. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ain T. A. Huguenin, who was fortunate enough toescape uninjured and only left the fort at its final evacuation on the 17th ofFebruary, 1865. Another gallant officer, Major John Johnson, of the Con-federate States Engineers, was of much assistance in the defense of the ruins,and remained therein while they were held by us. The instructions for the evacuation of Batteries Wagner and Gregg hadbeen prepared by me with much deliberation and thought. The withdrawal ofthe troops began as
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ain T. A. Huguenin, who was fortunate enough toescape uninjured and only left the fort at its final evacuation on the 17th ofFebruary, 1865. Another gallant officer, Major John Johnson, of the Con-federate States Engineers, was of much assistance in the defense of the ruins,and remained therein while they were held by us. The instructions for the evacuation of Batteries Wagner and Gregg hadbeen prepared by me with much deliberation and thought. The withdrawal ofthe troops began as previously agreed upon, and was conducted in silence,with great coolness and precision. My orders were carried out almost to theletter. Owing to some defect in the fuses, however, the powder magazinesof neither Wagner nor Gregg were exploded, although they had been lit,with all due precaution, by able officers. The wounded and sick had beenfirst removed; then the companies were marched by detachments to theboats prepared to receive them, and embarked under the supervision of the 20 THE DEFENSE OF THE BATTERY, CHARLESTON. FROM A SKETCH MADE IN 1873. uaval officers in command. Two companies remained in Battery Wagner, asa rear-gnard, until all the others were embarked, when they also were with-drawn. Onr loss was slight both in men and materials, and the Federalvictory was barren. \ I have dwelt somewhat at length npon the details of the gradual destruc-tion of Fort Sumter for the reason that, apart from the high interest of therecital, the matchless spirit and discipline displayed by its commander andgarrison reacted upon all the commands in my department, and arouseda feeling of pride and emulation among the troops defending Charleston,which resulted in the greatest heroism. And it is history to say that thedefense of Sumter and Wagner are feats of war unsurpassed in ancient ormodern times. I now propose, before closing, to review a few passages of General Gill-mo
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