The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862Various
History
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862
Various
Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Periodicals
It is now past meridian of the second day. Pulaski still fires her
heaviest guns; but at greater intervals. The batteries from Tybee
have obtained so exact a range that nearly every shot does
execution. At length a breach is made in the vicinity of the
magazine. The fate of the fort and all its inmates is now suspended
upon a single, well-directed shot. There is but a step between the
besieged and death, and as all hope of raising the siege is
abandoned, the rebel flag is hauled down, and a white flag of
submission waves in its stead. Pulaski falls, and the day is ours.
The hope of Georgia is gone. In vain did the citizens of Savannah
offer a prize of one hundred thousand dollars for the relief of the
fort. Had that sum been increased to a million, it would have been
quite as unavailing. The same inevitable doom awaits all the other
forts and intrenchments of the rebel confederacy. With some of
these, the event may be delayed; but the day of doom will come, and
the broad flag of the Union will float over every inch of territory
from the hills of the Aroostook to the waters of the Rio Grande.
Just as the fort struck her flag, an incident occurred which was
somewhat remarkable. A sloop, which had been at anchor in Tybee
harbor, was broken from her moorings by the violence of the wind,
and driven by wind and tide, she floated up the Savannah river.
With her Union down, she passed immediately in front of Pulaski,
and turned into Wright river, where she was run ashore. Twenty
minutes earlier, and she would have been blown to atoms by the guns
of the fort.
An almost incredible amount of work has been done by our investing
army, in accomplishing this glorious result. Rivers and creeks had
to be sounded, obstructions removed, roads made through swamps on
marshy islands, where our officers and men had to work day and
night, often up to their waists in mud and water; heavy Parrotts
and columbiads had to be carried by hand across these swamps, and
erected on platforms inundated by rising tides; dykes and ditches
had to be made, while all the time our men were exposed to the fire
of the rebel fleet. When all this was accomplished, and
communication was cut off from Pulaski, then the nearest points on
Tybee were reached by our forces located on that island, and four
or five batteries were planted, which, in turn, have done their
work, and the result shows how wise were the plans and how
successful was the execution. The stars and stripes now float over
Pulaski, and may they never again be polluted by the touch of
traitor hands.
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Those persons who 'collect' street literature (there be such) may be
pleased with the following:
PORTENTOUS PLACARDS.
_New-York, May, 1862._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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