Answer to Photo Quiz #2/09




Chestnut Light Artillery
Co. 'F' 3rd Palmetto Battalion
Also known as Shulz Battery the unit was organized in 1861 and served along the Stono River on James Island and at Legareville, Johns Island. They took part in the capture of the USS Isaac P. Smith Jan 29-30, 1863.
(The only instance where a naval war ship surrendered to field artillery)
On That day they caught the Union vessel in a cross fire from hidden shore batteries. Disabled by accurate fire and with her deck covered with wounded men, the Smith's captain surrendered the ship. Eight men were dead and 17 were wounded.
- Stono River, 1861 - Company Flag -

Correct Responces:
Bill Chisolm

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Also known as Shulz Battery organized in 1861 served around the Stono River james Island Legareville capture of the USS Isaac P. Smith Jan 29-30, 1863 (the instance where a naval war ship surrendered to field artillery) the Stono River where she served until 30 January 1863. That day she was caught in a cross fire from masked shore batteries. Disabled by accurate fire and with her deck covered with wounded men, her captain surrendered the ship rather than risk their lives. Eight men were dead and 17 were wounded. Isaac Smith served the Confederate Navy in Charleston waters under the name Stono until she was wrecked on the breakwater near Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, while attempting to run the blockade with a load of cotton 5 June 1863. (q.v. "Confederate Appendix", DANFS II, 569.) No data on salvage operations for Stono has been found, but the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion state that she was "burned by the Confederates at the evacuation of Charleston in 1865.