. The military and naval history of the rebellion in the United States : with biographical sketches of deceased officers . mainland, only four miles below the left bank of the river is formed by a suc-cession of islands, and the channel is also inter-rupted by large and numerous ones. The net-work of creeks and bays which surround HO-ton Head terminates to the southward in Oal-ibogue Sound, which is separated from Savan-nah river at its mouth by Turtle and JonesIslands. The waters that bound two sides ofJones Island, which is triangular in shape, arecalled Mud and Wright rivers; the l
. The military and naval history of the rebellion in the United States : with biographical sketches of deceased officers . mainland, only four miles below the left bank of the river is formed by a suc-cession of islands, and the channel is also inter-rupted by large and numerous ones. The net-work of creeks and bays which surround HO-ton Head terminates to the southward in Oal-ibogue Sound, which is separated from Savan-nah river at its mouth by Turtle and JonesIslands. The waters that bound two sides ofJones Island, which is triangular in shape, arecalled Mud and Wright rivers; the latter is themore southern, and separates Jones from TurtleIsland, which lies next to Dawfuskie Island, thewestern shore of Calibogue Sound. The wateron the third side of Jones Island is the river. This island is about five miles long,and between two and three broad. About halfway between its upper and lower angles, andfronting on the Savannah, is Venus Point,where a Federal battery was subsequentlyplaced to cut off communication between Savan-nah and Fort Pulaski. Lieut. J. H. Wilson, of the topographical. engineers, becoming convinced, from informa-tion obtained of negro pilots and others, thatan interior passage existed, connecting Cali-bogue Sound with the Savannah river, andwhich, if passable by gunboats, might lead tocutting oft Fort Pulaski from communicationwith Savannah, was despatched by Gen. Sher-man on a reconnoissanoe. Taking with him tworow boats, and about seventy men of the RhodeIsland regiment, ho left Calibogue Sound withhis negro crew and pilots, and ventured by nightthrough the intricate passages. At this time the Union troops had not advanced beyondDawfuskie Island, and on some of these riversConfederate pickets were still stationed. Theoars of the reconnoitring party, however, weremuffled, and they passed by the pickets with-out discovery. Under cover of the darknessthey penetrated several miles up one of thesestreams, leaving the pickets in thei
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