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Operations Against Charleston: Rebel Account of a Sharp Engagement on James Island – 2
From Gen. M’Clellan’s Army: The Recent Rebel Demonstration on the Right Wing – 3
Very Late from Richmond: Extracts from Rebel Papers of Saturday Last – 4
News from Washington: Surgeon Hayes, of Pennsylvania, Dismissed from the Army – 4-6
Another Defeat of the Rebels: Battle in the Indian Territory – 6
The President and the Radicals (Letter from Senator Sumner) – 6
Editorial: The Crucible of War – 6-7
Editorial: The Ram Fleet in Action – 7
A Hint Anent the Fourth of July – 7


3 posted on 06/17/2022 6:49:41 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

That was as close as Union troops got to taking Charleston.

If they had kept pushing on James Island, they could have cleared Ft. Pemberton on the Stono, and, run gunboats up and behind the city.

As it was, it wasn’t until Sherman made it irrelevant that Charleston didn’t matter.


4 posted on 06/17/2022 6:55:01 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (Conan the Sailing Librarian)
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