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The Daily Dispatch: July 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
ill soon be turned on Sumter. The good-bye for Charleston. The iron-clad expedition of James river. A letter in the New York Times, dated Fortress Monroe, July 22d, gives the following result of the recent ironclad expedition up James river: The naval campaign on the James river has ended in nothing. At an early day last week Admiral Lee ordered an advance of a portion of his fleJames river has ended in nothing. At an early day last week Admiral Lee ordered an advance of a portion of his fleet, and all they have accomplished is the reduction of Fort Powhatan, which, in the first place, should never have been allowed to progress. Fort Powhatan was reduced last year, during the peninsulaut mounted no guns, and consequently gave us no trouble to destroy it. The fleet moved up the James river a little beyond City Point, and the idea was prevalent that a speedy attack on Fort Darling wowing vessels constituted the naval force under the command of Rear Admiral S. P. Lee, in the James river:. Monitor battery Lehigh, Captain Howell; monitor battery Sangainon, Captain Nicholson,