The Siege of Charleston and the Operations on the South Atlantic Coast in the War Amoung the States |
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abandoned action Admiral DuPont arms army Artillery assault attack Battalion Battery Wagner Beauregard blockading boats bombardment brigade Captain capture cavalry Charleston harbor coast command companies Confederate Coosawhatchie Creek Cumming's Point distance enemy Engineers eral expedition Federal flag fleet Folly Island Fort Moultrie Fort Pulaski Fort Sumter Fort Walker forts front garrison Georgia Gillmore gunboats guns heavy Hilton Head howitzers hundred yards Hunter infantry ironclads James Island land and naval land batteries land forces Lieutenant Colonel Major Anderson manding marsh ment miles military monitors morning Morris Island mortars Moultrie mounted naval forces navy negroes night o'clock occupied officers operations ordered parapet Parrott rifles Percival Drayton pickets plantations Pocotaligo Port Royal position Pulaski regiment reinforcements rifle Ripley says Secessionville sent Seventh Connecticut shell shot siege soon South Carolina steam steamer Stephens Stono Sullivan's Island Sumter surrender tion troops Tybee Tybee Island Union vessels Volunteers York