. Campaigns of the civil war . xtends eastward some four miles to the open forts defend the harbor. The first and smallest is Cas-tle Pinckney, an old-time structure of brick, and of insignifi-cant strength in modem warfare. It lies one mile from thecity; it was capable of holding a war garrison of 100 men ;and its armament of twenty-two guns was at the time com-plete. Farther out is the second in size and importance, CHARLESTON HARBOR. 21 Fort Moultrie, situated on Sullivans Island, some four milesfrom the city, very near the mouth of the harbor, on itsnorthern side. It dates back i
. Campaigns of the civil war . xtends eastward some four miles to the open forts defend the harbor. The first and smallest is Cas-tle Pinckney, an old-time structure of brick, and of insignifi-cant strength in modem warfare. It lies one mile from thecity; it was capable of holding a war garrison of 100 men ;and its armament of twenty-two guns was at the time com-plete. Farther out is the second in size and importance, CHARLESTON HARBOR. 21 Fort Moultrie, situated on Sullivans Island, some four milesfrom the city, very near the mouth of the harbor, on itsnorthern side. It dates back in name and heroic reputationto the Eevolution, when, however, it was little else than anextemporized battery of palmetto-logs and sand. In mod-ern times it has been rebuilt in brick, under scientific con-struction, and though lying disadvantageously low, it hadbeen changed into an effective channel defence, carjable ofmounting fifty-five guns en barbette and holding a garri-son of 300 men. The third and most important work was. STAR OF THE WESTBATTERY Map of Charleston Harbor. Fort Sumter, also of brick, but of more imposing size. Itwas situated about the middle of the harbor entrance, andback half a mile from its mouth; it was erected on a shoal 22 THE OUTBREAK OF REBELLION. raised to an artificial island ; the walls were eight feet thickand forty feet high, with two tiers of casemates; it was five-sided, enclosing a space of about 300 by 350 feet, and in itscasemates and on its rampart it was designed for 140 guns;its proper war-garrison was 650 men. In addition to theseforts in the harbor, there were two government buildingsin the city of Charleston: the Custom-House and the Uni-ted States Arsenal, the latter containing a total of 22,430arms. To guard and hold possession of this property, there werein the arsenal a military storekeeper and fourteen enlistedmen. Castle Pinckney was occupied only by an ordnancesergeant and his family; Fort Sumter by one or two engi-neer office
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