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accordingly reenforced,(1) and, when attacked, contained 450 men. One of our iron-clads was ordered to take up a position to sweep the approaches to the gorge with canister and grape.

The guns in the shore batteries were loaded and trained upon the approaches to the fort, and the men were ordered to stand by their guns, lock-strings in hand. At the given signal of a rocket from the fort, all the batteries were to open." And farther : " If our guns had not opened so soon and fired so rapidly, we would have captured or destroyed your whole command." This is true.

In the " Memoir s " of Admiral Dahlgren I find, under the date of November 20th, 1863, the following : " Last night the army undertook to feel the force in Sumter, and sent two hundred men in boats for that purpose. About thirty yards from the fort a dog barked and aroused the garrison, which fired, wounding two of our men. The rumor was, the night before, that an attack was to be made, and I ordered the monitors on picket to cover our men. A few shots were fired by the fort and then there was quiet." I think this was the last demonstration of the kind attempted.

(1) Major John Johnson says of this statement : " Sumter was not reenforced; but on the night of September 4th-5th, Rhett's enfeebled garrison had been relieved by Major Elliott and the Charleston Battalion of infantry, 320 strong. No troops after that date were sent to the fort before the boat attack on September 8th."

SOUTH ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON. (January-July, 1863.)Rear-Admiral S. F. Du Pont, command P. Rodgers, Chief-of-Staff.

Screw-FRIGATE.-Wabash, Com. T. G. Corbin, 1 150 pounder Parrott, 1 10-inch, 1 30-pounder Parrott, 42 9-inch.

SCREW-SLOOPS.-Pawnee, Com. G. B. Balch, 8 9-inch, 1 100-pounder Parrott, 1 50-pounder Dahlgren; Canandaigua, Capt. J. F. Green, 2 11-inch pivot, 1 150-pounder Parrott pivot, 3 20-pounder Parrotts, 2 12-pounder rifle howitzers, 2 12-pounder S. B. howitzers ; Housatonic, Capt. W. R. Taylor, 1 11-inch, 1 100-pounder Parrott, 3 30 pounder Parrotts, 4 32-pounders, 1 12-pounder S. B. howitzer, 1 12-pounder rifle howitzer ; Mohawk, Com. A. K.

Hughes, 6 32-pounders, 1 24-pounder S. B., 1 12-pounder howitzer.

SIDE-WHEEL STEAMER.-Powhatan, Capt. S. W. Godon, Capt. Charles Steedman, 7 9-inch, 1 100-pounder Parrott pivot, 1 11-inch pivot.

GUN-BOATS.-Wissahickon, Lieut.-Com. J. 1. Davis, 1 150-pounder Parrott pivot, 1 20 pounder Parrott pivot, 2 24-pounder S. B. howitzer, 1 12-pounder rifle howitzer; Seneca, Lieut.-Com. William Gibson, 1 11-inch pivot, 1 20-pounder Parrott pivot, 2 24-pounder S. B. howitzers ; Unadilla, Lieut.-Com. S. P. Quackenbush, 1 11-inch pivot, 1 20-pounder Parrott pivot, 4 24-pounder S. B. howitzers, 1 12-pounder S. B. howitzer ; Marble head, Lieut.-Com.
R. W. Scott, 1 11-inch pivot, 1 20-pounder Parrott pivot, 2 24-pounder S. B. howitzers ; Ottawa, Lieut.-Com. W. D. Whiting, 1 11-inch, 1 20-pounder Parrott, 2 24-pounder howitzers; Water Witch, Lieut.-Com. A. Pendergrast; Huron, Lieut.-Com. G. A. Stevens, 1 11-inch pivot,
1 20 pounder Parrott rifle, 2 24-pounder S. B. howitzers.

DOUBLE-ENDERS.-Sebago, Com. J. C. Beaumont, 1 100 pounder Parrott pivot, 5 9-inch,
2 24-pounder S. B. howitzers ; Cimarron, Com. A. G. Drake, 1 100 pounder Parrott, 1 9-inch,
2 9-inch pivot, 4 24-pounder S. B. howitzers ; Conemaugh, Com. Reed Werden, 1 100-pounder Parrott pivot, 4 9-inch, 2 24-pounder S. B. howitzers, 1 11-inch pivot ; Paul Jones, Com. Charles Steedman ; Com. A. C. Rhind; Lieut.-Com. E. P. Willider Parrott pivot, 1 11-inch pivot, 4 9-inch, 1 12-pounder S. B. light.

PURCHASED STEAMERS.- South Carolina; Com. J. J. Almy , 1 30-pounder Parrott, 1 24 pounder S. B. howitzer, 4 8-inch, 2 32-pounders ; Dawn, Act. Lieut. John S. Barnes, Art. Master James Brow, 2 32-pounders, 1 100-pounder Parrott, 1 20-pounder Parrott, 1 12 pounder howitzer; Mercedita, Com. H. S. Stellwagen ; Quaker City,, Com. J. M. Frailey; Commodore McDonough, Lieut.-Com. George Bacon, 1 9-inch pivot, 1 100-pounder Parrott,
2 50-pounder Dahlgren rifles, 2 24-pounder S. B. howitzers ; Potomska, Act. V. -Lieut. William Budd, 5 guns; F. B. Hale, Act. Lieut. E. Brodhead, 432-pounders, 130-pounder Parrott pivot; Lodona, Com. E. R. Colhoun, 1100-pounder Parrott pivot, 1 30-pounder Parrott pivot, 1 9-inch, 4 24 pounder S. B. howitzers; Norwich, Com. J. M. Duncan, 4 8-inch, 1 30-pounder Parrott,
1 12-pounder rifle howitzer; Wamsutta, Act. V.-Lieut. J. W. Kittredge, 4 32-pounders,
1 20-pounder Parrott, 1 12-pounder rifle howitzer ; Keystone State, Com. W. E. Le Roy ,0
6 8-inch, 2 32-pounders, 1 60 pounder Dahlgren, 2 30-pounder Parrott, 212-pounder rifle howitzers ; Madgie, Act. Master F. B. Meriam, 1 30 pounder Parrott pivot, 1 20-pounder Parrott pivot, 2 24-pounder S. B. howitzers, 1 12-pounder S. B. howitzer; Isaac Smith, Act. Lieut. F. S. Conover; James Adger, Com. T. H. Patterson, 1 9-inch, 6 32-pounder, 1 20-pounder Parrott,
1 12-pounder S. B. howitzer ; Augusta, Com. E. G. Parrott, 6 8-inch, 1 100-pounder Parrott rifle, 2 30-pounder Parrott rifles, 1 12-pounder rifle howitzer; Flag, Com. J. H. Strong, 4 8-inch, 1 10-inch pivot, 2 30-pounder Parrotts ; Flambeau, Lieut.-Com. J. H. Upshur, 1 30-pounder Parrott pivot, 1 20-pounder Parrott pivot, 2 12-pounder heavy howitzers; Stettin, Act. Master C. J. Van Alstine, 1 30-pounder Parrott pivot, 4 24 pounder S. B. howitzers; Uncas, Act. Master William Watson, 4 32-pounders, 1 20-pounder Parrott; Memphis, Lieut: Com. P. G. Watmough, Act. Master C. A. Curtis, 4 24owitzers, 1 30-pounder Parrott rifle, 2 12-pounder rifle howitzers.

Monitors.-(1 15-inch, 1 11 inch, each.) Patapsco, Com. D. Ammen; Passaic, Captain P. Drayton; Nahant, Com. John Downes; Com. John L. Worden, Com. D. M. Fairfax; Nantucket, Com. D. M. Fairfax, Lieut.-Com. L. H. Newman, Com. J. C. Beaumont ; Weehawken, Captain John Rodgers ; Catskill, Com. George W. Rodgers.

OTHER IRONCLADS.-Keokuk, Com. A. C. Rhind, 2 11 inch S. B.; New Ironsides, Com. T. Turner, 14 11 inch, 2 150-pounder Parrotts, 2 50-pounder Dahlgrens.

SAILING VESSELS (Barks). Kingfisher, Act. Master J. C. Dutch, 4 8-inch; Brazliera, Act. Master W. T. Gillespie, 632 pounders; Restless, Act. Master W.R. Browne; Midnight, Act. Master N. Kirby, 1 20-pounder Parrott pivot, 6 32-pounders; Fernandina, Act. Master E. Moses, 6 32-pounders, 1 20-pounder Parrott pivot, 1 24-pounder S. B. howitzer.

MORTAR-SCHOONERS.- C. P. Williams, Act. Master, S. N. Freeman, 2 32-pounders,
1 20-pounder Parrott rifle, 1 13 inch mortar ; Para, Act. Master E. G. Furber, Act.

Master Edward Ryan, 2 32-pounders,.1 13-inch mortar; Norfolk Packet, Act. Ensign George W. Wood, 2 32 pounders, 1 13-inch mortar, 1 12 pounder rifle howitzer.

STORE SHIPS: Vermont, Com. William Reynolds, 10 8 inch, 8 32-pounders ; Valparaiso, Act. Master A. S. Gardner.

TUGS, TENDERS, AND DISPATCH BOATS.- O. M. Petit, Act. Ensign T. E. Baldwin,
1 20-pounder Parrott, 1 30 pounder Parrott ; Rescue, Act. Ensign C. A. Blanchard,
1 20-pounder Parrott, 1 12 pounder rifle howitzer; Hogue, Act. Master J. E. Rockwell,
1 20-pounder Parrott pivot; Daffodil, Act. Master E. M. Baldwin, 1 20-pounder Parrott rifle,
1 20-pounder Dahlgren rifle ; Dandelion, Act. Ensign William Barrymore., 2 guns ; Columbine, Act. Master J. S. Dennis, Act. Ensign E. Daly, 2 20-pounder Parrotts; G. W Blunt, Act. Master J. R. Beers, 1 12 pounder rifle howitzer, 1 12 pounder S. B. howitzer ; America, Act. Master J. Baker; Oleander, Act. Master J. S. Dennis, 2 30-pounder Parrott pivots.