The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-10
FORT AND FLEET.
NJ. Quad. Detroit Free Press

American civil war Much as II would haze pleased the federal government to have been pu, in possession of Richmond, l, would have pleased it far more to have been able 10 sail past For Sumter and lay is hand or the ciY which melted rebel lion.
 f ones enemy gives him fair hgh, th., acton conpels admiration. If an enemy hates us. and hates us consistently and steadfastfy gngii al cause IS removed. Vt nus, fespec; him for his consistency.
 5o it was with Charleston. Ii she began ;he var. she contributed more than any o.f CT city IT the south ,0 keep alive lac fla She hated the federal government. q he federal governm- -nt hated ,n re- tsfE. Where thousand dollars was used C approach Richmond. ten thousand were sen; in trying 10 penetrate the arnfor of Cbsr!eston Each victory encouraged Ch @riestoa each defeat made the federal = eFnnen; more determined.
 <then the war began the citizens of Ct-rles;on divided with the confederate government. Within year they divided an. beiore the war was two years old erwaEe was beng melted up. church be sent ;o the cannon foundry. and every
 
 confederate government; wanted lead the Ter pipes ef Charleston were torn out C: rouse and street and contributed to the en. of -0.oo3 pounds. When iron was N1.,ed the gas-pipes were cheerfully D ed with. Every house was ,empor- s5 hospital. and every household fel, il a "a tis-:cc ..s provisions and wedding | the nen who were nshtlns for the
 | 1. ( L. .. Il z-- speculate or the a,siortunes ei the poer. Instead of buying n clothing and .ls.ons to sell again a; an advance. 7. ciubbed together h ht ou; whole ea apanles of soldiers and batteries of ar- :. cry. Richmond took up the rails of he street car lines and ser; them ,o the 1oafedera;e foundry bu, Charleston saeri- ---s- -s.s- -sSeEsl hir., -ane bloekade-runner 'tess sSS ,eea worth et ladies lewelry to : .ssau and exchanged the 10; for !, 1000 NO h of shoes and clothing for conieder- .;s soldiers. Valuable watches, diamonds .1z bracelets came north by secre, agents .-G were exehanged for drugs for sick - lers. Bedding. carpets and crockery Y.re taken from the iines, houses and -: to equIp confederate hospitals. and .ta withouta demand having been made fai even pin. While Charleston was 1ng. she was steadiast. While fight Irs to uphold false and untenable the o-.. she fought So well as to compel the atsairation of those who sought to batter con her walls.
 AIneriean history will vet recognize the e4-:,se ot t,,tt Sumter a>. the most gall
 and determined act. in the history of
 nation. Wres,ed iron. Ma. Ander =sar n 31l. !; did not receive q shot from = iederals untll Aprli. is6i. and then
 .gred inc first ;rial of the monitors. as css T bed n former article Ina; de is seemed ia put the federal govern elt on its net,ie, and preparations were ance made to attack Charleston from ey side. The programme included the Q epanen oi Folly and Morris Islands. nd the reduction of Sumter by gradual approach and steady pounding.
 One may take the old fiies of the arles,on Hsvc1yy. ,o De found in the egcantile and public libraries of Charles ;oa, and learn more than any historian = ever written. That journal had re- "Ger detailed a, Fort Sumter. and he -se every particular oi every attack.
 In the fight with the iron-clads in April re tori was not damaged 10 any extent. -.-'-s -asss'bar6a.eni -waS- renewed on the n ot August. the same year, and con- - ed with scarcely an hours intermis- sea 10 the 2,G. During this interval ;'e federal iron-clads threw 1872 missiles 2, the for. over 5000 q which struck and TT cted damage. Again. on the evening of september |. SIX nom ors and the Iron ees Fan in and took up positions within wards of Sumter and opened up such re as had not been heretofore eNper- ef. ed The gCnners on the iron-elads red wi,h much -reate precision and 4ir more rApidity. and the confederates f~ nd the big for beng knocked down
 piece-meal.
 @aeu Anderson held he for agains, 2 eeriedera;es iae bombard,nen, was -7 -ac:erzed as teuiac. and vet not t.-sen'h oi the damage was oone by tasH,4 -aa2f e2nH0nade as oy thsee or
 s--.-- ,----s=ss lads Y he CT and afteeu-in | shells were torrl missiles. Le; one ei them be eN- .oced n . common 5fick dwelling and :i.e four walls wolla e blown into frag rent, and the roof sen; ssywards n a loud oi broken :lnDers. When they ex- pladed on striking the face of the walls he coaeEssaon produced great cracks ex- e ding from six to ten feet m several di- re -cons. and just where the shell struck :fe bnck would be ground 10 dus, in a f-le two feet across. But many of the ss els penetrated the wall 10 depth of a teot or eighteen inches before exploding. rd then the havoc was truly appalling. Wagon loads of brick and dirt and dust .ol,d be thrown high in air and flung all nse- ,he island. and the whole fort would ;leTnble under the shock. The awful seAins of iron missiles as they rushed s' the walls were plainly heard in Charles 'an, and such cloud of dust hung oyer Slnter ,ha; the gunners ofen lost sight of the iron-ciads. A citizen living six
 les from the city on bee-line told me ;ka; on that September night he placed a coin in a common water tunlbier and --aced the tumbler on an uncovered table. Ire reverberations not only kept up . -f-gIuc by the yiasx btss in shiysy m sntrs =