. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . SUMTER ONCE MORE IX PEACE. Sumter, inside the face of which the out-side is shown above. The skill withwhich gabions were employed to strength-en Ihe ramparts is apparent. A descrip-tion of the relinquishment of the positionfollows in the words of Major John John-son: On the night of the 17th of Febru-ary, 1865, the commander. CaptainThomas A. Huguenin, silently and with-out interruption effected the completeevacuation. He has often told me of theparticulars, and I ha
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . SUMTER ONCE MORE IX PEACE. Sumter, inside the face of which the out-side is shown above. The skill withwhich gabions were employed to strength-en Ihe ramparts is apparent. A descrip-tion of the relinquishment of the positionfollows in the words of Major John John-son: On the night of the 17th of Febru-ary, 1865, the commander. CaptainThomas A. Huguenin, silently and with-out interruption effected the completeevacuation. He has often told me of theparticulars, and I have involuntarily ac-companied him in thought and feeling as,for the last time, he went the rounds ofthe deserted fort. The ordered casementswith their massive guns were there, butin the stillness of that hour his own foot-fall alone gave an echo from the archesoverhead. The labyrinthine galleries, ashe traversed them, were lighted for amoment by his lantern; be passeil outfrom the shadows to step aboard the littleboat awaiting him at the wharf, and thefour years defense of Fort Sumter was atan end. THE DESERTED DEFENSES
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