. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . bout two miles from thefortress. Their right flank seemed to be well covered by a sort oflagoon, running between it and the woods beyond. Two of therebel gun-boats shelled the Union lines from Cape Fear River. So ended the first days operations. Nothing can describe theterrific thunder of the grand bombardment—one incessant crashof heav
. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . bout two miles from thefortress. Their right flank seemed to be well covered by a sort oflagoon, running between it and the woods beyond. Two of therebel gun-boats shelled the Union lines from Cape Fear River. So ended the first days operations. Nothing can describe theterrific thunder of the grand bombardment—one incessant crashof heavy guns and broadsides. Every vessel shook with the concus-sion, while shells from more than 300 guns played round the fort,making it a pit of fearful destruction to its occupants. A carefulspectator reckoned that in the eight hours action between the iron-clads and the fort, from eight to four , the former threwin their immense shells at the rate of four per minute, to the num-ber of not less than 2,000 shells. It is supposed that 300 shellswere thrown in return, leaving their marks on all the iron-clads,but not essentially injuring them. In the terrible cannonade, whichlasted from forty minutes past four to ten minutes past six , Ifc.^ m. AS:0«, LZNOX AND TiLDEN FOUNDATIONS A L KV [■-
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