. The South : a tour of its battlefields and ruined cities, a journey through the desolated states, and talks with the people: being a description of the present state of the country - its agriculture - railroads -business and . ely lessnoticeable. There are additional ruins scattered throughout the lowerpart of the city, a legacy of the Federal bombardment. TheScotch Church, a large structure, with two towers and a rowof front pillars, was rendered untenantable by ugly breachesin its roof and walls, that have not yet been repaired. Theold Custom-House and Post-Office building stand
. The South : a tour of its battlefields and ruined cities, a journey through the desolated states, and talks with the people: being a description of the present state of the country - its agriculture - railroads -business and . ely lessnoticeable. There are additional ruins scattered throughout the lowerpart of the city, a legacy of the Federal bombardment. TheScotch Church, a large structure, with two towers and a rowof front pillars, was rendered untenantable by ugly breachesin its roof and walls, that have not yet been repaired. Theold Custom-House and Post-Office building stands in an ex-ceedingly dilapidated condition, full of holes. ■ Many otherpublic and private buildings sufiered no less. Some were quitedemolished; while others have been patched up. After all,it would seem that the derisive laughter with which theCharlestonians, according to contemporaneous accounts intheir newspapers, received the Yankee shells, must have beenof a forced or hysterical nature. Yet I found those who stillmaintained that the bombardment did not amount to member of the city fire department said to me: — But few fires were set by shells. There were a goodmany fires, but they were mostly set by BOMBARDMENT OF THE CITY. 515 The object was to get us firemen down in shelliftg was a spite against us, because we were exempt frommilitary duty. The fright of the inhabitants, however, was generallyfrankly admitted. The greatest panic occurred immediatelyafter the occupation of Morris Island by General Gillmore. The first shells set the whole town in commotion. < It lookedlike everybody was skedaddling. Some loaded up their goods,and left nothing but their empty houses. Others just packedup a few things in trunks and boxes, and abandoned the poor people and negroes took what they could carry ontheir backs or heads, or in their arms, and put for dear women put on all their dresses, to save them. For a whilethe stree
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