Prologue to Sumter: The Beginnings of the Civil War from the John Brown Raid to the Surrender of Fort Sumter, Woven Into a Continuous Narrative |
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... batteries at other points in the harbor were as actively employed as our own . . . . Shells flew out from the mortar batteries at Fort Johnson , Sullivan's Island , and Mount Pleasant . The Floating Battery , stationed in the Cove , was ...
... batteries at other points in the harbor were as actively employed as our own . . . . Shells flew out from the mortar batteries at Fort Johnson , Sullivan's Island , and Mount Pleasant . The Floating Battery , stationed in the Cove , was ...
Page 522
... batteries on shore firing incessantly on Fort Sumter , to which she replied occasionally . From 8 p.m. to midnight : Fort Johnson firing on Fort Sumter ; Fort Sum- ter silent . April 13. Midnight to 4 a.m. During the watch a desul- tory ...
... batteries on shore firing incessantly on Fort Sumter , to which she replied occasionally . From 8 p.m. to midnight : Fort Johnson firing on Fort Sumter ; Fort Sum- ter silent . April 13. Midnight to 4 a.m. During the watch a desul- tory ...
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... batteries ( at about which period I sent three of my aides to offer assistance in the name of the Con- federate States ) , whenever the guns of Fort Sumter would fire upon Fort Moultrie the men occupying Cumming's Point batteries ... at ...
... batteries ( at about which period I sent three of my aides to offer assistance in the name of the Con- federate States ) , whenever the guns of Fort Sumter would fire upon Fort Moultrie the men occupying Cumming's Point batteries ... at ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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