The American conflict : a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : it's causes, incidents, and results, intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union . mber of itsdefenders to about 3,000. Gol. Shaw,8th North Carolina, was in immedi-ate command. Fort Bartow, other- * February 5. Ex-Governor of Yirginia. ATTACK ON ROANOKE ISLAND. Y6 wise Pork Point battery, was a sub-stantial eartliwork, strengthened byabatis and a moat, and
The American conflict : a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : it's causes, incidents, and results, intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union . mber of itsdefenders to about 3,000. Gol. Shaw,8th North Carolina, was in immedi-ate command. Fort Bartow, other- * February 5. Ex-Governor of Yirginia. ATTACK ON ROANOKE ISLAND. Y6 wise Pork Point battery, was a sub-stantial eartliwork, strengthened byabatis and a moat, and mounting10 guns; battery Huger, on WeirsPoint, farther north, had likewise10 guns; battery Blanchard, mid-way, but 4. The swampy nature ofthe approaches, covered with thick-ets of shrubs and bushes, was countedon to bar access to Fort Bartow, saveby a causeway road completely com-manded by its fire. After crouching through a rainynight, some of them in miry bogs,our soldiers were formed and led onat an early hour of the morning. Alarge portion of the Rebel force wasdeployed as skirmishers, and contest-ed our floundering advance throughthe bog with spirit and effect untilnear 10 a. m., when our leading regi-ments were close under the fire of thefort. They had by this time found itimpossible to obey the orders which. ROANOKE ISLAND. Saturday, February 8. 76 THE AMERICAN CONFLICT. directed tliem to flank the enemy oneither side of the swamp—the abatisproving at most places impassable;and it was resolved to charge overthe causeway directly in front. Thiswas done by the 9th New Tork(Zouaves), Col. Rush C. Hawkins,the 51st, Col. Edward Ferrero, the23d Massachusetts, Col. John Kurtz,and 21st, A. C. Maggi. The25th and 27th Massachusetts, and10th Connecticut, Col. Eussell, werehonorably distinguished in the at-tack. Col. R. was killed; as was Yiguier de Monteuil, 53d NewYork, who was serving as a volun-teer with Hawkinss Zouaves. Lyingdown to receive a fire of grape
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