Identifier: presidentssoldie02hard (find matches)
Title: Presidents, soldiers, statesmen... with a prefix giving a compendium of the history of the United States and history of the Declaration of independence
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Hardesty, Hiram H., 1834-1898, pub. 2n
Subjects: United States
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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ition of the rest of the fleet. The naval force was occupied insinking obstructions in the harbor to prevent blockade-running, and thelaud force in entrenching the various camps they had established. OnJanuary 1, 18(52, an engagement occurred at Port Royal, resulting froman attempt on the part of the enemv to plant batteries that would enablethem to land troops on Port Royal Island. Our troops engaged werethe Third Michigan, Forty-Eighth and Seventy-Ninth New York andand Fiftieth Pennsylvania Infantry. The enemy were driven and madeno further attempt to dispute with our army the possession of this import-ant point. THE MASON-SLIDELL IMBROGLIO, On the night of October 12, 1861, the steamship Theodora ran out ofCharleston Harbor, having on board JamesM. Mason, of Virginia, audJohn Slide! 1, of Louisiana. Mr. Mason was a Confederate envoy to Great Britain, and Mr. Slidell was bound for Franee in tlie same capacity. TheTheodora went into port at Cardenas, Cuba, ami on November 7th Messrs.
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tife,~ Kf &j 18- PRESIDENTS, SOLDIERS, STATESMEN. hour. The rebel gunboats first retreated up the sound, then returnedand took part in the battle until their Hag-ship, the Curlew, was struckby a shell from the Sduthfield, and set on tire, when the rest of them re-treated beyond Wier point. Toward the middle of the afternoon ourtroops were embarked on light draft steamers and boats to effect a land-ing at Ashbys Harbor. Tins point was guarded by a strong force withafield battery, but the Delaware turned her guns on these Confederatesand drove them with IX-ineh shrapnel. Before midnight 7,500 of ourinfantry were bivouacing on the shore. Seven of our vessels removed theobstructions sunk iu the channel during the afternoon, and in the earlvpart of the evening the Curlew and the rebel works on Redstone wereblown up. Early ou the morning of the 8th our infantry that had landed movedout to attack the enemy. The latter were well protected by a good abatisin front and impenetrable swamps o

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