. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . uten-ant Commanding T. ; and the giui-1»oatAniinsfa, Commander E. (\.Parrott. The plan of attack wasto pass up midway betweenForts Walker and Beam-e-gard, reeeiAnng and rettuTi-ing the fu-e of both, to abouttwo and one-half miles northof the forts, then to turn to-ward and close in with FortWalker, encountering it onits weakest flank, and at thesame time enfilading its twowater faces. Wliile stfind-iug to the southward thevessels woidd be head totide, with just enough head-w
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . uten-ant Commanding T. ; and the giui-1»oatAniinsfa, Commander E. (\.Parrott. The plan of attack wasto pass up midway betweenForts Walker and Beam-e-gard, reeeiAnng and rettuTi-ing the fu-e of both, to abouttwo and one-half miles northof the forts, then to turn to-ward and close in with FortWalker, encountering it onits weakest flank, and at thesame time enfilading its twowater faces. Wliile stfind-iug to the southward thevessels woidd be head totide, with just enough head-way to preserve the orderof battle in passing the bat-teries ill slow succession,and t(^ avoid becoming afixed mark for the enemysfire. On reaching the ex-tremity of Hilton Head andthe shoal ground making offfrom it. The line was to turnto the north by the east,and, passing nortliward, toengage Fort Walker withthe ]>ort battery, but nearertliaii on entering. Theseovohilitnis wore to be re-l^inited. A plan of battlewas sent to the Xa^■y- De-partment. The New York DU PONT AND THE PORT ROYAL EXPEDITION. b8i. ^^/y^n\\\ TEN-INCH SHELL GnN WHICH THREW THE OPENING SHOT FROMTHE FLAG-SHIP WABASH. FROM A WAR-TIME SKETCH. Herald of November 20th, 1861, contains a diagram in accord with theabove statement, and was probably taken from the otficial one. There wasanother point in the instructions given by the flag-officer to officers com-manding vessels in the flanking line that is not mentioned in his said in substance, if not in words, that, in passing in, the flanking linewas to deliver its fire against the fort on Bay Point, and then to guard thefleet of transports within the bar from any attempts of Tattnall; that he knewhim well; that he had cour-age and power to plan, andin the heat of action mighttry to run out to destroy thetransports which it was thespecial duty of the flankingsquadion to protect; andthat when Tattnall was dis-posed of, the vessels wouldtake an enfila
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