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d driving away the Yankees. But their shot fell half a mile short, and they only tried it once more. Sumter, however, always ready, gave us some excellent shots, and continued to fire until the affair was over. Hardly a repetition of the fight of the 18th, yet it was a hotly contested engagement and a magnificent sight. But Wagner fired only once, and then during the remainder of the day was silent. We could not see a soul in the work, and it seemed almost deserted. But from Sumter and Gregg the shots came thick and fast. The firing from the land batteries of Gen. Gilmore and the iron clads was excellent, and the big shells which tors their way through parapet and casemate and burst inside, threw up such great masses of dust and sand and earth that it seemed as though a volcano must be belching forth its black contents of its subterranean recesses. The great hull of the Ironsides lay a splendid mark for their guns, but its sides were not scathed by a single shell. The