...broadside. At 4.30 p. M. Admiral Dnpont observing signs of distress on the part of several of his ships, made signal to withdraw from action, intending to resume the attack the next morning. The reports, however, which the different commanders made on that evening respecting the injuries to...

...broadside. At 4.30 p. M. Admiral Dnpont observing signs of distress on the part of several of his ships, made signal to withdraw from action, intending to resume the attack the next morning. The reports, however, which the different commanders made on that evening respecting the injuries to...

...was injured beyond repair, and sank at daylight. ' I made signal (reports the disappointed Admiral) to withdraw from action, intending to resume the attack...exposed to the severest fire of the enemy over forty minutes, and yet in that brief period, as the department will perceive by the detailed reports of the...

...repair, and sank at daylight. ' I made signal (reports the disappointed Admiral) to withdraw from uction, intending to resume the attack the next morning. During...exposed to the severest fire of the enemy over forty minutes, and yet in that brief period, as the department will perceive by the detailed reports of the...

...where I desired, though she was within a distance of 1,000 yards, and evening approaching, at 4.30 I made signal to withdraw from action, intending to...flag-ship, and, to my regret, I soon became convinced ot the utter impracticability of taking the city of Charleston by the force under my command. No ship...

...Ironsides where I desired, though she was within a distance of 1000 yards, and evening approaching, at 4.30 I made signal to withdraw from action, intending to...came on board the flag-ship, and, to my regret, I noon became convinced of the utter impracticability of taking the city of Charleston by the force under...

...where I desired, though she was within a distance of 1,000 yards, and evening approaching, at 4.30 I made signal to withdraw from action, intending to resume the attack the nest morning. During the evening the commanding officers of the iron-clads came on board the flag-ship,...

...where I desired, though she was within a distance of 1000 yards, and evening approaching, at 4° 30', I made signal to withdraw from action, intending to...exposed to the severest fire of the enemy over forty minutes, and yet, in that brief 'period, as the Department will perceive by the detailed reports of...

...iron-clads been in action half an hour longer, they would all have been disabled. " To my regret," he says, "I soon became convinced of the utter impracticability...city of Charleston by the force under my command. I had hoped that the endurance of the iron-clads would have enabled them to bear any weight of fire...

...for two miles, from Sullivan's to Morris Island. The result is known to all. In thirty minutes Dupont became " convinced of the utter impracticability of taking the city of Charleston with the force under his command ;" and every one of his commanders concurred in this view. Brave as...