The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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Page 83
... battery at Morris Island , from which the Palmetto flag was flying , opened fire . After the first shot the Star of the West hoisted a large American ensign at the fore , in addition to the American flag flying from the flagstaff . She ...
... battery at Morris Island , from which the Palmetto flag was flying , opened fire . After the first shot the Star of the West hoisted a large American ensign at the fore , in addition to the American flag flying from the flagstaff . She ...
Page 128
... Battery . - Ardent Gentlemen as Privates . - Statesmen in the Ranks . - Rumored Evacuation of Fort Sumter ... Batteries . - An Eastern Schooner driven out of the Harbor . - Per- plexities of Lincoln and his Cabinet . - A Decision at last ...
... Battery . - Ardent Gentlemen as Privates . - Statesmen in the Ranks . - Rumored Evacuation of Fort Sumter ... Batteries . - An Eastern Schooner driven out of the Harbor . - Per- plexities of Lincoln and his Cabinet . - A Decision at last ...
Page 138
... Battery at Point Cum- mings . - The Floating Battery . - Its Construction and Efficiency . - The Batteries at Fort Johnson . - Their Strength and Construction . - The Force of the Enemy . - Defences of Charleston . - Skill of Beauregard ...
... Battery at Point Cum- mings . - The Floating Battery . - Its Construction and Efficiency . - The Batteries at Fort Johnson . - Their Strength and Construction . - The Force of the Enemy . - Defences of Charleston . - Skill of Beauregard ...
Page 141
... battery . From Fort Moultrie , Fort Sumter is distant one and one - eighth of a mile ; from Cumming's Point three ... battery had been anchored about half a mile from the weak side of Sumter . The greatest range of the ! LIFE OF ...
... battery . From Fort Moultrie , Fort Sumter is distant one and one - eighth of a mile ; from Cumming's Point three ... battery had been anchored about half a mile from the weak side of Sumter . The greatest range of the ! LIFE OF ...
Page 142
... battery was mounted with three columbiads , which bore directly on the southern and weakest side of Fort Sumter . The most curious , and not the least effective , perhaps , of the enemy's works , was the floating battery , which in the ...
... battery was mounted with three columbiads , which bore directly on the southern and weakest side of Fort Sumter . The most curious , and not the least effective , perhaps , of the enemy's works , was the floating battery , which in the ...
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