. The Third New Hampshire and all about it . g the latter part of the day the Passaic and Patajysco wentup within about 2,000 yards of Sumter, and opened on it with their150-pounder rifled guns. Commander Rodgers and PaymasterWoodbury of the Catskill were instantly killed during the day. It must be borne in mind that our regiment was at the frontduring the day and the night previous. When we came in at nightwe did so by companies. The noise and tremble of the bombardmentwas fearful, and the sight was a majestic one — but only while wecould eliminate the element of danger. There were no percept
. The Third New Hampshire and all about it . g the latter part of the day the Passaic and Patajysco wentup within about 2,000 yards of Sumter, and opened on it with their150-pounder rifled guns. Commander Rodgers and PaymasterWoodbury of the Catskill were instantly killed during the day. It must be borne in mind that our regiment was at the frontduring the day and the night previous. When we came in at nightwe did so by companies. The noise and tremble of the bombardmentwas fearful, and the sight was a majestic one — but only while wecould eliminate the element of danger. There were no perceptiblesigns of weakening on the part of the rebels, though the figbt con-tiiaued all day. During the night (Dahlgrens book says) Gillmorenotified the commander of the naval force that he expected a sortie,and asked him to shell a little and stop it. 18 Aug. : At daylight the Ironsides and two monitors movedclose in and engaged Wagner for a little while, for purpose of detain-ing them in their nest, as it was presumed they were meditating an. Aurj. 63.] THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. Sol attack upon the land forces. A gale set in today and preventedactive operations by the navy. Our land batteries, however, firedmany a shot, particularly at Sumter. By afternoon the gale hadincreased so much, with rain, that practically all work of firingceased. We were gladdened with the report that the 300-pounderwas mounted at last. From some cause unknown to us we were notturned out this morning as was usual; and didnt we nap!Come fire or blood : what did we care for such trifling things ! Weslept. In a letter to Senator Henry, Lexington, Va., dated 18 , Gen. Beauregard says: . . your idea of using double-barrelled guns in Wagner has long since been adopted. I hope thebuckshot will make sad havoc in the Yankee ranks. I have alsoplanted the ground in front of the battery with a certain kind ofgrain, which is quiteprolific of results, evenin the most barrensands 19 Aug. : Begin-ning with
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