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[255] Later on I mounted at Newport News the most efficient piece of artillery of that time,--and I have seen few more efficient since. It was a twenty-four pounder, carrying a fifty-three-pound six-inch shell, grooved mechanically so as to fit exactly the grooves of the bore; and later on a shot was thrown six miles across the James River.

This being done I felt myself completely established at Fortress Monroe.

But there are many other matters which claim the fullest and closest attention; and as the next important event led to the most serious results affecting the condition of the country, we may as well proceed to another chapter.

Decorative Motif: man writing at desk.

A. M. Thayer and Co. 1892.

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