. The Third New Hampshire and all about it . ounder Carronade : on land face. 13. 8-inch Siege Howitzer : on land face. 14. 10-inch Mortar : at Western Gorge. (11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, in good working order.) Gregg had one 10-inch Columbiad and one 9-inch Dahlgren,manned by a detachment of Light Artillery. The garrison of both comprised 794 infantry, 240 artillery, 10cavalry and 14 sharpshooters, making a total of 1,058 men in all. Tonight the One Hundredth New York, Col. Dandy, being atthe front, tried during the prevailing darkness to capture the ridgein front (wanted by us as a place to build
. The Third New Hampshire and all about it . ounder Carronade : on land face. 13. 8-inch Siege Howitzer : on land face. 14. 10-inch Mortar : at Western Gorge. (11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, in good working order.) Gregg had one 10-inch Columbiad and one 9-inch Dahlgren,manned by a detachment of Light Artillery. The garrison of both comprised 794 infantry, 240 artillery, 10cavalry and 14 sharpshooters, making a total of 1,058 men in all. Tonight the One Hundredth New York, Col. Dandy, being atthe front, tried during the prevailing darkness to capture the ridgein front (wanted by us as a place to build a parallel) ; but wasunsuccessful. Gillmore wanted Beauregard to surrender today, threatening tobombard the city in case of his refusal. Meantime arrangementsare being made to bombard Sumter again by the navy; but thePassaic grounded, and the attempt is abandoned for today at least. During the night some sort of a torpedo boat was sent down bythe rebels. It struck the Ironsides, doing no special damage, however,and retreated to John C. Linehan, Aug. 63.^ THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 353 22 Aug. : We give the following as a specimen of instructions,varied, of course, according to circumstances. MEMORANDUM INSTRUCTIONS FOR DUTY. MoKRis Island, 22 Aug. Maxwell, | ^^ „^^^^ ^^ Ayer, j Six men of Co. B will report to Capt. Ayer at oclock. Seven men of Co. — will report to Capt. Maxwell at oclock. This makes the number of each company 20 men. Capt. Maxwell willtake the right of the line, and Capt. Ayer the left. The men will beinstructed not to provoke a Are with the enemy, but to lay low and operateso as to facilitate the progress of the works. In case the enemy drive theskirmishers in (which can only be done by an overwhelming force), theywill retire through the trench and no other way. This must be understoodby each man — to retire the same way they go out. It is of every importance that the skirmishers are on the ground b
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