. Tales and traditions of the lower Cape Fear, 1661-1896 . e set on fire7and were soon blazing from top to bottom. Trains hadbeen laid during the day to each of the seven magazinesat Fort Caswell and the five magazines in Fort Campbellrand under the lurid glare of the burning buildings thematch was applied to the trains and magazine aftermagazine exploded with terrific reports. One of themagazines in Fort Caswell contained nearly one hundredthousand pounds of powder, and when it exploded thevolume of sound seemed to rend the very heavens, whilethe earth trembled and shook, the violence of the
. Tales and traditions of the lower Cape Fear, 1661-1896 . e set on fire7and were soon blazing from top to bottom. Trains hadbeen laid during the day to each of the seven magazinesat Fort Caswell and the five magazines in Fort Campbellrand under the lurid glare of the burning buildings thematch was applied to the trains and magazine aftermagazine exploded with terrific reports. One of themagazines in Fort Caswell contained nearly one hundredthousand pounds of powder, and when it exploded thevolume of sound seemed to rend the very heavens, whilethe earth trembled and shook, the violence of the shockbeing felt in Wilmington, thirty miles distant, and evenat Fayetteville, more than one hundred miles sight was grand beyond description. Amidst thissublime and impressive scene the Hag of Fort Caswellwas for the last time hauled down and carried away by 188 the officer above mentioned, who, with his men, silentlydeparted—the last to leave the old fort, which for fourlong years of war had so gallantly guarded the mainentrance to the 134 War Department Records—FortsJohnston and Caswell. >ince the foregoing sketches of Forts Johnston andCaswell were in type I have received the followingofficial particulars from the Honorable the Secretary ofWar, which will doubtless be found valuable andinteresting : Fort Caswell^ at the mouth of Cape Fear river,North Carolina, was commenced in the year 1826, thefirst appropriation for its construction being under Actof Congress approved March 2d, 1825. It was reportedas about comrjleted by Captain Alexander J. Swift,United States Engineers, October 20, 1838, at a totalcost of $473,402. From 1838 to 1857, for preservationof site, repairs, etc., at Fort Caswell, and some repairsat Fort Johnston, the sum of $09, was expended,making a total to 1857 of $542, It was namedFort Caswell by War Department Order No. 32, ofApril 18th, 1833. Fort Caswell was an inclosed pentagonal work, with aLoop-holed scarp wall, fl
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