. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . butat a sad sacrifice in killed and wounded. At the same timeon ihe ocean side a cohtmn composed of sailors and marineswas seen to apj^roach, the ach^ance throwing up slight these we brought to bear otir single heavy gttn, while thetwo guns on the mound battery turned their attention fromthe sailors afloat to the sailors on shore, but at too long rangeto be very eftective. Ilagoods Brigade, sent by Bragg, wasnow arriving at Battery Bticluman, but the steamer bearingtbem was driven o
. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . butat a sad sacrifice in killed and wounded. At the same timeon ihe ocean side a cohtmn composed of sailors and marineswas seen to apj^roach, the ach^ance throwing up slight these we brought to bear otir single heavy gttn, while thetwo guns on the mound battery turned their attention fromthe sailors afloat to the sailors on shore, but at too long rangeto be very eftective. Ilagoods Brigade, sent by Bragg, wasnow arriving at Battery Bticluman, but the steamer bearingtbem was driven olf by the fire of the fleet after it had suc--ceeded in landing tAvo South Carolina regiments, Avhich cameat a doable-quick to the mound under a heavy fire. The mtm-ber of these reinforcements Avas reported to me by the officerin command as 350. They reached the fort less than thirtyminutes before tbe attacking columns came like avalanchesitjjon our rigbt and left. The South Carolinians Avere otttof breath and more or less disorganized and demoralized by Front , inFebruary, The Defence of Fort Fisher. 227 the oideal throiigli wliicli, by Braggs neglect, they had beenforced to jmss. I sent them to an old commissary bomb-proof to recover .breath. ^ly lieadqnarters during the tight were the pulpit batteryon the sea face, one hundred yards from the northeast salientfind adjoining the hospital bomb-proof, commanding the bestview of the aj^] roaches to the land face. At 2:30, as I wasreturning froin anotlier battery, Private Arthur Muldoon, oneof my lookouts, called to me, Colonel, the enemy are aboutto charge. I informed General Whiting, who was near,find at my request he immediately telegraphed General Bragg,fit Sugar Loaf: The enemy are about to assault; they outnumber us heav-ily. We are just manning our parapets. Fleet have ex-tended down the sea front outside and are firing very on the l)each in front of us in very heavy force, notmore than s
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