. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . andthe Navy, under Flag-officer , Brigade of Infantry and Bat-talion Art., commanded by Gen. J. , 7 gunboats, under Flag-officerHollins. Losses: Union 17 killed, 34wounded, 3 missing. Confed. 30 killedand wounded. Captured, 2,000 to 5,000{Union .-ind Confed. estimates). 10 and 11.—Ft. Pulaski, Ga., Siege and cap-ture. Union, 6th and 7th Conn., 3d , 46th and 48th N. Y., 8th Maine, 15thU. S. Inft, Crew of U. S. S. , 5 companies hea
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . andthe Navy, under Flag-officer , Brigade of Infantry and Bat-talion Art., commanded by Gen. J. , 7 gunboats, under Flag-officerHollins. Losses: Union 17 killed, 34wounded, 3 missing. Confed. 30 killedand wounded. Captured, 2,000 to 5,000{Union .-ind Confed. estimates). 10 and 11.—Ft. Pulaski, Ga., Siege and cap-ture. Union, 6th and 7th Conn., 3d , 46th and 48th N. Y., 8th Maine, 15thU. S. Inft, Crew of U. S. S. , 5 companies heavy art., com-manded by Col. C. H. Olmstead. Losses:Union 1 killed. Confed. 4 wounded, 360prisoners. ll-Montevallo, Mo. Union, 2 cos. 1stIowa Cav. Confed.* Losses: Union 2killed, 4 wounded. Confed. 22 captured. 16-—Whitcmarsh or Wilmington Island, , 8th Mich., Battery of R. I. LightArtil. Confed., 13th Ga. Losses: Union10 killed, 35 wounded. Confed. 4 killed,15 wounded. —Lees Mills, Va. Union, 3d, 4th, and6th 3d N. Y. Batterv and Battery of5th U. S. Artil. Confed., Gen. J. B. Ma- * No record found.[360]. THE CLOSING OF SAVANNAH, APRIL 12. 1862 Copyright by Reriew of Reviews Co. This terrific punishment was inflicted upon the nearest angle of the fort by tlie thirty-six heavy rifled cannon and the mortars whichthe Federals had planted on Big Tybee Island, and by the gunboats which had found a channel enabling them to get in the rear of thefort. We get a more distant view of the angle in the lower picture. Fort Pulaski had been effectually blockaded since February, 1862,as a part of the Federal plan to establish supreme authority along the Atlantic coast from Wassaw Sound, below Savannah, north toCharleston. On April 10,1862, General Hunter demanded the surrender of Fort Pulaski and when it was refused opened tbe bom-bardment. For two days the gallant garrison held out and then finding the fort untenable, surrendered. This enabled the FederalGovernment effectual
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