. History of the Fifth Regiment of Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, during three years and a half of service in North Carolina. January 1862-June 1865 . ard side,and very diminutive ones on the side toward the sea, caused by theprevailing winds, which seem to blow back into the tree every budthat attempts to struggle into life on the exposed side. To add tothe general attractiveness of the ^ Banks the sand is blown intodunes and hills, which shift as the direction and force of the windschange. Brackish water can be found on the levels at the depth of afew inches by merely scooping out a hole with
. History of the Fifth Regiment of Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, during three years and a half of service in North Carolina. January 1862-June 1865 . ard side,and very diminutive ones on the side toward the sea, caused by theprevailing winds, which seem to blow back into the tree every budthat attempts to struggle into life on the exposed side. To add tothe general attractiveness of the ^ Banks the sand is blown intodunes and hills, which shift as the direction and force of the windschange. Brackish water can be found on the levels at the depth of afew inches by merely scooping out a hole with a tin dipper or i)an. On the northeastern extremity of Bogue Bank was Fort Ma- 58 HISTORY OF THE con. It was ca regular work, mounting sixty-seven guns in all,casemated with stone on the water front, while on the land side thewalls were constructed of brick. On this side the guns weremounted en barbette, and defended by the usual ditch, with a glaciswhich afforded a field for fire against an assaulting column. Thegarrison had undermined and thrown down the light-house, leveled anumber of adjacent buildings, and made every possible preparation. Fort Macon, N. C. to give an attacking force the warmest reception in their power tobestow. The fort commanded the entrance to Beaufort and More-head City harbors. These places were on the mainland. The chan-nel would admit vessels drawing seventeen feet of water. MoreheadCity was the eastern terminus of the Atlantic and North CarolinaRailroad, which, as has been stated, crossed the Richmond and Wil-mington line at Goldsboro. The possession of these harbors secureda second and very safe base, by way of the railroad, for New garrison of Fort Macon consisted of about five hundred men,under the command of Colonel White, a brave and resolute oflficer. FIFTH RHODE ISLAND HEAVY ARTILLERY. 59 He had reported to General Branch that he had supplies for sixtydays, and that he could and would hold the fort for an indefinite timelonger tha
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