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The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], The bombardment of Galveston. (search)
endeavored to enfilade the guns in the batteries, but his gunners failed to hit either the sandbags or the men around and near them. He doubtless then bethought him that, as he had succeeded so well in opening ladies' letters, he would be as triumphant in frightening or injuring our women and children. May his name be infamous for the dastardly deed ! Several large shells exploded high in the air, the pieces flying in all directions, far and near. One piece traversed the roof of Mr. Tankersley's house, one square in the rear of Mr. Brown's and Gen. Nichols' residence, on Broadway. It went through the pantry, next to the kitchen, and through the outer plank wall into the yard. We heard of a piece falling at south side of the Public Square, penetrating the roof and floor of Mr. J. Dykeman's portice; an entire bomb at Mr. Close's foundry, a piece going to the 1st Ward Market, and one shell burying itself near Smyth's Garden; but none, fortunately, hitting any one, though some n