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The Daily Dispatch: May 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], Affairs at charleston. (search)
s have been issued respecting the armament of the iron-clads, not only those at Port Royal, but those now building, and also respecting naval ordnance generally. The Dahlgren guns are to be removed, and an entirely new 13. inch gun, capable of using 75 pounds of power at a load, is to be substituted. This is to be done before the attack on Charleston is renewed.--By this change a single effective shot may be retied on to breach Sumter. It also may be effectively bombarded at a much greater distance than by Dahlgren guns. The new guns are now in process of construction, but it is believed several weeks will elapse before they can be put in a sufficient number of Monitors to permit a renewal of the attack on Charleston. It was rumored at one time that Mr. Ericsson protested against sending his iron-clads into collision with the forts of Charleston with no better armament than they carried; at least, the necessity of a change is admitted and acted upon at the Navy Department.