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THE SIEGE OF FORT SUMTER: A Terrible Fire Poured into the Ruins; Two of the Garrison Killed and One Wounded on Friday Night (11/17/1863)
New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 11/17/1863

Posted on 11/17/2023 6:33:09 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson

FORTRESS MONROE, Monday, Nov. 16.

The Richmond Whig, of Nov. 14, contains the following:

CHARLESTON, Thursday, Nov. 12.

The enemy kept up a moderate fire on Sumter all day from their mortar batteries and two monitors.

One monitor and a wooden gunboat moved up to Sullivan's Island at noon and shelled the batteries one hour.

CHARLESTON, Friday, Nov. 13.

The firing of the enemy from their monitors and rifle pieces averaged two per minute all last night, and is increasing and still going on this morning. The casualties last night were two killed and one wounded.

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The Siege of Fort Sumter: A Terrible Fire Poured into the Ruins – 2
War Gazette – 2
Rioters in the Coal Regions – 2
The War in Arkansas – 2
Supplies for Our Prisoners in Richmond – 2
Naval Movements – 2
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 2-3
Editorial: The Ill-Starred Rebellion – Its Last Failure, and all its Failures – 3
Relief for Our Prisoners – 3-4
The Rebel Raid after Prisoners – 4
Editorial: The French in Mexico – 4
Amusements – 4


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