The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

slowly raised the old ensign to the
peak Of the flagstaff.
Palmetto Fort From the American
Revolution.
Three miles below Charleston stands
| historic Fort Moultrie. on the site of
the famous palmetto Fort Sullivan that
galiantly resisted the British fleets at
! tack 155 years ago. Many years later
tho frnil palmetto fort was replaced by
stronger fertilization which was nam
ed after the courageous defender of
Charleston in tho Revolutionary War.
Colonel Moultrie. n square enclosure,
three sides made OF double walls Of
brick filed between with sand and the
iourth open toward the city, looked over
the harbor toward the sea. This is
the fort from which Major Anderson
led his men jus; before the opening OF
tho Civil War to the stronger FORT
Sumter, in the centre of the harbor.
One mile cast OF Charleston. in the
| Copper River, stands brick circular
fort that has the resounding name OF
Castle Pinckney. and which cost s53.-
sos TO build and equip. There were
| twenty-eight cannon in her armament
during the bombardment of Fort Sum
ter
The last of the fortsfcations of
Charleston was Fort Johnston, n relic
not received attention since that time
and was not habi,abie. Only one gun
was placed there. to be used in the ex-
| IRENE case of an invasion of Charles
ton.
Fort That Cost $4,000, oOo-and Never
Fired Shot.
The costliest fort in the Civil War
stands where the first emigrants to
Virginia landed after their sea voyage
from the Old World three hundred
years aso-and which they named Point
Comfort This is one of the most his
| toric citadels on Americas seacoasts-
and Il never fred shot in battle. 1t
Is old Fortress Monroe, which had
stood guard over the waters OF Hamp-
ton Roads. that famous trysting place
of Americas naval vessels for nearly
a century.
Four years after the War Of 1912
thc centennial OF which comes next
year, the Erst cornerstone of Fortress
i Monroe was laid, and after several
1 years of herculean toll at cost of So
100000 the invincible granite walls
lowered over the little peninsula Of
Point Comfort 1t walls ranged for
over mile and a half, forming a
square that enclosed more than sixty
FIVE acres of land. Four hundred can
non pointed their grim muzzles over the
moat filled with water that surrounded
! the fcrt, and the narrow neck of land
; that connects the spur with the State
of Virginia.
During the unrest of the Southern
States, when arsenals and forts were
falling before the advance OF the State
troops. the commander of Fortress Mon
roe, Colonel Dimick, quietly turned the
guns bearing upon the sea so that they
covered the land approach. Fortress
Monroe's quiet slumbers were not dis
turbed by attack during The Civil
| War.
One OF the strange anaIogies in
American history occurred at Fortress
| Monroe. however 1t was here that
some fugitive negroes came to General
Butler. who commanded the garrison
Their owners pursued their property
and demanded their return. Butler re-
fused. claiming the slaves were CON
traband OF war" 1t was n striking
! tableau. Here at Point Comfort. near
~ 500 years ago, the first slaves were
brought and sold In America by a
Dutch shipmastcr; and here. $50 years
after was directed tho first effective
blow at the system. eliminating two
years later in President Lncoln's
Emancipation Proclamation.
Fort That stood siege Against Great
est Fleet In the World.
lHc Tort tnat mas Witnessed the hard
est lighting of any fort in America
| stands on the coast of North Carolins,
1t holds tho distinction of having stood
In two days battle against the greatest
| fleet OF warships tho world had over
seen gathered under the fiag-whlle 81
600 soldiers stood daunted by its grim
walls. Fort Fisher Is the greatest ana
most formidable of forts of the old
| Confederacy. This monstrous fortiflca-
! ton stood on Federal Point--rechris-
| tened Confederate Point during the war
lat the entrance to Cape Fear River.
the channel through which the blockade
( runners ran into Wilmington. N. c., to
| unload their cargoes Of food. clothing
! and medical supplies.
Fort Fisher was shaped like the let
ter IL" the shank of the lettar rep
resenting the side facing the Atlantic
Ocean, and the base representing the
land side. The sen-face for a half
milo. During the closing weeks OF