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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 26 (search)
enl. R. S. Ripley, Comdg. First Mil. Dist.: General,—There will be three mortars here from Savannah to-night which the Commanding General desires to be in position as soon as possible; to wit: one at battery this side of the New Bridge, one at White Point Battery, and the other at Battery James. An officer should be detailed specially to see that no time is lost in getting these mortars in place after their arrival. The Citadel Cadets will be ordered to take immediate charge of the New Bhree men; blew them about twenty feet, cracked the traverses, threw the shot from the pile of balls in every direction, and slightly damaged the chassis. I arrived at Fort Sumter about two o'clock at night, after the engagement, and found Mr. E. J. White, of the Engineer Department, busily engaged building in the casemates, first and second tiers, behind the damaged walls, with sand-bags. Several of them were completed and considerably strengthened. This work was continued all night and th