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The Daily Dispatch: June 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], The battle near Charleston. (search)
The battle near Charleston. The fight which took place on James's Island below Charleston, on Monday last, was a bloody one, and will deserve to be classed in history among the prominent engagements of the war. We copy from the Mercury, of Tuesday, the subjoined particulars: A little before noon, yesterday, our city was thrown into a state of feverish excitement by the vague tidings that there had been bloody work at Secessionville, on James's Island. From the first, the news was of aJames's Island. From the first, the news was of an encouraging character, inasmuch as we were assured that a mere handful of our brave troops had repulsed a heavy column of the enemy, thrown forward to assault the battery at Secessionville, manned by a portion of Colonel Lamar's regiment of artillery, S. C. V. From the various accounts which we have received we have collated the following facts-in- relation to the battle: The advance of the enemy. About dawn yesterday morning our pickets in front of Lamar's battery were driven in, and
The Daily Dispatch: June 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], The fight below Charleston. (search)
The fight below Charleston. --The Charleston Courier, in its description of the battle on James's Island, says--"All accounts agree in stating that officers and men acted most gallantly. To the majority it is their first trial on the battle-field under the deadly fire of an enemy. Add to this the difficult nature of the ground, fighting in the woods and marching through swamps, and the result is really wonderful"