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The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Stage of Charleston. (search)
results of his mighty and unparalleled struggle for the possession of Sumter, and seemingly despairing of ultimate success, has opened fire on the city. Since Thursday morning between twenty five and thirty shells have been thrown, fortunately injuring no one. The gun from which the shells appear to come is situated on the extreme end of Cummings's Point. The marsh battery ("Swamp Angel") now has a mortar in position, and occasionally opens fire on Sumter. Private Edward Lake, of Capt. Simons's company, 27th regiment, S. C. V., (formerly Charleston battalion,) who was killed at Fort Sumter, was struck in the left cheek by a piece of shell, which passed downwards transversely, and rested in the right breast. His death is the more saddening as four or five members of his family, including his father and mother, had but recently died, all within eight days of each other. The only member left is a little girl of between thirteen and fourteen years old, who depended upon her brot