...s, projecting far into the bay, were thronged with soldiers, citizens, strangers and ladies, under such excitement as only war's dangers and alarms could produce. The gunboat Nelms, in command of Lieut. Munston , of the Louisiana infantry, quit the basin under a shower of shot and shell, and proceeded in the direction of the Floridians, who are stationed at or near Town Point, on the main land, and opposite ...