened, it was found that thirteen thousand of our brave fellows had died in confinement at Andersonville, and were buried within the enclosure. A young Connecticut soldier, himself a prisoner, had obtained a copy of all the records of interme
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 10: (search)
Charleston, in which the land attack was to be for the possession of Morris island, by way of Folly island, the objective being Fort Sumter; and the naval attack, by the ironclad fleet, was to be on tlected in North Edisto and twenty transports were in the Stono, landing troops on Cole's and Folly islands. On the 6th, the steam frigate Ironsides and eight monitors were off the bar, and on the moter's forces was made, or appeared to be in preparation, to attack either Morris island from Folly island, or James island from Cole's island. On James island General Gist commanded a force fully adbut on Morris island Colonel Graham was not strong enough to resist a division attacking from Folly island under the fire of gunboats, which lay off the north end of the latter island. If the Federal-Colonel Dargan, of the Twenty-first, made a night attack upon the picket at the north end of Folly island, crossing from Morris island a small detachment in boats. The attack was a surprise, and com
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 13: (search)
brigade, under Brigadier-General Vogdes, on Folly island, with light artillery and some cavalry. Thrried out the directions, that the force on Folly island baffled the attempts made to locate it or dse inlet. General Vogdes was known to be on Folly island with some force, but what he was doing, or designed to prevent an attack by boats from Folly island. The enemy's strength on the latter islandas ascertained, had constructed no works on Folly island, except to shelter his pickets from our shes was doing some work—its extent unknown—on Folly island, General Ripley again, with the tardy conseforty-seven guns in the masked batteries on Folly island, and 8, 11 and 15-inch guns in — the monitond to Richmond, that an attack on Sumter along Folly and Morris islands is evidently imminent. Gen at a moment's warning. The batteries on Folly island were then under cover and still unknown. Ter had made a reconnoissance to the west of Folly island, by boat, and had plainly discovered the fl[4 more...
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: operations against Charleston. (search)
required. This he proposed to do with the monitors, with what assistance from the wooden vessels was found practicable. He regretted the probability that at the time desired the Ironsides would not be able to cross the bar. He says: Of course, the most that is expected from the action of these vessels is to relieve the troops as much as possible, and is to be considered of no other consequence. On the 10th of July General Gillmore opened his batteries, situated on the north end of Folly Island, against those of the enemy occupying the southern sand-hills of Morris Island. At 4 A. M. the Catskill, Commander George W. Rodgers, the Montauk, Commander D. M. Fairfax, the Nahant, Commander John Downes, and the Weehawken, Commander E. R. Colhoun, passed the bar, the admiral's flag being on board of the leading vessel. General Gillmore opened fire about this time, and as soon as sufficiently near, the monitors opened fire with shell upon the enemy's batteries, which were replying t
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Index. (search)
145-147; 162-171 Expedition to, Feb. 5-22, 1864 53, 3 Mobile (Ala.) Campaign, 1865 110, 1 Fort Pickens, May 27, 1861 5, 6 Florida, Department of (U) Boundaries 163; 164 Florida Expedition, Feb. 5-22, 1864: Olustee, or Ocean Pond, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864 53, 3 Florida, Mo. 152, B6 Flowing Spring, W. Va. 42, 1; Skirmish, Aug. 21, 1864. See Welch's Spring, W. Va. Floyd, La. 155, B6 Floyd's Spring, Ga. 48, 1; 57, 1; 58, 1 Folly Island, S. C. 4, 1; 23, 6;38, 2; 131, 1; 139, H4; 144, D14 Forest Hill, Va. 74, 1 Forge Bridge, Va. 22, 1; 92, 1; 100, 1 Forsyth, Mo. 119, 1; 135-A; 153, C1; 160, D14; 171 Fort Furnace, Va. 100, 1 Fosterville, Tenn. 30, 2; 34, 3;135-A; 149, A7 Fourche Bayou, Ark. 25, 3;154, C3 Engagement, Sept. 10, 1863 25, 3 Four Mile, Mo. 153, D9 Four Mile Creek, Va. 17, 1; 19, 1; 68, 4;74, 1; 92, 1; 100, 1; 137, F8 Fourteen Mile Creek, Indian Territor
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Beauregard's report of the battle of Drury's Bluff. (search)
e the garrison of Battery Wagner, on Morris Island, and that at dusk the necessary transportation would be furnished to take us down to the fort. He also told us that the enemy, under cover of a tremendous fire of artillery, from batteries on Folly Island, which had been unmasked during the night, had effected a lodgment on the south end of Morris Island, and had driven our forces back upon Wagner, which fortification would, doubtless, be attacked on the next day. We learned, also, that anothercreeks, while its eastern shore is washed throughout its entire length by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. At the south end were the batteries from which our troops had been driven in the morning. Light House Inlet separated this point from Folly Island, and across this Inlet the enemy had suddenly thrown their forces, under cover of a furious fire of artillery, as has already been stated. At the northern extremity of the island, known as Cumming's Point, was located Battery Gregg, and about
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reminiscences of service in Charleston Harbor in 1863. (search)
e the garrison of Battery Wagner, on Morris Island, and that at dusk the necessary transportation would be furnished to take us down to the fort. He also told us that the enemy, under cover of a tremendous fire of artillery, from batteries on Folly Island, which had been unmasked during the night, had effected a lodgment on the south end of Morris Island, and had driven our forces back upon Wagner, which fortification would, doubtless, be attacked on the next day. We learned, also, that anothercreeks, while its eastern shore is washed throughout its entire length by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. At the south end were the batteries from which our troops had been driven in the morning. Light House Inlet separated this point from Folly Island, and across this Inlet the enemy had suddenly thrown their forces, under cover of a furious fire of artillery, as has already been stated. At the northern extremity of the island, known as Cumming's Point, was located Battery Gregg, and about
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Wee Nee volunteers of Williamsburg District, South Carolina, in the First (Hagood's) regiment. (search)
n a good account of themselves. The military authorities in Charleston thought that there were some of the enemy on Folly Island. Colonel Hagood was directed to sweep that island with a line of skirmishers, commencing at the southern end and goingnt. We went down the creek and landed near the mouth of the Stono. The line was formed extending across the island. Folly Island was covered with an almost impenetrable thicket of scrub live-oaks, palmettos, pines, briers, etc. A heavy rain, whichame grouped, but the reconnoisance was made sufficiently well to enable me to report that the enemy were not occupying Folly Island. Nothing was seen of the force that was to cooperate with us. We returned to camp after performing a very arduous dayquiet of the post was disturbed this evening. A steamer of the enemy's, going from the creek or river which separates Folly Island from Taylor's and James Island towards Folly Inlet, passed between this post and Long Island, opposite this place. I
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
Sumter and the city. The importance therefore of these auxiliary defences against naval attack will be readily appreciated, and the necessity for their reduction by the Federal is equally manifest. Situated to the south of Morris Island is Folly Island, separated from it by Light House Inlet, about five hundred yards wide. After the memorable repulse of the iron clad fleet, under Rear-Admiral DuPont, by Fort Sumter on the 7th of April, 1863, the enemy changed his plan of attack, and the Union Commander, General Q. A. Gilmore, who had relieved Major-General Hunter, concentrated upon Folly Island, ten thousand infantry, three hundred and fifty artillery, and six hundred engineer troops. In the meantime. Rear-Admiral DuPont had been relieved and Rear-Admiral Dahlgren placed in command of the naval squadron. Concealed from the view of the Confederates by dense brushwood, the Federal commander with remarkable skill and celerity had erected formidable batteries within easy range of t
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
nd all the forces collected at the south on Folly Island; but in case of success the manoeuvre woulduse Inlet, which separates this island from Folly Island, occupied in force by the Federals. To the southward of Folly Island the estuary of Stono Inlet offered the fleet a pretty safe anchorage and self in concentrating at Hilton Head and on Folly Island all the forces intended for operations agaiceal with great care all the preparations. Folly Island, bounded on the north-east by the pass of Lt the works constructed on the south end of Folly Island. Beauregard suspected, it is true, that hi afterward the forty-seven pieces posted on Folly Island, which were unmasked during the night, opennds of the assailants. The boats return to Folly Island to get the remainder of Strong's brigade, wty yards long were cut down in the woods on Folly Island and carried by the bayou to the location ofhus allowed them to establish themselves on Folly Island: then, by concentrating their principal ele
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