A patriotic lady.
--Walking on
Sullivan's Island towards
Fort Moultrie, says the
Pee Dee Times, our companion, the
Major of the First Regiment Rifles, remarked:
‘
"Do you see that lady before us, the one in black.
She is a noble woman.
She cheerfully consented to the erection, in the rear of her house, of an enfilade battery, which was concealed from
Anderson by the dwelling and the fine trees and thick shrubbery in front of it, and witnessed the destruction of her properly on the day before the bombardment with a smile.
Anderson was not aware of the position of the battery until the balls from it raked his battlements.
The lady refused to receive anything from the
State for the property destroyed."
’