. The military and naval history of the rebellion in the United States : with biographical sketches of deceased officers . nter consisted in reconnoissances inforce Charleston. The southern botm-dary of the harbor of Charleston is formed byJames Island. This island is bounded on tlienorth by the harbor of Charleston and theAshley River, on the northwest by WappooCreek, on the south and southwest by StonoRiver, and on the east are a few small islandsand the ocean. Wappoo Creek connects withthe Ashley River in the immediate rear ofCharleston, and by entering Stono River andintoWappoo Cre
. The military and naval history of the rebellion in the United States : with biographical sketches of deceased officers . nter consisted in reconnoissances inforce Charleston. The southern botm-dary of the harbor of Charleston is formed byJames Island. This island is bounded on tlienorth by the harbor of Charleston and theAshley River, on the northwest by WappooCreek, on the south and southwest by StonoRiver, and on the east are a few small islandsand the ocean. Wappoo Creek connects withthe Ashley River in the immediate rear ofCharleston, and by entering Stono River andintoWappoo Creek, gunboats can reach Charles-ton. The nest island south of importance isJohns Island, and the next Edisto Island. Be-tween these and Hilton Head are a number ofislands of mucli less size. Early in May ordered the channel of Stono River tobe sounded out and buoys to be placed. Thiswas completed on the 20th of May, and thegnnboats Unadilla, Pembina, and Ottawa crossedthe bar and entered the river. Along theriver, owing to its great importance as a meansof access to the city, a vast number of earth- .>Jy. mz. e-f^onXf HO work fortifications had been erected. All ofthese were abandoned as the gunboats jiro-ceeded. The distance from the mouth of theStono to Wappoo Creek is about eight was done in the river by the fleet formany days, except silencing some of the Confed-erate batteries, and preventing the erection ofothers in commanding points likely to be need-ed on the march toward Charleston, of whichthis was designed as a preliminary signs of the approaching army appeared fortwo weeks, during which several reconnois-sances were made by the fleet. The fire of theforts at the entrance to Wappoo Creek wasdrawn from two large rifled cannon at thelower battery of seven guns. The Huron andPembina were anchored within range of theseguns and within three miles of their mastheads could be seen a dozenspires, cupolas an
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