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D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3: (search)
ed in the rear. General Foster began the attack about 8 o'clock on the 8th. He moved up six Dahlgren howitzers on the only road that led to the redoubt. These he supported with the five regiments of his brigade. Reno followed with his brigade, moving into the swamp on the Confederate right to flank the position. Parke followed with his brigade. Each of Foster's attacks in front was held at bay until General Reno's brigade succeeded in making its way through the dense morass. Two Massachusetts regiments had penetrated the swamp on the right also, and had fallen on Wise's three companies and driven them toward the redoubt. Attacked thus on all three sides, the little force fell back to the north side, and there surrendered. Colonel Shaw says, With the very great disparity in numbers, the moment the redoubt was flanked, I considered the island lost. The struggle could have been protracted and the small body of brave men, which had been held in reserve, might have been brough
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
pring was appointed assistant commissioner of patents by President Cleveland. He also attained prominence in the masonic order as grand-master for his State, in the Methodist church as delegate to general conferences and the ecumenical conference in London in 1881 , and as a lecturer and author. Major-General William Henry Chase Whiting Major-General William Henry Chase Whiting was born at Biloxi, Miss., March 22, 1824, of Northern parentage. His father, Levi Whiting, a native of Massachusetts, was for forty years an officer of the United States army, from 1812 to 1853, and at his death was lieutenant-colonel of the First artillery. He was educated at the Boston high school, at Georgetown college, D. C., and at the United States military institute, being graduated with promotion to second lieutenant of engineers at the head of the famous class of 1845. He served as an officer of the engineer corps on the gulf coast until 1853, on the Pacific coast until 1856, and then in Flo