. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . k the hurricane-deck of the flirtnr with the fort. I was sent to Koanoke Island to eommn- [Captain Hunter] in its descent, and went thi-ough her nieate all this to Colonel Shaw, and confess did not relish dicks and hottnni as (hiiu!.h they had been made of my mission. It looked too mtich like leaving the .iniiy paper Unnter put his vessel ashore, immediately in in the lurch, and .vet to have remained without animu- front of Fori Forrest, connilelcly masking its guns, nilion would
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . k the hurricane-deck of the flirtnr with the fort. I was sent to Koanoke Island to eommn- [Captain Hunter] in its descent, and went thi-ough her nieate all this to Colonel Shaw, and confess did not relish dicks and hottnni as (hiiu!.h they had been made of my mission. It looked too mtich like leaving the .iniiy paper Unnter put his vessel ashore, immediately in in the lurch, and .vet to have remained without animu- front of Fori Forrest, connilelcly masking its guns, nilion would have been mer folly. . I met Colonel and wc could not lire her for fear of burning up the Shaw at his qnartors. ami statiil the facts in nlation to battery, which, as I have said, was Imilt on an old the vessels ondtheu retunuHl to the BroiV<ii//o)V. did our best in weiv now extinguished, niul the got under maiiilaining nor position. About I i\ m. I observed way for IClizabelh City. EyIRLY COAST OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA. 543. an unexpected di-rection upon theenemy inside thework. Theytiuned theii gunsupon his troops,but failed to drivethem from theirposition. WhileGeneral Reno wasmaintaining theleft attack, Gen-eral Foster, withthe 25th Massa-chusetts and 10thConnecticut, wasmaking a seriousdemonstration infront; and the23dand27thMas-sachusetts, laterwith the 51stPennsylvania,were trjang topenetrate thealmost impassa-ble wood andswamp in thefar-off front ofthe earth - workfor the puiposeof getting onthe enemys engagedin this move-ment, the Massachusetts troops encountered a battalion of the enemy and(hove them inside theii work. About 11 oclock General Parke with his brigade arrived upon the field,and the 4th Rhode Island was ordered to follow the regiments making thedemonstration on the enemys left. The 9th New York regiment, arri\dngupon the gTound, was ordered to follow. ... The regiment, under thelead of the colonel, Rush C. Hawkins, entered the
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