Gooding Describes the James Island action and the assault in his 20th letter to the Mercury, and Lewis Douglass describes the battle in a letter to his wife: Mercury, August 1, 1863 [OAF] Morris Island, July 20, 1863 Messrs. Editors: —At last we have something stirring to record. The 54th, the past week, has proved itself twice in battle. [...]