The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-04
BATTLE OF FORT MOt]LTR
Young Girl Writes the Article that Wins
sss the Prize.
Colam6a State.

3 zen 6y MISS AnnlSse COrOect, 10 YEARS
OF age, in the last Daughters Of the
American Revolution Contest:
Eought June 28sh, 177s; lasted ii
hours and 35 minutes. Cnlonists uu-
der Col. William Moultrie; British
under Sir Peter Parker)
The affairs of the American army
were now turned southward. Gen.
Charles Lee had been sent to the
South to take command Of the troops
assembling there to oppose Sir Peter
Parkersand Sir Henry Clinton. Gen.
E.se arrived in Charleston, S. G ,and
formed force Of 5000 men from the
Garolinas and Virginia: but the city
was not defended bya single forti6ca-
\ s;on.
Clinton: arrived in the euter harbor
on the 4th Of june, the day Lee reach
i ed the city. The key tothe Ameri-
Gan position and success was now
charleston harbor and Fort Sullivan,
afterwards named Moultrie.
Under the orders Of Lee, the city
! was one scene Of preparation; the me-
gsoes were required TO work with
apades and hoes to erect forti6cations.
The leaden weights we're taken from
the window sashes Of houses and
uhnrches and melted into bullets.
Small bodies Of militiamen we're hur-
M Hrsgiing 10 various guises, half'milisary,
half ciVil. Some wore caps Of the
most fantastic fashion, made Of fox
and coon skins; others more uniform
il Ii dress wore caps Of glazed leather,
uish the word sLiberty printed in
yellow letters.
bout six miles seaward 10 along,
marrow strip of land SulIivan's 8 Is
land and, situated on the southwest
/ point, was the fortifcation Of Fort
Sullivan, and, 80 rudely constructed
shat Gen. Lee, fearing to trustsit,
Z asked Col. Moustrie 5 advice about
leaving is and trying 20 fortify some
near foSs stronger, but Col. Mo,iltrie' s
only reply was that Fort Sullivan
and Sullivan $ Island would perform
their duty towards their State Z
The growth Ct the island was the
sappy; spongy palmetto tree. The
fs0opss lostsno time in preparing the
structure for defense. This rudely
constructed but worthy fort was built
palmetto logs, sufficient in: size, to
oontain COO men. The palmetto
;sslsgs were cut while green and spongy,
sas upen snother, is feet apart,
wieh eospers dovetailed and boiled
into the logs, and ssrengthed' with
timbers.
The Wallswere lis feet thick, filed
sn with sand, and 10 feet high above
the platforms, che platforms being
ported By brick pillars. The fort
paNas only finished on the front, or
Fs5ntheastefa curtain and baston, and
s.s0u the southwestern curtain and bass
saion5 Rshe northeastern and north
I s5essern. sides we're unfinished, being
4 sllSgged up. bout seven feet high.
Thick, ,slong planks formed an escalade
s. q, the use of musketry and rifles.
Upon thes platforms the cannon were
mounted. On Che southeast bastion
! the aag staff was sfxed, bearing % blue
asg With a crescept, Oh which was em-
hlazoned the Hord Liberty" !" and
three 10 and two 9,pounders were
i amounted there. On the southeast
curtain six 26 French FOUNDERS and
three 18 English Founders were place d; ;
, and on the western bastion, connected
with it, three 26 French Founders and
two 9-pounders were stationed. On.
the southwest curtain, six cannons
were, :monnted-l2 and 9-pounders..
!. Connected with the front angles of