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Page 147
... Ripley , of the South Carolina Artillery Battalion , formerly of our army . Major N. G. Evans , assistant adjutant - general , commanded on James Island . The battery at Mount Pleasant was under the command of Captain Robert Martin , of ...
... Ripley , of the South Carolina Artillery Battalion , formerly of our army . Major N. G. Evans , assistant adjutant - general , commanded on James Island . The battery at Mount Pleasant was under the command of Captain Robert Martin , of ...
Page 153
... Ripley , formerly a brevet major in our army , fired the second or third shot to bring down the flag under which he had served for so many years . Ripley was born in Ohio , appointed from New York , and educated at the Mil- itary ...
... Ripley , formerly a brevet major in our army , fired the second or third shot to bring down the flag under which he had served for so many years . Ripley was born in Ohio , appointed from New York , and educated at the Mil- itary ...
Page 154
... Ripley failed in this , and , being entirely out of em- ployment , accepted a commission from the Confed- eracy to fight against his old comrades . Being a man of talent , and a skillful artillerist , he did us a great deal of harm ...
... Ripley failed in this , and , being entirely out of em- ployment , accepted a commission from the Confed- eracy to fight against his old comrades . Being a man of talent , and a skillful artillerist , he did us a great deal of harm ...
Page 157
... Ripley made it lively for me there with his case - shot , which spattered all around . Had not a slight change of wind taken place , the result might have been fatal to most of us . I Our firing having ceased , and the enemy being very ...
... Ripley made it lively for me there with his case - shot , which spattered all around . Had not a slight change of wind taken place , the result might have been fatal to most of us . I Our firing having ceased , and the enemy being very ...
Page 172
... Ripley , consti- tuted the new garrison under Ripley . * Anderson di- rected me to form the men on the parade - ground , as- sume command , and march them on board the trans- port . I told him I should prefer to leave the fort with the ...
... Ripley , consti- tuted the new garrison under Ripley . * Anderson di- rected me to form the men on the parade - ground , as- sume command , and march them on board the trans- port . I told him I should prefer to leave the fort with the ...
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