Parrot Guns, the 2nd Upper Battery commanded by 1st Lt. Ralph Nesbit of Company B, South Carolina Siege Train with two 8-inch Siege Howitzers, the Lower Battery commanded by Captain Frederick C. Schultz of Company F, 3rd SC Artillery Battalion with two 3.5-inch Blakely rifles, one 10-pdr Parrott, along with an 8-inch howitzer, the Legareville Road Battery commanded by 1st Lt. John P. Strohecker of the Marion Light Artillery with two 12-lb.

A small force of some 200 infantrymen from the division of Brigadier General George Henry Gordon.

They occupied the area just outside of Legareville and had support from only one union navy vessel, the USS Marblehead.

With steam in only one of the Marblehead's boilers, the ship lifted anchor and maneuvered downstream and continued to fire on the confederates.

Meade's servant, escaped slave Robert Blake, even helped with the guns after a crew member was shot down.

One crew member, Charles Moore, was wounded and bleeding profusely, but refused to leave and continued to help with artillery efforts.

Quartermaster James Miller then stepped up to the foredeck and cast the lead and led the ship safely away, saving it from possible destruction of running aground.

He had his men wait behind Abbapoola Creek to recover them but fire from the C. P. Williams refused them the chance to regain them.

Delaware Kemper defended his men with the fact that the range did not allow their fire to accurately disable the Marblehead.

Eventually, Farley, Miller, Blake, and Moore (who was not in Meade's recommendations) received the Medal of Honor for their actions on Christmas Day 1863.