. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . ned to P rt ITudson, where, on tho7th of *5cptembcr he had (|Hito a sharponconntor with the shoro and inlandbat tones In the meantime Farragnt had orderedtho bombardment of tho village of Po-naldsontille nt UaTou La Fonrcho, whoretho Federals had been attacked vhilcdo cendine tho ruer; and ho had ofter-Mard gone to
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . ned to P rt ITudson, where, on tho7th of *5cptembcr he had (|Hito a sharponconntor with the shoro and inlandbat tones In the meantime Farragnt had orderedtho bombardment of tho village of Po-naldsontille nt UaTou La Fonrcho, whoretho Federals had been attacked vhilcdo cendine tho ruer; and ho had ofter-Mard gone to ^hip Island and last named plaLO having become thedepot of the ^\e^torn Gulf Siguadron. \part from tho recapture of the LnPi nrohe district (\ol. I., page 306), noengagement of any moment took placem tho Department of the Cult until te-iiard tho end cf tho year. Caheston had on the 8th of October been EurrLndored to Commodore W. H. Ronshnn TT S N who on tho Slst oi December was Btill holding the plncu _ with tho gnnbonts iVcstJicld (flngahip), Ilarnel Tarn. Oioiisco, Olifton, Cory- JOHN G tOSTER pjiwua and Sachem and the traiisporta Saroii and jl/ A JJardman, besides the Pedoral vessels proved \oiy destmctivc and about 2jO laud troops under Colonel Burrill, of. the Fort\ second ■\[nssachusott3 Regiment. At about half pist oao odock on the morningof tho 1st of January a largo force * ^ of Confederates attackeil Colonel Bur-nil a troops while Genural J. B. Jlagruder, thenin chief command directed a heavy fire nponthe gunboata from a battor^ oroctod during tho soon compelled the retreat of the Confederates Plie Pede il loss was S! that of tho Contederatos bein^, reported nt 137 and including Brigudicr general Clarke who was left on tho fieldmortnll) wounded The mm iikan\as then in command of Ttenant Stolons nhich nas to co opento BrLckiuridges ottjck had uniortnnatolj for uigbt upua Pelican Islnndhiin become unmanageablo on bur way down bj The small force of ledera
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