Southern History of the War, Volumes 1-2C. B. Richardson, 1866 - United States |
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Page 42
... guns and burning the gun - carriages , and occupied Fort Sumter , with a view of strengthening his po- sition . On the 30th of December , John B. Floyd , Secretary of War , resigned his office , because President Buchanan refused to ...
... guns and burning the gun - carriages , and occupied Fort Sumter , with a view of strengthening his po- sition . On the 30th of December , John B. Floyd , Secretary of War , resigned his office , because President Buchanan refused to ...
Page 57
... guns at Fort Moultrie , and three 24 - pounder guns mounted en barbette on a hastily constructed and imperfect earthwork on Morris ' Island . The injured guns were replaced , and all , amounting to thirty - eight in number , of various ...
... guns at Fort Moultrie , and three 24 - pounder guns mounted en barbette on a hastily constructed and imperfect earthwork on Morris ' Island . The injured guns were replaced , and all , amounting to thirty - eight in number , of various ...
Page 58
... guns and four hundred men , prepared as convoy to the transports Atlantic , Baltic , and Illinois . On the 8th , the Atlantic sailed with Barry's battery ( four guns and ninety - one men ) , four hundred soldiers and a large store of ...
... guns and four hundred men , prepared as convoy to the transports Atlantic , Baltic , and Illinois . On the 8th , the Atlantic sailed with Barry's battery ( four guns and ninety - one men ) , four hundred soldiers and a large store of ...
Page 60
... guns . The shell batteries were served with skill and effect , shells being thrown into the fort every twenty ... gun . In the mean time , the conflagration , which had seized upon the officers ' quarters and barracks at the fort ...
... guns . The shell batteries were served with skill and effect , shells being thrown into the fort every twenty ... gun . In the mean time , the conflagration , which had seized upon the officers ' quarters and barracks at the fort ...
Page 83
... gun in our main battery aimed by himself . One of the guns of the battery being spiked by the breaking of a priming wire in the vent , the infantry supports were withdrawn , and the work was occu- pied for a moment by the enemy ...
... gun in our main battery aimed by himself . One of the guns of the battery being spiked by the breaking of a priming wire in the vent , the infantry supports were withdrawn , and the work was occu- pied for a moment by the enemy ...
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