THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
449 
tc Keeping in view the peculiar exigencies of the.case, which required light draught 
and great ordnance power, it appears that the selection of the department could 
not have been more judicious in preferring a number of monitors to operate from a 
heavy frigate as a base. 
“These four monitors, who thus keep watch and ward, muster eight (8) guns 
and three hundred and twenty (320) men, which is almost insignificant in contrast 
with the work done.”. 
ADDITIONAL LIST OF ACTIONS IN ‘WHICH THE IRON-CLADS WERE ENGAGED WITH THE REBEL 
BATTERIES IN CHARLESTON HARBOUR WHILE REDUCING MORRIS ISLAND. 
Date. 
Name. 
Rounds 
fired. 
Hits by 
enemy. 
Dis¬ 
tance. 
Object. 
Remarks. 
1863 
yds. 
July 18 
New Ironsides. 
805 
4 
1400 
Fort Wagner. 
,/ 20 
n 
168 
13 
1300 
II 
Aug. 23 
on 
a. 
f 
Ship was under way; distance 
n 
C7U 
^0 
... 
" i 
varied from 1100 to 1300 yds. 
Sept. 2 
n 
41 
7 
1000 
Fort Gregg | 
Hits from Gregg & Moultrie; 
ship at anchor. 
« 2 
n 
9 
• •• 
1500 
Fort Sumter . 
// 5 
a 
488 
• •• 
1300 
Fort Wagner. 
« 6 
a 
32 
1 
1800 
Fort Gregg... 
Hit from Gregg. 
STATEMENT OP FIRING BY THE UNITED STATES STEAMER NEW IRONSIDES DURING HER 
SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE REBEL FORTIFICATIONS IN CHARLESTON HARBOUR. 
Date. 
Rounds 
fired. 
Hits by 
enemy. 
Dis¬ 
tance. 
Object. 
Remarks. 
1863 
July 18 
805 
4 
yds. 
1400 
Fort Wagner ... 
At anchor. 
„ 
20 
168 
13 
1300 
II 
do 
It 
24 
464 
5 
1200 
II 
do 
n 
29 
183 
2 
1200 
II 
do 
a 
29 
25 
2500 
Fort Sumter ... 
50-pr. rifle on spar deck. 
n 
29 
2 
1900 
Fort Gregg. 
it 
30 
329 
2 
1800 
At anchor. 
n 
30 
1 
2250 
Fort Sumter ... 
50-pr. rifle on spar deck. 
Aug. 17 
400 
31 
900 
Fort Wagner | 
Most of the hits were from 10-in. guns in 
Wagner and Gregg. At anchor. 
II 
17 
30 
... 
1700 
Fort Gregg. 
II 
17 
2 
2700 
Fort Sumter ... 
50-pr. rifle on spar deck. 
II 
18 
118 
... 
Fort Wagner | 
Under way ; distance varied from 1200 to 
1400 yds. 
n 
19 
50 
1100 
n 
At anchor. 
n 
20 
158 
... 
1150 
II 
do 
n 
20 
2 
... 
3400 
Rebel steamer... 
50-pr. rifle on spar deck. 
n 
21 
70 
1 
1300 
Fort Wagner j 
At anchor; hit from Sumter; Xl-in. shot, 
solid. 
it 
22 
115 
... 
« { 
Under way; distance varied from 1100 to 
1300 yds. 
n 
23 
90 
4 
n 
do do 
Sept. 2* 
41 
7 
1000 
Fort Gregg... j 
The hits were from Gregg and Moultrie; 
ship at anchor. 
II 
2 
9 
1500 
Fort Sumter ... 
II 
6 
488 
1300 
Fort Wagner... 
At anchor. 
II 
6 
32 
i 
1800 
Fort Gregg. 
Hit from Gregg. 
II 
6 
184 
... 
1300 
Fort Wagner ... 
Firing to meridian. 
II 
6 
38 
!.. 
1300 
„ 
At anchor; firing from meridian to sundown. 
II 
7+ 
152 
”24 
1200 
Fort Moultrie... 
\ These hits were from Sullivan’s island 
II 
8 
483 
70 
1200 
II 
) batteries; at anchor. 
* Night attack. 
f Night attack on Moultrie. 
