Posted on 11/14/2021 7:21:05 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
The U.S. gunboat Bienville, Commander CHAS. STEEDMAN, and A.E.R. BENHAM, Executive Officer, arrived at this port at 6 1/2 o'clock last evening, from the Great Naval Expedition, via Fortress Monroe, where she left dispatches for Commodore GOLDSBOROUGH, and whence Capt. STEEDMAN proceeded to Washington with dispatches for the Army and Navy Departments. These dispatches, from Capt. DUPONT, who commanded the naval portion of the Expedition and from Gen. SHERMAN, who commanded the military branch, will be found below, together with a detailed narrative of the operations of the Expedition since it left Hampton Roads.
The fleet arrived at Port Royal on Monday, the 4th inst.
Tuesday the smaller gunboats rounded into the channel under a fire from the forts, which did no damage.
On Wednesday the weather prevented active operations, but on Thursday morning, 7th inst., the men of war and the gunboats advanced to the attack.
The action commenced at 10 A.M., and was hotly carried on on both sides, and lasted about four hours, at the end of which time the rebels were compelled by the shower of shells to abandon their works and beat a hasty retreat.
The day after the fight the Seneca, and two other gunboats, under the command of Lieut. AMMEN, proceeded up to Beaufort, and found but one white man in the town, and he was drunk.
After the capture of the forts the whole army, about 15,000 men, were safely landed and established on shore.
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The Government Accounts – 2-5
The Port Royal Harbor and Beaufort: The Scene of the Engagement – 3
Details of the Expedition: Narrative of Events from the Sailing of the Fleet to the Occupation of Port Royal – 5-6
The Expedition against Columbus – 6-7
Editorial: The Naval Victory at Port Royal-The Stars and Stripes in South Carolina – 7
Editorial: Kentucky and East Tennessee – 7-8
Born Insensible to Fear – 8
Editorial: Saddle-Ambulances – 8
The Great Deliverance – 8
Come on man. You know that 1861-1865 pales in comparison to the great assault of 1/6/2021. :-} Thanks for the continuing history lessons. Some of my kin folk fought for the Union Army out of NY back in the day.
Much of Gen. Sherman’s proclamation to South Carolina could be directed to the ruling class of today, with few changes.
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