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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
ee, however, until immediately after the conflicts on the Rappahannock and the great struggle at Manassas. The fords on the Rappahannock were too full for the crossing of the army, and too strongly defended by Pope's artillery. Several affairs occurred during the five days Lee was detained on the right bank. In one of these Gregg's brigade was moved up to support a battery, and subjected to a severe shelling from a high hill on the left bank, losing several men killed and wounded. On August 23d a more serious affair occurred, in which the brigade of General Evans and Boyce's battery were engaged. The enemy had fortified a hill near the railroad bridge at Rappahannock Station, and on the right bank. Evans, supported by several batteries, was ordered to attack. The brigade moved up promptly against the fortified position, under a sharp counter fire, but before they reached charging distance the enemy retired, leaving his intrenching tools and other property, but taking guns and
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 14: (search)
ons, prepared three or four times to do so, but never reached them. Casualties, 5 wounded. August 23d. Seventh day. Sumter soon reduced to one gun (Keokuk's) in good condition, and two guns partlytonight? Gillmore. August 22d. Gillmore: Yes, if the weather will permit. Dahlgren. August 23d. Dahlgren: What did you ascertain as to the condition of Sumter? Gillmore. August 23d. August 23d. Gillmore: It was so foggy that but little could be ascertained. We received a very heavy fire from Moultrie. The admiral is now asleep. O. C. Badger. August 23d. Badger: Did you receive any fAugust 23d. Badger: Did you receive any fire from Fort Sumter? Gillmore. August 23d. Gillmore: She fired two or three times only, when we first opened. Badger. August 26th. Gillmore: Would it be convenient for you to open a heavyAugust 23d. Gillmore: She fired two or three times only, when we first opened. Badger. August 26th. Gillmore: Would it be convenient for you to open a heavy fire on Sumter, sustaining it until nightfall? Dahlgren. August 26th. Dahlgren: I can open a pretty strong fire on Sumter, if you deem it necessary. One of my 8-inch guns is burst, and others