. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . by me. His reasons for not having contemplated such a movement are shown inparagraph 27 of his book, where he asserts, in substance, that beyond thecapture of Morris Island and the demolition of Fort Sumter he neverintended, with an army of only 11,000 men, and with so many difficulties inhis way, to undertake any operations against the land defenses of Charleston,knowing as he did how superior my forces were to his own, and what facili- \ The assault at Secessionville was made by
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . by me. His reasons for not having contemplated such a movement are shown inparagraph 27 of his book, where he asserts, in substance, that beyond thecapture of Morris Island and the demolition of Fort Sumter he neverintended, with an army of only 11,000 men, and with so many difficulties inhis way, to undertake any operations against the land defenses of Charleston,knowing as he did how superior my forces were to his own, and what facili- \ The assault at Secessionville was made by report of General David Hunter, who commanded Stevenss division of about 3500 men, supported the department, the attack was made by General by General H. G. Wrights division, numbering Benham in violation of his instructions. 3100. Wrights troops were not seriously engaged. The Confederate force engaged was commanded The aggregate Union loss was 683, of whom 529 by General N. G. Evans, and sustained a loss of belonged to Stevenss division. According to the about 200.—Editors. 22 THE DEFENSE OF GENERAL QCINCY A. A PHOTOGRAPH. ties I had for concentrating troops by railroad. The capture of Charles-ton was, after all,— and General Gillmore admits it,— the ultimate objectin view. The possession of Morris Island and the demolition of Sumterby the Federal land and naval forces were mere incidents in the did not cause the fall of the much hated and much coveted rebel city; and General Gillmore, though he had overcomedifficulties almost unknown in modern sieges, |did not achieve the ultimate object in view. The fact is that on or about the 10th of July,1863, the Confederate forces available for thedefense of the exterior lines of Charleston didnot exceed 6500 men, distributed to the bestadvantage for the protection of James, Sulli-vans, and Morris islands, and of the city proper;whereas General Gillmore had at that time, ac-cording to his o
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