...eye-witness of the fact. He relates an incident I do not remember to have seen elsewhere, (pp. 286, 28"). " While this part of our force was contending with the...woods, an unfortunate accident occurred in the battery opposite to the fleet, which proved a death-blow to the little hope that might have been entertained...

...eye-witness of the fact. He relates an incident I do not remember to have seen elsewhere. (pp. 286, 287 ). " While this part of our force was contending with the...woods, an unfortunate accident occurred in the battery opposite to the fleet, which proved a death-blow to the little hope that might have been entertained...

...is more circumstantial in describing the casualty which did so much to decide the fate of the day : While this part of our force was contending with the...in the battery opposed to the fleet which proved a death blow to the little hope that might have been entertained of a successful issue to the proceedings...

...posted, got into the woods and coming down in their rear cut them off in great numbers. Captain McNeil was the first who fell upon this melancholy occasion...at one of the vessels, and the officers, desirous to see if the ball would take effect, ascended • the bastion ; in the meantime the artilleryman,...

...day." Finan 's description of the first, and the accidental explosion has special importance: While part of our force was contending with the enemy in the woods an unfortunate accident occurred at the battery opposed to the fleet, which proved a death blow to the little hope that might have been...