The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-02
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DANIEL HOWE,
DIED APRIL IL, 1861.


A new grave bad been built Of brick, another monu-
ment will be erected and there the poor fellow lies afev
bis org imprisonment and brave fight short In his
glowing anticitations Of a"welcome home"
Near this reminscence saddest OF all OF the past Aght
stands All immense ten inch coumbiad pointed towards
the city Of Charleston, wall built around II for retreat
whenever il fred, lest IL should burst. II related
Of this gun that Lieutenant Foster three times went
the ground to discharge It, and three times WAS
driven back by the shells falling around him.
The spot where tho FIRE broke out the right hand
Of the gateway, in tho officers quarters, and the pcrfo
ratohs Of the red hot shot throu{a the stl standing
point the ro spread in either direction until all that
could be burned was in flames.
The lag staff shot away about seventy ave feet FROM
the ground several marks Of grazing balls upon
ts sides Passing up the iron stairwsys which lead %
Aside from The dcstruction by are balls have strucs
everywhere. The psrapct s torn away In numbers of
places and the guns knocked into all positions
gnabe Some lie their sides others driven fr
their places several point upward In the air, while tha
fow that doggedy retained their places marked and
the parapet, and which most feared was Dis
mounted by it's reco at the 6rst hre and thus Pre-
violence nterposed 70 prevent the destruction which
might have resulted from It's use.
Hand grenadcs, shells, balls fragments OF missiles :
rammcrs and swsbbers and other paraphernalia Of tho
battle still lay around in profuson Just they had been
left but the arred and ragged features Of everything
upon which the eye rested showed at glance how utter
~ impossible IL WIS for anything human 70 resist the
lnendous Ere poured into the devoted fortress.
In the magazine thcrc st remains large amount or
powder but was only "by the grace Of Goa tnst u
tcnsnt Rhet, of the officers In command, 70 exnmno
the spot ard there wonderful 20 relate was noIe mado
by red hot shot which had passed through the neigh
boring brick, burrowca half way INTO the walls o. the
magazine and then fallen 10 the ground Within
ten feet OF il nircty six pound shell had do
scended through a granite block, shattered it
in fragments spent the force OF s explosion on the
rounding walls rendered the iron door useless that
Il cannot be shut. While there, powder Was
even visible upon the floor within three feet OF tho
magazine leading into IL, thst had gone OF acci
dcnay your correspondent would have been compelled
10 defer this lotter until another occasion
Nothing but painted picture, or daguerreotype
convey adequate ca Of the obstruction This BY tho
way had been done by q tho artists Of the city
who permitted the day after the battle 10 Walt tho
fort for the purpose.
II facts such a. have related both nov and hereto
FORE sufficient 70 establish the bcof Ia the minds
Of the Northern public that Major Anderson and his men
fought long and as well ~ they could, nothing can
satisfy them but personal inspection Of the place
4 IMPORTANT ORDER FROM THE sECRErARY
OF WAR OF THE SOUTHERN toNfEph-
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