. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . - 6 of that year. A com-bined operation of naval and army forces, the latterunder General Gillmore, was then begun for the posses-sion of Morris Island, on the south side of the entranceto Charleston. After a long and severe struggle the island wasfinally possessed, and the guns of the army and thefleet soon reduced Fort Sumter to a pile of ruins. Thefort itself was assaulted by a boat expedition whichfailed. But Dahlgrens fleet thenceforth remained inside. the bar and blockade-running at that port was at an Pebruar
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . - 6 of that year. A com-bined operation of naval and army forces, the latterunder General Gillmore, was then begun for the posses-sion of Morris Island, on the south side of the entranceto Charleston. After a long and severe struggle the island wasfinally possessed, and the guns of the army and thefleet soon reduced Fort Sumter to a pile of ruins. Thefort itself was assaulted by a boat expedition whichfailed. But Dahlgrens fleet thenceforth remained inside. the bar and blockade-running at that port was at an Pebruary, 1864, Admiral Dahlgren commanded inperson an expedition to the St. Johns River. In July,1864, a concerted movement was made up the StonoRiver by General Foster and Admiral Dahlgren. Thisexpedition, well conceived, failed for want of energeticcarrying out on the part of some of the army column under Colonel Hoyt actually captured FortJohnson, but, being unsupported, were made December 12, 1864, General Sherman having success-fully accomplished his march to the sea, reached thevicinity of Savannah, and Admiral Dahlgren immediatelyestablished communication with him, and made the bestpossible disposition of the vessels under his commandto assist the army in taking possession of Savannah,which was occupied by Sherman on December 21, February 18, 1865, the movements of Shermansarmy caused the evacuation of Charleston by the Con-federate forces, and Admiral Dahlgren at once movedhis ves
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