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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 168 (search)
out from that city a few weeks ago, the rebel troops for the defence of Charleston numbered at the time fifty-five thousand men, and their railroad facilities would easily enable them, in twenty-four hours, to bring the force up to a hundred thousand. General Hunter frankly told Admiral Du Pont that he could do nothing to aid him. He could garner in what the navy reaped, but he could do nothing in the heat and labor of the field. The military force, indeed, never got any further up than Stono Inlet, a dozen miles from Charleston harbor, where it was to effect a landing on Folly Island for the purpose of making a diversion. I can make no report of what was done, if any thing, but it had no direct bearing on the business in hand. Thus left alone, the naval chief had eleven hundred men, (the whole force of the iron fleet,) with which to take and hold a dozen forts! Could the ecstasy of folly further go? These intimations, however, will overshoot the mark if they convey the impres
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 8: Soldier Life and Secret Service. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Glimpses of the Confederate army (search)
found fully discussed by Professer J. W. Mallet, late Superintendent of the Ordnance Laboratories of the Confederate States, and Captain O. E. Hunt, U. S. A., in a chapter on the Organization and Operation of the Ordnance Department of the Confederate Army in the volume on Forts and Artillery. Another feature of the conditions prevailing in the Confederate army may be here noted. Look at Lee's veterans as Amusements in a Confederate camp—1864 This Camp of Confederate pickets on Stono Inlet near Charleston, S. C., was photographed by George S. Cook, the same artist who risked his life taking photographs of Fort Sumter. It illustrates the soldiers' methods of entertaining themselves when time lay heavy on their hands. Among the amusements in camp, card-playing was of course included. Seven-up and Vingt-et-un were popular. And the pipe was Johnnie Reb's frequent solace. His tobacco, at any rate, was the real thing—genuine, no make-believe, like his coffee. Often one migh
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Operations before Charleston in May and July, 1862. (search)
July, 1862. Diary of Colonel Corlos Tracy of General Gist's Staff. May 17. Enemy sounding Stono channel in barges; one fired on from Goat Island by riflemen and driven off. May 19. Several of the enemy's gunboats attempted to enter Stono Inlet; one ran aground and all put back. May 20. Three gunboats crossed the bar and entered the Stono river about 10 o'clock A. M. One ran up and anchored a little below Battery Island, commanding the old (river) route from Cole's Island, the behind the general's headquarters and exploded. After firing for about an hour the enemy withdrew. No damage up to this time done by the enemy's firing, except to horses. Evening.--More than twenty vessels in sight off Charleston bar and Stono inlet and in Stono river. Enemy reported as being on James' Island, at the point nearest Battery Island, and as having driven in our pickets. Captain Carlos Tracy, volunteer aid to General Gist, and Lieutenant Winter, Wassamassaw cavalry, fired
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 19: (search)
extremity extends to within a few miles of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. The main road from Port Royal to Pocotaligo crosses the channel at this point. The evacuation of Hilton Head, on the southwestern extremity of Beaufort Island, followed the capture of Port Royal. This exposed Savannah, only about twentyfive miles distant, to an attack from that direction. At the same time, the Federals having command of Helena Bay, Charleston was liable to be assailed from North Edisto or Stono Inlet, and the railroad could have been reached without opposition by the route from Port Royal to Pocotaligo. Such was the state of affairs when General Lee reached Charleston, about December 1, 1861, to assume the command of the Department of North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. His vigorous mind at once comprehended the situation, and, with his accustomed energy, he met the difficulties that presented themselves. Directing fortifications to be constructed on the Stono and the Edisto an
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, South Carolina, 1863 (search)
1863 Jan. 22-Feb. 1: Expedition from Beaufort up St. Mary's River in Ga. and FloridaSOUTH CAROLINA--1st Colored Infantry. Jan. 29: Expedition to Dafuskie IslandConfederate Reports. Jan. 31: Engagement off Charleston BarUNITED STATES--Navy, "Augusta," "Mercedita," "Quaker City," "Memphis," "Keystone State" and "Housatonic." April 7: Skirmish, Folly IslandOHIO--62nd Infantry. April 7: Engagement, Fort Sumpter, Stono InletUNITED STATES--Navy, "Canandagua," "Unadilla," "Housatonic," "Huron," "Wissahickon," "Keokuk," "Weehawken," "Passaic," "Montauk," "Catskill," "New Ironsides," "Patapsco," "Nahant" and "Nantucket," Union loss, 2 killed, 20 wounded. Total, 22. April 8: Action, Broad RiverRHODE ISLAND--3d Arty. UNITED STATES--Gunboat "George Washington." Union loss, 2 killed, 8 wounded. Total, 10. April 9: Action, Fort Royal FerryRHODE ISLAND--3d Arty. April 10: Skirmish, Folly IslandNEW YORK--100th Infantry (Detachment). April 27: Affair, Murray's InletU. S. Gunboat. April 29: E
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Massachusetts Volunteers. (search)
d to St. Simon's Island June 8-9. Expedition up Altamaha River June 10-11. At St. Simon's Island June 12-24. At St. Helena Island June 25-July 8. To Stono Inlet July 8. Expedition against James Island July 9-16. Affair Legaresville July 13. Secessionville July 16. Moved to Morris Island July 16-18. Assaul10. Action on James Island July 2. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., November 27-28. (Co. G detached at Battery on Long Island, and Co. H at Fort Delafield, Stono Inlet, till February 12, 1865.) Hatch's Expedition up Broad River to Boyd's Neck November 29-30. Battle of Honey Hill November 30. Demonstration on Charlestoattery Lee till February 1. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., thence to Beaufort, S. C., February 1. Expedition up South Edisto River February 1-6. Moved to Stono Inlet February 6. Expedition to James Island February 9-10. Expedition to Bull's Bay February 11-15. Moved to Mount Pleasant February 19-20. Expedition to
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Rhode Island Volunteers. (search)
f the South, to July, 1862. District of Hilton Head, S. C., Dept. South, to September, 1862. District Hilton Head, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. South, to April, 1863. U. S. Forces, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. South, to July, 1863. U. S. Forces, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. South, to March, 1864. Fort Pulaski, Ga., District Hilton Head, S. C., Dept. of the South, to October, 1864. Service. Duty at Hilton Head, S. C., till April, 1863. Expedition to Stono Inlet April 2-11, 1862. Moved to Folly Island, S. C., April, 1863, and duty there till July, 1863. Attack on Morris Island July 10. Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S. C., July 11 and 18. Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and against Charleston till March, 1864. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7, 1863. Moved to Fort Pulaski, Ga., March 18, 1864, and garrison duty there till September. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., thence to Ne
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 4: descent on James Island. (search)
charge of the camp. Assistant-Surgeon Bridgham also remained with the sick. Captain Bridge and Lieutenant Walton were unable to go on account of illness. A start was made late in the afternoon in a thunder-storm, the Cossack stopping at Hilton Head to take on Captain Emilio and a detail of ninety men there. The following night was made miserable by wet clothes, a scarcity of water, and the crowded condition of the small steamers. About 1 A. M. on the 9th, the transports arrived off Stono Inlet; the bar was crossed at noon; and anchors were cast off Folly Island. The inlet was full of transports, loaded with troops, gunboats, and supply vessels, betokening an important movement made openly. General Gillmore's plans should be briefly stated. He desired to gain possession of Morris Island, then in the enemy's hands, and fortified. He had at disposal ten thousand infantry, three hundred and fifty artillerists, and six hundred engineers; thirty-six pieces of field artillery,
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 9: Morris Island. (search)
Chapter 9: Morris Island. Our voyage from Florida terminated at Stono Inlet on the morning of April 18. The steamer thence proceeded up Folly River, but running aground, the leftwing companies were transferred to the steamer Canonicus. Disembarking at Pawnee Landing about 3 P. M., the Fifty-fourth at once marched to Lighthouse Inlet in a heavy rain-storm, and there crossed on a large flat boat to Morris Island. Shelter for the night was provided in the ordnance building for the men, the officers finding accommodations with friends. That evening Captain Emilio was ordered to command the outpost of Black Island with Companies C, E, and H, as the garrison. Camp was established where the receding sand-hills formed a sort of natural amphitheatre, at a point about a mile up the beach, near the signal hill. There the regiment remained during its continuance on Morris Island. A company was sent to Fort Wagner that evening, and the next day suffered the loss of one man, killed by
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Index. (search)
Stearns, George L., 11, 12. Stearns, Mary E., 16. Stephens, George E., 12, 56, 92, 166, 315. Stephenson, J. H., 15, 23. Steuart, George H., 196. Stevens, Atherton H., Jr., 152. Stevens, Edward L., 184, 237, 276, 291, 292, 293, 302, 303, 304, 305. Stevens, T. H., 128. Stevenson, Thomas G., 53, 63, 74, 85, 87, 103, 106, 143. Stewart, Henry, 131. Stewart plantation, 263, 265, 266. Stiles, Joseph, 202. Sterling, J. R., 12. Stone, Lincoln R., 34, 64, 75, 103,105, 109. 145. Stono Inlet, S. C., 51, 141, 186, 197, 200, 215, 234. Stono River, 53, 56, 59,197, 199, 208, 209, 210, 211, 216, 270. Strahan, Charles G., 146. Strength of regiment, 105, 108, 149, 164, 178, 202, 228, 237, 261, 291. Strong, Fort, 134. Strong, George C., 46, 48, 49, 66, 72, 73, 74, 77, 86, 88, 89, 91, 94. Stroud, William H., tug, 318. Sturgis, James, 142. Subscription for monument, 229, 230. Suffhay, Samuel, 217. Sullivan's Island, S. C., 54, 70, 138, 187, 212, 217, 219, 233, 281, 282. Su
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