, 1863-04-11

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rap marks the location Of Fort Ripley, .:a1acd
after the commander OF the rebel land forces
III, u, d" designate TIC numerous batteries. Dis
tanccs may be learned from the appended account
FORT JOHNSON.
Fcrt johnson was simply IL huge sand bat.
lerE, erected OH the site Of old Fort Johns son
OF Revolutionary memory, It Is situated nne
mile anu quarter from Fort Sumter, and
mounted four heavy guns. Tic position Of
llls work is highly necessary to the defence
oi the ha1bor, giringa connecting line Of fire,
aud has always been considered by high mill
lalf ol1cers as the key to tue defensive works
OF Tie llarbor. Against 4 land attack or liz
Sunbnats By stono River, it is considered N
| essential clement of defence. There is q NOR.
t Lar battery in connection with the work uffuur
| scacoast mortArs.
CUMMINGS ro1.'T 1EoS. CLAD BATTERY.
! The nearest point Of land to Fort Sumter Is
Cummings Point, distant 1,15O yards. On
nus point is the celebrated railroad iron bat
tcry. 1t consisted in structure Of a heavy
framework Of yellow pine logs, with roofing
OF the same material, over which was dove.
tailed L railroad iron, bolted down in the
most secure manner. It's front presents M
angle OF about thirty degrees. 1t was pierced
| 4ti lOuT poFlNolEs. WHICH were covered. when
1f.e 1He gun was being 'oaded, by iron shutters.
| nAeA ofeH title was ]ust space enough to
ni!o" the heavy coinmblad to BE- run out.
~ Hesc guns pore gu tae south wall OF Sumter.
THIS work is now said to be torn dowa: bu.
1t tisuot unlikely they have put 1t up again,
THE 1RoS-cLAD FLOATING BATTERY.
| At the time this vessel Of defense
| and # ucrfnrmod ~ i,,tn,.s.,+ aualr,
| in t1e ho1nharsn.rt ~ e.nputtan1 pltl
.,n,e+S, ~ ~ - ui1ent ~ sumter. II was
builcr iron # 3ras a,.,b ao, aanolea WIZ
.t E',r ha.e.. nou ~ "as s!lofas9fed ana mounted
.rne anrn: ,,.;s ine gun lace O. tue battery
t, nas eneSaeu Slln s'S hia1eS q IRON, two OF
~. ;ns'u ~. uei"S " ia'1oad lfon. Inc wood back
nins has ,onI 1ect lnlch- Ii ilad peculiarly
tlo.tint ios,;n1 ,rh;oh ,.,e "ten =, pvleGteu
Iirs arround an1 vii ,,a go, -. "sn1 ~ ~ non
cross fire will. Fort Ripley. The iron n}ai;no ~
has been removed for nse nm the raw ;roT'
clals. 'O' "70 ~ '''e '''" 4'''l'
r,,pu.r7rnx ~ ou.,-,
"a A1'' a. enaHASs4oH.
On me battery at Charleston had been
noun 1noun'e9 ei: eisht guns, i1ur VI WHICH were riaed
rleces OF elEht1nch callore, SI1d the remaining
lour ten,lneh coihmnIads. These guns were
.1pectcd 10 te used to prevent the troops On
ne transport vessels from etteting landing
al 'nls Iart u tne CITY, should they succeed in
{9:ssall'ss ,ne 1orls. and src looked upon as Il
h1no o1 last resort
On James Island t1,c old ha+ter,cs o,or+ d.
cessiony;1lc bnv, hean rc,1,nrea ~ toout & o.
ones yc bce crectc Hn th. nnrtharn ~ ~ nS ~,
| Of Wappoo Creek, where it emptics into the
AsAiGy river, q battery Inns been erected, cou-
| h'aualhE oot1 streams: IN Sn!liyan's leland
a.G Gah 9atcFy h3s been erected near the
| aaoul'r!e nonse, anl anothcF-a tour-gun bat
| Ms-, 'MsrsLa! Ii, apoas a. mile from that spot. On
;loi5ls ;; Island 1befe Is onc siS,gun battery,
pesioes me one at cummings Point, and no
"t.er aaa as . lar aS learn hearns knew; @ ,,
,,.e;1nii oua , i ~. cn:rls1ton every
trr;es 1.rn ,7 ~ '.s I'LL
Gnns sve Renn ,par.,1't fra, 1 o4o
dom and t},e ;,er.ncns ~ rh,rI.sto., M ;1a
nj Icast nne.th;ri3 eA''' te''o'1 A''4e''e"
,.,,1, .A
lie e1i1 AND "oEhs coSSEcTEp bf TILE
| - '"Aih'
| 10 cnaole Inc iofGes IN inc city and works
eo.operate, and also to be able to warn the
and works @ are connected BY tclegraphIc
"lie. Inc wire passes from Charleston acrns5
- 5amcs isEano, tnence along II: shore to
tort johnson, nearly opposite Ripley, and
| thence to Fort Sumter. It next connects with
MolIls ls!and AZ cummings foint, and then
s.le.ches 10 tle ncaaAuarters IN the centre OF
| !ac Island. ihus vessel passing the chennel
IN front OF Morris Island is rs promptly
known in Charleston as one passing Sandy
hook Wonid be Known in tt!Is city: Conse'
lnid ~ 0eo.2e,A''1 VI .no Nao!c
~ thc,n heco,"n ,1'nost 1u,tt,e o :, ~ ~
s;h;l;tv ;Tte' oeoN0o ~4'''st = in'''cf VI "npos-
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LOCATION AND ARMAMENT OF THE WORKS.
| Another informant says:-Thc cannon
| foundries ut Richmond have cast over 20o
| guns for Charleston alone, in addition to
ilosc that were already there; aud among
these were eighteen of those monster cuus Of
which We hare heard from time to tine such
wonderful reports,
| There are fiycsargc forts defending Ch,r]es
| ton on the land sido, which We ehol1d iudre.
from the description, to be similar in sizc and
| construction, to tho fort on Federal Hill.
Baltimore. They cannot have, however. the
advantage in position which the latter pos
sessea, as they are not built on so elevated a
position. The armament Of these forts con
sist6 altogether of q hundred guns, including
mortars and elercn-inch shell guns. Besides
| the one hundred and fOur guns of Fort Sum
ter, the fifty guns Of Fort Moultrle aud the
smenssm'e t,:oat gunS o. Cas11e M fancknes, there
ale nst.se'En aIge ana strohe oattcries
| commanding Inc channels and approaches
from the sen
| 1hcre arc ALSO nj charleston two iron rams,
| mourning III al h.ne guns. Al i've different
| places; loo. torredocs are submerged, 80 Of
rSngeda to explode whcnaSesselpasses over
thgm.
| lHe'aooFe enumeration shows that Charles
Ion Is oe1ehoea py no less than 2'6 guns.
| BREACH INLET BATTERIES
At Breach Inlet there is q very heavy work,
| containing with its outworks and au1i1iaries
| about forty gnns, many Of them being the
| eighty FOUNDER rifle of the Tredegar Works
| pattern, 7 very effective gun, but liable to
burst. Thesc batteries command Mathis
channel north, and range over to the Swash
channel, which now carries deeper water than
the old main ship channel, which, owing to
the sinking Of the old whalcships, and natural
| causes, has ceased to be channel Of prefer.
encc. Thus fortified, the lower end Of Sulli-
vans Island presents 4 row of heavy ordnance
| seldom ever seen placed fur The defence nf
any point.
| Fo1Lr's BAr1ERr.
This battery is eitnofed near the rnins of +tn
| old 1irhthousr- and mnnnts f3ve hearr ~rns
1t is 1nanncd by u heavy carrison. Sept ihcre
with a view to prercnf n5r h1oct, iiars f1nrn
entering the harbor. and vstch;nr thcrn ~ ~
| work up the harbor. ~ANA 49,
| TIT ore-,,-o--,>,,
| n1 oNs et1oSs'
| ,,; Inc obstructlons consist OF wooden cribs
t uueu "u4 stones, placca at convenient dis
hnees .i rom each other, While between
t; ~ et'os arc uoal1ns f:its, made OF heavy
snhu; snp,n Y; securely hsnea together oy
caole chains, ana thcn boiled to an upper lay
| - - sttuoG.. ".icA aot on!f covers tue cnaln,
a. .u;. . ~ st1sustn ~ tne st1uctuFe:
| a.a sHeu lto!Ht, LUIS ear or ooom Is PROVIDED
/ WIN MoFeaole gaze, winch Is opened to al
| low their own vessels to pass in and ont. This
] place Of ingsrse Is directly under the guns Of