. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . ardment. The bombardment recommenced at the expirationof the stated time, but did not long continue, owing tothe speedy explosion of an immense Parrott gun, calledby the soldiers the Marsh Angel, which was em-ployed in this particular work. In the meanwhile, theparallels were being steadily pushed forward towardsFort Wagner ; the Confederate rifle-pits were carried atthe point of the bayonet on the 26th, and a fifth par-allel was then
. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . ardment. The bombardment recommenced at the expirationof the stated time, but did not long continue, owing tothe speedy explosion of an immense Parrott gun, calledby the soldiers the Marsh Angel, which was em-ployed in this particular work. In the meanwhile, theparallels were being steadily pushed forward towardsFort Wagner ; the Confederate rifle-pits were carried atthe point of the bayonet on the 26th, and a fifth par-allel was then completed within 240 yards of the mainwork. Nevertheless the opposing fire from the Con-federate forts and batteries continued as strong as ever,and the Dahlgren fleet being unable to pass the bar-riers defending the inner harbor, could do nothing tooutflank the several positions which (he army was en-deavoring to take in front. The Union losses increasedfrom day to day, and the men were discouraged at theseemingly endless nature of their task. The sapperscould only work at night, and even then were oftenbrought down bv aid of the powerful moonlight. Yet. 2^8 TllE BATTLES FOR THE UNION. Gillmore held firmly to his purpose, and now determinedto open on Fort Wagner a bombardment more power-ful than any which had gone before. This was to con-tinue day and night without any cessation, and duringthe hours of darkness the gunners were to work by cal-cium lights, which had already been tried with goodeffect. The new bombardment commenced on Septem-ber 5, and prevailed for 42 consecutive hours. Theland batteries were assisted by one of the ironclads,which fired enormous shells from its eight broadsideguns; and the garrison, compelled to keep watchagainst any assault that might be intended, lost manyof their number in exposed positions. The work was,in fact, no longer tenable, therefore preparations weremade for the withdrawal of the troops. It was resolvedto abandon Fort Wagner, togeth
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