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Iii—return of guns and mortars at forts and batteries in Charleston Harbor engaged with the ironclads, April 1, 1863, together with return of ammunition expended, and statement of casualties.
| Fort or Battery. | X-in.
Columbiad. | Ix-in.
Dahlgren. | Vii-in.
Brooke rifle. | Viii-in.
Columbiad. | 42-pounder, rifled. | 32-pounder, rifled. | 32-pdr., smooth. | X-in.
mortars. | Grand total. |
| Fort Johnson | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Fort Sumter | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 44 |
| Fort Moultrie | | | | 9 | | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| Battery Bee | 5 | | | 1 | | | | | 6 |
| Battery Beauregard | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 |
| Battery Cumming's Point | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 |
| Battery Wagner | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 10 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 77 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ammunition—Shot | 385 | 80 | 86 | 731 | 140 | 321 | 343 |
| Shell | | | | 5 | | 45 | | 93 |
| Total shot and shell | 2,229 |
| Total pounds of powder | 21,093 |
| Casualties in action | 3 killed, 11 wounded. |
| Number of shots fired by fleet | 151 |
| Number of shots struck vessels | 520 |
| Of shots fired by fleet, all but 24 were directed at Sumter. |
note.—This information is compiled from reports of
General Beauregard, May 24, 1863;
General Ripley, April 13. 1863;
Colonel Rhett, April 13, 1863;
Major Harris,
Chief Engineer, dated April 28, 1883 ;
Major Echols,
Engineer, dated April 9, 1863;
General Trapier, dated April 13, 1863; and from tabulated statements accompanying the reports of
General Ripley and
Major Echols.
