Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-15

Old state of things has been succeeded
1t requires but reyi, al of popular con,
fdence in the cause and in the direction
of military operations to bring out again
the strength of the country. and 10 con-
front the invader on every field with the
same burning patriotism and irresistible
courage which met and over whelmed him
in preyious stages Of the war at Manassas,
at Fredericksburg, Chiekamauea, Will
Eamsburg, Benasaw, the Wilderness, and
Cold IIarbor.
A Visit to Fort Sumter-Condtion Of the Work.
"Carleton" writes to the Boston Jour
nal as follows:
After ramble of several hours through
the city Of Char'eston, we made a visit 70
Sumter, entering by the sally port where
Major Anderson and his faithful few
entered on that ever to be remembered
January night Of 1861. The fort bears
little resemblance to its appearance then,
externally. No portion Of the original
face Of the wall is to be seen, except on
the side towards Charleston and a portion
Of that facing Moultrie. From the harbor
and from Wagner it appears only tumali
the debris Of an old ruin.
"All the cascmatcs, arches, pillars and
parapets are torn mp, rent asundcr and
utter Y demolished The great guns which
two years ago kept the monitors at bay,
which famed and thundered awhile upon
Wagner, are dismnunted, broken, over
turned, and lie buried beneath the noun
tain OF brick. dust, concrete. sand and
mortar After Duponts attack. in April,
1868, q reinforcement Of Palmetto logs
was made on the harbor side, and against
half Of the wall facing Mou'trie The
lower tier Of Classmates was filed up with
sandbags, but when General Gilmore Oh
tanned possession It's fire began to crurbIe
the parapet. The rebels endeayored to
reconstruct the wall. or to maintain its
original height by gabions filed with sand
but this compelled widening Of the base
inside Thousands Of bags fled with
sand were brought to the fort Il night,
Bomhpr"ois were constructed. Day after
dav, week after week, the pounding from
Wagner was maintained 50 ehectnally
ana thoroughly 'Aat y was Impossible to
keep gun in position on tha: SHE.
he only guns no" TennInlnG arc &c
or SIX on t"e MonitTIe S'de IN tae miadie
tier OF "asem"5eS, l'T9 howitzers were
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project 'ne '"r' from a scaHnE party. at
the base outside, arc IRON posts and wire
network. ] mere Is also submerged net
work OF ware ana chains kept IN place by
floating 1uoys
had the curiosity to make an insDec-
ton Of the wall facing Moultrie to see
what was the effect Of the ire Of The iron,
cIads in Duponts attack. With my glass
at that time | could see that the wall was
badly honcy-combed close inspection
shows that It was q verv DAMAGING fire
There are seams in the rmasonvv and
great cashcs where the solid loIts crum-
bled the bricks 70 fine dust Il : avidont
that # the fire copId have beon oon+;,,,cd
anv considerable lenrtb Of fine there tbot
the wall would have falIcn The effect Of
that fire led to the GIIino m of the lower
casemates.
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