The Granite Monthly. Vol. II. No. 7. Apr., 1879: A New Hampshire Magazine devoted to Literature, History, and State ProgressVarious
History
The Granite Monthly. Vol. II. No. 7. Apr., 1879: A New Hampshire Magazine devoted to Literature, History, and State Progress
Various
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Privates.—Simon Dearborn, Gideon Glidden, James Garland, John Harvey,
David Mudgett (of Gilmanton), Simon Sanborn, Robt. Morrison, John
Runnels, John Neally, Joseph Place, Abram Pettengale, Andrew Nealley,
Peter Severance, John Wallace, Theop. Cass (of Epsom), Israel Clifford,
Nathaniel Batchelder (of Deerfield), Jacob Morrill, John Simpson, John
Wallace, Jr., Neal McGaffey (of Epsom), Jonah Libbey, Moses Locke,
Francis Locke, Zebulon Marsh, Solomon Moody, Chas. Whitcher, Marsh
Whitten, Noah Sinclair (drummer), James Randell (fifer), Nich. Brown,
Benj. Berry (of Epsom), John Casey, Jona. Cram (of Deerfield), Jeremiah
Conner, Elisha Hutchinson, Dudley Hutchinson, Benj. Judkins, Josh.
Wells, Jere. Dowe, Jona. Dowe, John Dwyer, David Page, Jr., Beniah
Libbey, William Rowell, Weymouth Wallace (of Epsom), Thomas Walsh and
William McCrellis (of Epsom).
_THE N. H. SEVENTH AT FT. WAGNER._
[From sketch of Lieut. HENRY W. BAKER, in Coffin’s History of Boscawen.]
The command had been entrusted to Gen. Trueman H. Seymour, who
determined to make an assault. He knew nothing of the construction of
Ft. Wagner. No information of the impediments to be overcome had reached
him. Col. Putnam of the 7th, commanding the second brigade, opposed the
contemplated movement.
“I do not think that we can take the fort,” he said; and when Gen.
Seymour reiterated his determination to make the attempt, Col. Putnam
said, “We shall go like a flock of sheep.”
The sun had set, and the twilight faded. The soldiers were ordered to
remove the caps from the nipples of their rifles, and were told that
they must depend upon the bayonet alone. In the 100th N. Y., which
formed behind the 7th, this order was neglected.
In the darkness the assaulting column moved forward. The iron-clads, and
the Union batteries opened a heavy fire, which was continued till the
column was so near that further firing would endanger it, when, at a
signal, all the Union batteries became silent. In an instant Ft. Wagner
was aflame. Its heavy siege guns, howitzers, and forty-two pounder
carronades burst forth, pouring a stream of shot and shell into the
advancing troops. And now, in addition, the parapet of the fort swarmed
with men, who, through the terrible cannonade of the day had been lying
securely beneath the bomb proofs. Mingled with the roar of the cannon
were their volleys of musketry.
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