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The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sale of Government Furniture. (search)
The Defences of the city. --Capt. Even Soot, formerly of the Norwegian Army, has been appointed Chief Engineer of the fortifications at Marion Hill, by Col. Andrew Talcott, State Engineer, Capt. Soot was highly recommended to Gov. Letcher and Col. Talcott by his own Government, the Board of Public Works, and several eminent citizens of Virginia, as an experienced military engineer, and scientific gentleman. He constructed the fortifications to the amount of $10,000,000, for the Government if Sweden and Norway; so he has had experience in defensive warfare, and this alone convinces us that the work is in good hands, and ere many weeks elapses Richmond will be in an impregnable state against the encroachments of the enemy. When on the subject, we must not forget to all attention to Capt. Soot's able and accomplished assistant, Paul Due, Esq., recently of Charleston, S. C., and formerly of the Topographical Engineers of the U. S. Coast Survey. Mr. Due is a graduate of one of