J. H. Cassidy, Private, Company A, Lucas Battery, killed, Report James Island, Department, S. C., Ga. & Fla., August 13, 1863
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XXVIII/1 [S# 46], pp. 495/6
JULY 10---SEPTEMBER 7, 1863.--Operations on Morris Island, S.C.
No. 27.--Reports of Col. George P. Harrison, jr., Thirty-second Georgia Infantry, commanding on Morris Island, August 10-15, and 25-27.
BATTERY WAGNER, August 13, 1863.
CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report the following as my effective strength:
Infantry:
51st North Carolina, Colonel McKethan, about 371
Detachment First Georgia, Captain Davenport, about 155
18th Georgia Battalion, Major Basinger, about 135
12th Georgia Battalion, Major Hanvey, about 176
Sharpshooters, Lieutenant Woodbery, about 20
Artillery:
Company H, First South Carolina Artillery, Captain Lesesne, about 68
Detachment First South Carolina, Lieutenant Grimball, about 14
Company C, Siege Train, Lieutenant Gregg, about 28
Company A, Lucas' battalion, Lieutenant Ogier, about 63
Detachment Chatham (Georgia) Artillery, Lieutenant Palmer, about 31
Company.G, Second South Carolina Artillery, Captain Stallings, about: 65
Cavalry, couriers, about 11
Total 1,137
At dusk last evening, I opened fire on the enemy's works immediately in our front, with eight guns, preserving five minute intervals between each gun, and thus continued until daylight this morning. I succeeded in preventing the enemy from working on their advance works, and considerably damaged their stockade and works nearest us. They returned our fire during the night with six or more mortars, and with shell and shrapnel from two or more Parrott guns. Their firing was very good, though we had only 1 killed and 4 wounded during the night, which are as follows:
Private J. H. Cassiday, Company G, First Volunteers, Georgia Regiment, killed; Capt. J. H. Gary, Company A, Lucas battalion, severely wounded; Private Isaac Campbell, Company G, First Volunteers, Georgia Regiment, slightly wounded; Private B. D. Elliott, Company A, Lucas' battalion, slightly wounded; Private John Collins, Company A, Twelfth Georgia Battalion, slightly wounded.
Several times during the day the enemy have attempted to repair the damage done their works by our fire last night, but each time I dispersed them by a shell from our sea-coast howitzer.
They opened fire on us about 15 minutes before 10 o'clock this morning, from a mortar boat lying alongside the Ironsides. From this and their land mortars, they have shelled us slowly until this time, the fire now being much slower than during most of the day. Considerable activity has been going on in the enemy's fleet this afternoon; some twenty barges took a load of troops from this island (lower end) to a large vessel lying seaward from the island.
No material damage has been done the battery by the enemy since last report. I keep the engineers at work, and repair about as rapidly as the enemy injure us. An almost constant fire has been kept up by our sharpshooters and those of the enemy, but with little or no effect on either side, other than to keep the enemy at a distance (during the day). We had but one man injured during the fire to-day, viz, Private Green B. Smallwood, Company A, Twelfth Georgia Battalion, severely wounded.
Battery Gregg is badly in need of shell. Please have them furnished at once.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEO. P. HARRISON, JR.,
Colonel, Commanding.
Capt. W. F. NANCE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
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James H. Cassidy
Residence Chatham County GA;
Enlisted as a Private
"G" Co. GA 1st Infantry (Killed at Battery Wagner, August 12, 1863) (Last name; Cassidy or Cassiday.)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
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James H. Cassady, Private, Company G, 1st (Olmstead's) Regiment Georgia Infantry, killed August 12, 1863 at Fort Johnson, James Island, S. C.
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