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The Daily Dispatch: February 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
., has been noticed. The Brooklyn and Macedonia were the first two seen in the offing. The pilot who brought the Brooklyn into the offing informed the Alabama volunteers at Fort Barancas that Captain Walker had expressed his determination to land the artillerymen from Fortress Monroe, because he did not have provisions enough on board to serve them. A letter from a volunteer at the fort says: The Brooklyn and Macedonia came to anchor just beyond Sasa Island, some three miles from Fort Pickens and about the same distance from the Navy-Yard. At Pickens, we could see increased activity in labor, three extra sentinels were placed upon the ramparts at dark, and two squads of men, supposed to be Picket Guards, were marched out of the fort. Upon our side, all the preparations for battle were made before night, and every man was ready upon the report of the signal gun to take the place previously assigned him. A few men from the Metropolitan Guard and Tuskegee Lt. Infantry were orde