More Fighting at Charleston

SEPTEMBER 1-2ND:

 Rear Admiral Dahlgren, in the USS Weehawken renews attack on Fort Sumter with his ironclads. Moving to within 500 yards of the fort, they devastate the eastern parapet. Confederates hit his ironclads 70 times.

One shot hit the Weehawken's turret, wounding Captain Oscar Badger in the leg.

This was the third Flag Captain Dahlgren had lost in two months.

--Old B-Runner