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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1860., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1860., [Electronic resource], Secession movement at the South. (search)
at, for the parapet is higher than the hulks of most ships, and much higher than the adjoining shore. As to its importance, although if we possessed Forts Sumter and Moultrie it would be of comparatively little use, yet if an enemy possessed it, its proximity to the city would enable the garrison to damage Charleston seriously. Coast fortifications Begun. The Charleston Mercury, of Thursday, says: The citizens of Beaufort, through Col. John Barnwell, as authorized by Major-General Schnierle, have erected a redoubt upon the outskirts of their town, intended to protect them from attack by any foreign power. The work is well executed, and at this time nearly completed. It consists in a half-sunken battery, with moat ten feet wide, pierced for three eighteen-pounders now in possession of the town authorities. The ramparts are compactly sodded with turf cut from the edge of the neighboring marsh. The redoubt is situated to the west of the town upon the highest spot in