CHARLESTON, S.C.,
July 21, 1863
— 9 p.m.
General S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.:
Enemy recommenced shelling Wagner yesterday, with few
casualties on our part. We had in battle of 18th about 150 killed and wounded.
Enemy, including prisoners, about 2,000. Nearly 800 were buried under flag of
truce. Colonel Putnam, acting brigadier, and Colonel Shaw, commanding negro
regiment, were killed.
G. T. BEAUREGARD.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
28, Part 2 (Serial No. 47), p. 214
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