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The Daily Dispatch: January 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
necessary for its defence is 1,000 men. Capt. Meigs, of the engineer corps, is now in command of the fortress, and is in a position now, with Arnold's reinforcement, to defend it against anything less than a regularly equipped besieging army. Fort Taylor is a large, first class fortification, commanding the harbor of Key West and at its entrance. It is complete except the barracks and a few platforms for the mounting of barbette ordnance. The officer in command of this fort is Captain John Brannan, of the First Artillery, United States Army, and he, with the force under his command, now constitute the garrison. The fortress forms an irregular quadrangle, having three channel curtains. It is three hundred yards off the beach, and on the southwest point of the island, and stands in a depth of seven or twelve feet of water. The foundation is granite and the upper works are of brick. The scarp walls have a solidity of eight feet, rising forty feet above the water level. It is