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Morris Island (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
ern. There were four, situated at the extremities of the gorge, nearest to Morris Island, and in pairs, one over the other. The stonework built for their protectios. Before Gillmore's guns opened, on the 17th of August, his operations on Morris Island caused the upper magazines to be abandoned and partly filled with sand to p the last. The western magazine was less exposed to the direct fire from Morris Island; and on only two occasions was it in any great danger from the fleet. The the calcium light was resorted to by Major-General Gillmore in his siege of Fort Wagner, and again from Cumming's Point. Considering the distance, three-quarters o his favorite telescope, which he was using to observe the enemy's works on Morris Island, when he was mortally wounded. When demolished by land-batteries of unprthat once had silenced it. Fifty-one heavy rifle cannon were expended on Morris Island by the Union batteries.--J. J. From having been a desolate ruin, a shapeles
Charleston Harbor (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
r date back to my boyhood, about 1844, when the walls had not yet been begun, and the structure was only a few feet above high-water mark. Captain A. H. Bowman, of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, was in charge of works in Charleston harbor, and it was my fortune to visit the fort very frequently in his company. A year and three months of my life were afterward spent in the fort, as engineer-in-charge, during the arduous and protracted defense by the Confederate forces in triages, its mounds of rubbish fairly reeking with the smoke and smell of powder, Fort Sumter under fire was transformed within a year into a powerful earth-work, impregnable to assault, and even supporting the other works at the entrance of Charleston harbor with six guns of the heaviest caliber. Thus it was not until February, 1865, a few months only before the war came to an end, that General Sherman's march through the interior of South Carolina obliged the withdrawal of Confederate garri
Carolina City (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
rther use for artillerists, and was thenceforth defended mostly by infantry. One or two companies of artillerists would serve their turns of duty, but the new garrison was made up of detachments from infantry regiments of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, relieving one another every fortnight. The walls of the fort rose, on all its five sides, to a height of forty feet above high-water in the harbor; but they varied in material and thickness. The materials used were the best Carolina gray brick, laid with mortar, a concrete of pounded oyster-shells and cement, and another and harder sort of concrete known as beton, and used only for the embrasures. The scarp wall was five feet in thickness, but as it was backed by the piers and arches of the case-mates, the walls of Fort Sumter, as they are popularly called, varied from five to ten feet in thickness. The damage done to Fort Sumter by Du Pont's naval attack was severe in a few places. [See p. 19.] The combined eff
Fort Moultrie (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
e arduous and protracted defense by the Confederate forces in the years 1863 and 1864. In the beginning of 1863 the fort was garrisoned by the greater part of the 1st South Carolina regiment of artillery, enlisted as regulars, and commanded by Colonel Alfred Rhett, Lieut.-Colonel Joseph A. Yates, and Major Ormsby Blanding. The drill, discipline, and efficiency of the garrison were maintained at the height of excellence. A spirit of emulation existed between this garrison and that of Fort Moultrie, on the opposite side of the channel, consisting of the 1st South Carolina Infantry (regulars), commanded by Colonel William Butler. The people of the State and city were proud of the two regiments; and the Charlestonians thought of no greater pleasure for their visitors than to give them an afternoon trip down the harbor to see the dress-parade and hear the band play at Fort Sumter. The fine record of this garrison, beginning with the 7th of April, 1863, when Rear-Admiral Captain T
Cumming's Point (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
by ladder, down fully thirty feet to the interior of the fort. It was weeks before the burnt quarters could be reoccupied. The use of the calcium light was resorted to by Major-General Gillmore in his siege of Fort Wagner, and again from Cumming's Point. Considering the distance, three-quarters of a mile, the illuminating power at Fort Sumter was very great. The first night the light was displayed, in the winter of 1863, I read by it the largest type of a newspaper. Our sentinels on the ps. Later in the same year, the flag of the post was moved to the center of the gorge-wall, at a point on the crest, accessible by a short ladder from the top of the bombproof quarters. The practice with two 30-pounder Parrott rifles, at Cumming's Point, distant three-quarters of a mile, was so fine that more than three shots were seldom required for cutting down the staff; sometimes a single shot sufficed. June 20th, 1864, the flag was reported shot away. The larger part of the staff rem
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
for artillerists, and was thenceforth defended mostly by infantry. One or two companies of artillerists would serve their turns of duty, but the new garrison was made up of detachments from infantry regiments of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, relieving one another every fortnight. The walls of the fort rose, on all its five sides, to a height of forty feet above high-water in the harbor; but they varied in material and thickness. The materials used were the best Carolina grayporting the other works at the entrance of Charleston harbor with six guns of the heaviest caliber. Thus it was not until February, 1865, a few months only before the war came to an end, that General Sherman's march through the interior of South Carolina obliged the withdrawal of Confederate garrisons and troops from Charleston and its vicinity. I had been sent elsewhere on duty, and was glad to be spared the leave-taking that fell to others. On the night of the 17th of February, 1865, the
Sullivan's Island (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
e heavy shutter, jumped out through the opening upon the rocky foundation of the fort, all awash with a high tide that chilled our bare feet. On reaching the new sally-port, on the city front, near the north-western angle, we found the smoke decreasing, but as no entrance into the magazine through those casemates could yet be effected, we were obliged to work our way around the outside of the fort nearly half of its entire circuit, and enter by another embrasure on t:he front opposite Sullivan's Island. Hastening into the parade of the fort, we found that the shelling had been resumed by the enemy as soon as they perceived the explosion; and, in crossing the parade diagonally to the point where the magazine-gallery had its entrance, the commander was slightly wounded on the head. Entering the narrow gallery, that grew darker as we penetrated into it, we met scorched men jostling us as they hurried to the light and the air. Nearing the magazine, before we were aware of it we trod in
Charleston (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
The Confederate defense of Fort Sumter. by Major John Johnson, C. S. Engineers. My first recollections of Fort Sumter date back to my boyhood, about 1844, when the walls had not yet been begun, the dress-parade and hear the band play at Fort Sumter. The fine record of this garrison, beginnihomas A. Huguenin in the headquarters-room, Fort Sumter, December 7, 1864. from a War-time sketch. and arches of the case-mates, the walls of Fort Sumter, as they are popularly called, varied from en feet in thickness. The damage done to Fort Sumter by Du Pont's naval attack was severe in a fs striking and beautiful. In the days of Fort Sumter's prime, a conspicuous object was the great. It is a great mistake to suppose that Fort Sumter owed its protection mainly to the accumulatreeking with the smoke and smell of powder, Fort Sumter under fire was transformed within a year inPlato (with torpedo Rake at the bow) in the Stono River, near Charleston. From a War-time sketch. [4 more...]
Stono River (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
derate garrisons and troops from Charleston and its vicinity. I had been sent elsewhere on duty, and was glad to be spared the leave-taking that fell to others. On the night of the 17th of February, 1865, the commander, Captain Thomas A. Huguenin, silently and without interruption effected the complete evacuation. He has often told me of the particulars, and I have involuntarily accompanied him in thought and feeling as, for the last time, he went the rounds of the deserted fort. The ordered casemates with their massive guns were there, but in the stillness of that hour his own footfall alone gave an echo from the arches overhead. The labyrinthine galleries, as he traversed them, were lighted for a moment by his lantern; he passed out from the shadows to step aboard the little boat awaiting him at the wharf, and the four years defense of Fort Sumter was at an end. The Union tug Plato (with torpedo Rake at the bow) in the Stono River, near Charleston. From a War-time sketch.
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
in the headquarters-room, Fort Sumter, December 7, 1864. from a War-time sketch. Du Pont's attack with nine iron-clad vessels was repulsed, continued until September of the same year, when the fort, silenced by Major-General Gillmore's breaching batteries, had no further use for artillerists, and was thenceforth defended mostly by infantry. One or two companies of artillerists would serve their turns of duty, but the new garrison was made up of detachments from infantry regiments of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, relieving one another every fortnight. The walls of the fort rose, on all its five sides, to a height of forty feet above high-water in the harbor; but they varied in material and thickness. The materials used were the best Carolina gray brick, laid with mortar, a concrete of pounded oyster-shells and cement, and another and harder sort of concrete known as beton, and used only for the embrasures. The scarp wall was five feet in thickness, but as
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