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The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankee Monitors at Fort Royal. (search)
ompletely riddled, and can with difficulty be kept afloat. The rest of the turreted monsters were so badly battered and injured as to render it impossible for them to go again into until they have received repairs, which cannot be obtained at Port Royal. In the meantime the vessels are in no very secure plight to undertake the voyage to Fortress Monroe. Official advices from Port Royal report that three Monitors, with a very large fleet of gunboats, transports, &c., could be seen in that harely riddled, and can with difficulty be kept afloat. The rest of the turreted monsters were so badly battered and injured as to render it impossible for them to go again into until they have received repairs, which cannot be obtained at Port Royal. In the meantime the vessels are in no very secure plight to undertake the voyage to Fortress Monroe. Official advices from Port Royal report that three Monitors, with a very large fleet of gunboats, transports, &c., could be seen in that harbor.
The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
ived.--The attempt to capture Charleston is for the present definitely abandoned. The army of General Hunter has returned to Hilton Head, and the iron-clads to Port Royal. The Herald says "the attempt to take Charleston is, for the time, abandoned. The iron-clad fleet of Admiral Dupont and the army of General Hunter have been withdrawn to Port Royal. The experiment proved too hazardous. The batteries of the enemy at Sumter, Moultrie, and Cummings's Point, and the obstructions in the channels, presented obstacles too formidable to be overcome by the force brought against them. By the arrival of the Arago, from Charleston bar on the 11th inst., we , while the latter struck the boats over five hundred and twenty times. The armed transport George Washington was destroyed by the rebels in Coosaw river, near Port Royal, on Thursday morning last, as before reported. She remained behind for special service under Col. Hawley, who was acting as post commandant at Hilton Head whil