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 . avannah toPulaski, and the recoil of our gunsfired at her sent all but one of themoff the platforms; which had there-upon to be enlarged and , another battery was establishedon Bird island, a little nearer Cock-spur : and next, vessels having ar-rived in Tybee r
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 . avannah toPulaski, and the recoil of our gunsfired at her sent all but one of themoff the platforms; which had there-upon to be enlarged and , another battery was establishedon Bird island, a little nearer Cock-spur : and next, vessels having ar-rived in Tybee roads with heavyguns and munitions, the Yth Conn.,46th New York, and some detachedcompanies, were employed in land-ing these on Big Tybee, construct-ing batteries and magazines, makingroads of poles and plank, &c,, & all this work had to be doneby night, within range of Pulaskisguns—the outline presented to theenemy by the low bushes skirtingthe river being skillfully and gradu-ally altered, night after night, so asto afiord to the garrison no indica-tion of the menacing work going onbehind its friendly shelter. The moving of each gun over thequaking, treacherous bog, from its *8eeVoLL,p,605. Nov. 29,Gi. * la Dec. ,G2. Jan. 28. SIEGE AND CAPTURE OP PORT PULASKI. 457. SCALE1 Ml le: BOMBARDMBNT OF FOBT PTTLASKI. point of debarkation to its designatedposition in battery, was tbe tedious,arduous task of 250 men, all per-formed under tbe cover of darkness :tbe men being forbidden to speak;tlieir movements being directed by awhistle. Wben a gun slipped, as itoften would, oif tbe planks and skidssupporting it, the utmost efforts wererequired to keep it from plungingstraight down through the 12 feetof mud to the supporting clay, if nofarther. Thus were the remnant of Febru-arj and the whole of March intentlyemployed— Hunter, whobad just succeeded to the commandof the department, with as district commander, vis-iting
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