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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Who fired the first gun at Sumter? (search)
battery. All honor to the chivalric Virginian! May he live many years to wear the fadeless wreath that honor placed upon his brow on our glorious Friday! From the Charleston correspondent of New York Tribune.— The first shot from Stevens's battery was fired by the venerable Edmund Ruffin, of Virginia. That ball will do more for the cause of secession in the Old Dominion than volumes of stump speeches. The Charleston Mercury says the first gun fired from the iron battery off Cummings's Point was discharged by the venerable Edmund Ruffin. He subsequently shot from all the guns and mortars used during the action. A Mobile paper had the following: A Sublime Spectacle.—The mother of the Gracchi, when asked for her jewels, pointed to her children and said, There they are. With the same propriety can the Mother of States point to her children as the brightest jewels she possesses. At the call of patriotism they are not laggard in responding to it, and Virginia blood has
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Extracts from the diary of Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Pressley, of the Twenty-Fifth South Carolina Volunteers. (search)
Rhett. Our Surgeon, W. C. Ravenel, M. D., went with me down to Fort Johnson to witness the fight. It lasted about two hours and a half. It was a magnificent sight. Perhaps never before in the history of wars were there as many guns of such heavy calibre used in one action. The Confederates had the advantage in the number of guns, but the heavier calibre of the Federal artillery more than counter-balanced this advantage. Forts Sumter and Moultrie, Battery Gregg, on Morris Island, at Cumming's Point, were all engaged using all of their metal to bear on the fleet. The monitors offered such a small mark that it was very difficult to strike them, particularly while in motion. The practice of our artillerists was, however, highly creditable. The ironclads were struck a number of times. No other fleet then in the world would have floated through such a bombardment. The shot from our heaviest guns glanced from the turrets of the monitors doing apparently no harm. At last the Keokuk
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
denuded of growth, save here and there a solitary palmetto, and was considered practically the key to Charleston. Its northern end nearest the city, known as Cumming's Point, is the seaward limit of the harbor on the south, as Sullivan's island is the seaward limit on the North, and these two points determine the entrance to the harbor, and are about twenty-seven hundred yards apart. Morris island is separated from James island by wide and impenetrable marshes. On Cumming's Point was Battery Gregg, named in honor of Brigadier-General Maxcy Gregg, of South Carolina, killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Nearly a mile south of Gregg, on the island was locate Brigadier-General Johnson Hagood, of South Carolina, late Governor of that State, and one of the most heroic soldiers that she ever sent to battle, landed at Cumming's Point at the head of Harrison's splendid regiment, the Thirty-second Georgia, for the purpose of reinforcing the garrison. Hurrying to the fort he found the assau
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), G (search)
enville, La., water tank at, IV., 59 seq., 328. Greenville, Tenn.: III., 330; IV., 176. Greenwalt, C., VII., 181. Greer, E., X., 313. Greer, H. I., VIII., 117. Greer, R, W., VIII., 117. Gregg, D. McM.: III., 324, 328, 330, 332, 338, 340, 342; IV., 24; with staff, 29, 32, 41, 53, 84, 86, 128, 203, 224, 226, 230, 234, 236, 237, 240, 246, 247, 262; V., :37; X., 95. Gregg, J.: II., 288, 334; V., 157. Gregg, M., X., 151. Gregg Battery, Cumming's Point, S. C., II., 333. Gregg, Fort, Va. (see also Fort Gregg, Va.), I., 309. Gresham, W. Q., X., 203. Gribeauval carriages V., 56. Grier, Judge Vii., 29. 36. Grierson, B. H.: H., 205, :332; III., 324, 326; IV., 34, 116, 130; at Baton Rouze, La., IV., 131 seq.; and staff, IV., 133 seq., 134, 137, 241, 262. Griffin, C.: I., 107, 159, 162: II., 81, 324; III., 287, 336, 344; field batteries, V., 18 seq., 20 seq.; with staff, V., 21; IX., 266; X., 200. Griffin,
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
maintain the-blockade of Charleston in an effective manner. That port had become the principal focus of the contraband trade with Europe, because it was the best situated for distributing the commodities brought over by the blockade-runners through all the Confederate States, and because the configuration of its entrance afforded to such vessels great chances of eluding the blockade. It forms, in fact, a vast basin, the entrance of which was commanded by the batteries of Moultrie and Cumming's Point on either side, and by the guns of Fort Sumter, occupying a small island in the bay. Outside of this strait the sea is not open, and not far off lies a large sand-bank, always covered, extending in a line parallel to the coast southward to a distance of nine kilometres. It joins the coast to the north, near which there are three outlets, or narrow passes, only practicable for vessels of small size. The principal channel bends to the south after passing the narrow entrance, and runs be
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
ir turret, cover the portholes, which were the weakest points. The manoeuvre which was to bring them in front of the most vulnerable part of the fort was therefore abandoned from the first, and the vessel which carried the admiral, with the largest number of guns, was kept away from the scene of action. The other four vessels, however, were approaching in their turn, and before half-past 3 o'clock they began firing alternately upon Forts Sumter and Moultrie and against the battery of Cumming's Point. The entrance of the bay of Charleston presented at this moment a truly wonderful sight. The eight Federal vessels, collected within the space of two-thirds of a square mile, steaming slowly forward and backward in the midst of a dense volume of smoke, not wishing to remain stationary for fear of facilitating the aim of the enemy's guns, were driven hither and and thither by the contrary currents of a slack tide, manoeuvring so as to avoid coming in contact with each other, and with t
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
all of Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg, situated farther at the extremity of Cumming's Point. Master of these positions, he was calculating to establish there his heav important results than by the capitulation even of the city. The guns on Cumming's Point enabled a few vessels stationed in the pass to completely close the entran to work. The fire of their batteries, which commanded the waters between Cumming's Point and Sumter, rendered the navigation of these waters in the daytime impossilights, the cones of which were directed during the night to the waters of Cumming's Point, had made uneasy the small Confederate steamers and embarrassed the supplye Weehawken into the narrow channel that meanders amidst soundings between Cumming's Point and Fort Sumter, so that this vessel might support within easy range, withy that all his works might be destroyed in a few hours by the batteries on Cumming's Point was sufficient, any way, for that. The Confederates, reduced to the def
The Daily Dispatch: February 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
, five hogsheads of molasses, two casks of vinegar, with large supplies of flour and potatoes. The supply of fuel, which was good, had been lately increased by a drifting raft which was secured. As to the arms, our informant reports five Columbiads, 10 inches, in the yard, mounted on granite, two ranging towards the city, one towards Sullivan's Island, and one towards Fort Johnson. There are also four Columbiads, eight inches, bearing on Fort Morris, three of the same calibre on 'Cummings' Point, and four that can be brought to bear on Mount Pleasant or Sullivan's Island at choice. No reinforcements in men have been received. Letter from Hon. Edward Everett. The following letter was read at the great Union meeting held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on Tuesday: Washington Feb. 2, 1861. My Dear Sir: --I much regret that it is not in my power to be present at the meeting to be held in Faneuil Hall next Tuesday. I have yielded, at the sacrifice of personal conven
The Daily Dispatch: February 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
, it is there to defend; and it can, in one hour, land reinforcements at Fort Pickens and take its position of defence. Affairs at Fort Sumter. The Whig Press, of Middletown, Orange county, New York, publishes an interesting letter written by an officer in Major Anderson's command to a relative in that county.--It is dated at Fort Sumter, on February 7th, and says that the soldiers are standing at their guns, port fires lighted, daily expecting an attack. From the batteries at Cummings' Point, six mortars bear directly upon Fort Sumter, and these are behind fortifications which will stand severe fire before they can be made untenable. It probably will be Major Anderson's policy, in case of an attack, first to batter down Fort Moultrie and all the houses on Sullivan's Island, and then to take the other batteries seriatim. The officer seems to?have no fear of the floating batteries which are said to be in course of construction. They will be under Sumter's guns for the dista
The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Duke of Newcastle on our Diffculties. (search)
From Fort Sumter --The following is an extract from a letter dated. "Fort Sumter, Monday, Feb. 25, 1861." "There is no truth in the statement circulated in Charleston, and published in some of the papers that Major Anderson has been ill. The command generally is quite healthy, and in good spirits. Dr. Crawford, the medical officer of the command, has been quite ill, but has nearly recovered. Work is still actively going on at the batteries and works around the Fort. New embrasures for heavy guns are in progress of construction on Cumming's Point. These will bear directly upon the rear of the Fort. A large command are now stationed on Morris Island, at the different batteries there. At Fort Moultrie they are still at work at the extension of the places around the south-west side of the work. But few vessels are in port. Some of the soldiers whose terms of enlistment have expired have determined to remain and share the fate of their comrades."
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