September 16, 1863
---Gen.
Granger, commanding Rosecrans’ reserves, reports that Confederate troops have
been passing through Ringgold, Georgia, which would put them on the exposed
left flank of Rosecrans’ extended lines, rather than only in front, at La
Fayette, which is where Rosecrans thinks the Rebels are.
---In
Washington, Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, writes in his journal of his
frustration at the reports he is getting---or not getting---from his commanders
down at Charleston:
September 16, Wednesday. Dispatches and also a
private letter from Dahlgren speak of the assault and repulse at Sumter.
Neither is clear and explicit. I should judge it had been a hasty and not very
thoroughly matured movement.
---Gen.
Quincy Gillmore, in command of Federal forces near Charleston, calls off the
attacks on Fort Sumter (after an abortive landing) and other Rebel strong
points. He congratulates his troops on
capturing Morris Island, finally.
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