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The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
r buoys, no doubt prevented our being attacked on Turesday, the 5th instant, before our reinforcements reached us I must also acknowledge the assistance extended to us by the gallant Commodore with his boats on the night of our retreat from the island. Fort Beauregard. The attack upon this fort, though not so concentrated and heavy as that upon Walker, was nevertheless very severe. Its armament (see accompanying sketch) was nineteen guns, of which the following, viz: One 8-inch Rodman, bored to 24-pounder and rifled, Two 42-pounders. One 8-inch columbind, Two 42-pounders, reamed to 8 inches, and One 32 pounder, in hot-shot battery, Were the only guns capable of being used against the fleet. The force on Bay Point was six hundred and forty men, commanded by Col. R. G. M. Dunovant, 12th regiments S. C. volunteers.-- Of the above, one hundred and forty-nine garriosoned Fort Beauregard, under the immediate command of Captain Stephen Elliott, Jr.,