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The Daily Dispatch: August 31, 1863., [Electronic resource], The siege of Charleston. (search)
of Capt. Rodgers. Flag Steamer Dinsmore, Off Morris Island, August 18, 1863. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington: Sir --Yesterday was begun another series of operations against the enemy's works. Early in the morning General Gillmore opened all his batteries upon Fort Sumter, firing over Fort Wagner and the intermediate space. About the same time I moved up the entire available naval force, leading with my flag in the Wechawken, followed by the Catskill, Nahant, and Montank, the Passaic and Patapsco in reserve for Sumter; the Ironsides in position opposite to Wagner, and the gunboats named in the margin at long range, viz: Canandaigua, J. F. Green; Mahaska, Commander J. B. Creighton; Cimmarone, Commander A. K. Hughes; Ottawa, Lieut.-Commander J. L. Davis; Dal-Ching, Lieut.-Commander J. L. Chaplin; Ladona, Lieut.-Commander E. Brodhead. As the tide rose the Weehawken was closed to about four hundred and fifty yards off Wagner; the other three mo