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t * 1- (ruighFrom the 46 th Regiment. only*■*Tallahatchie Kivbr, MissMarch 21, 1863*On the 16th, a combined attack by thev and land forces, was arranged.trflDSThe gunboats, were to open at short \\eTy ) J mugv aod grad uWly ^ulftJSS up with I hethe \eerenOri Greet i fort. The land battery was to open a ! ^0Ht, i.little in advance. The infantry wasI !* ** r.ane7 •loaded on the musquitoe bouts and the rams were already steamed up to iun down at the proper moment and buti away raft oi logs that is placed acrossthe rrver at the upper end ol the enemy’si*works.All the boats hung in the stream, head down, every line cast off, ready to run down at the signal.we imilesW had The is noencavalthat\Vi«r*c*ourjustWrtSThe battery opened at 1! o’dock,—The two iron clads slipped down to the 9 ! place from which they operated before,The rest of the navy boats, blowing ofi steam, were slowly backing water, just ! holding themselves against the current. ■jThe rebels opened all their guns, bu \ A y | the large one, at the land battery. Th* j id | large one was immediately tired at the y re j Chillicothe. Before the latter fired I w;t|,lo ; seven shots, she was struck six times. - treeiy. ; Both port covers were so bent by the *lru y, | huge weight of metal cBst against them sd ! ihAt neither would move, and the port - ^ $8 ! were effectually clored. She immediate 1 esc?:b : jy hauled off aid the DeKalb followed ia- I This left tho altogether with thf ; P;u‘ She* ! land battery, on our side, and as nothing ^eCj| could be dene tow?trds landing on th« ranon j fort, whilst the big rebel gun was it: } mota* j working order, the battery slackened fire. j1'11- r*j and the rebels quit on having the la*LT* i shot.in3cbat!Gu!| The shower of iroa thiowi across tlit Hu^ count!? of the rebel gun*, during the , 14i , % ° Iaction, was terrific. Trees were mowo :Velt;,i°gIGttdown like grass. Shells burst in every j3 . direction, and as on the who! point in gju ; faotrv were scattered, there was *jrrea ! } * *- * t danger that the rebel firing would do exe exp , cutior amongthem. None were injured,! however.asaUul)heailds,icei °nOn the day previous, ei^ht inch ; Hn;jfit:•gun was taken from the DeKalb and jed i planted along side the two guns we al | ready had planted. 4ou I ^ e H*e r« h«ds around ’.he big gun i ^0j9 busy, and dashed i. their co’Von bales at j]astevery discharge. j ieilt;i •On Tuesday orders were sent out to I °P11j * j |! the batterv to fire a few shots at the fort I. .j • ; 11ieto ascertain'if any change or addition had ! \^€kes • been made in their uc;k^. After a few | hacild ; shots, and whilst Wright Xield of Co D. ? forrn* i was on duty, iooking oat for the rebel CCIi • sc rer- i balls he was struck on the right arm by m|jof* I a small coonical ball which came almost j\r n | diagonally through a cotton bale, dash* j walt;ing away the arm and carrying it at least j a ntwenty feet from where he stood. Hewas immediately conveyed to the boatwhere amputation was performed. Hisiqvionrn-oll*mjuries were not considered dangerousto I like whmarrlt;
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Logansport Journal
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sat, Apr 04, 1863
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