. History of the American Civil War . ^ ^> A Fort Jackson .-- -^^^^&„ -. ,->r^X ^^ ^c^ ^^^^ ^M^ THE FORTS OF THE MISSISSIPI I. mortar vessels. For eight miles below Fort Jackson the south bank ofthe river has a skirt of woods, the trees being thickly in-terlaced with vines. Through this an opening had beencut by the Confederates to permit their guns to haverange on ascending vessels. Under thescreen of these woods fourteen of the mortarvessels were placed, the remainder being on the other sideof the river. It being found, however, that the latterwere too much exposed, they
. History of the American Civil War . ^ ^> A Fort Jackson .-- -^^^^&„ -. ,->r^X ^^ ^c^ ^^^^ ^M^ THE FORTS OF THE MISSISSIPI I. mortar vessels. For eight miles below Fort Jackson the south bank ofthe river has a skirt of woods, the trees being thickly in-terlaced with vines. Through this an opening had beencut by the Confederates to permit their guns to haverange on ascending vessels. Under thescreen of these woods fourteen of the mortarvessels were placed, the remainder being on the other sideof the river. It being found, however, that the latterwere too much exposed, they also were brought over un-der the covert of the woods. For more effectual conceal-ment, the masts of all the vessels were dressed with leafy ] . BOMBAKDMENT OF THE FORTS. 331 branclies. Careful surveys were made, so that the bombsmight be tlirown with accuracy, though the forts could notbe seen. The chief uncertainty then arose from the varia-ble pressure of the wind on the projectiles in their the l7th of April the Confede
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