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Fort Wagner

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
August
Year
1863
Copyright
Public Domain
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-Fort Wanner is an irregular linstioned work, situated on the nor; hum (;.ii! of .Morris Island, two thousaud üve hundred yards distaut from Fort Sumpter. It is composed entirely of sand, which, beyond doubt, is tbe bost material to withstand the effect of shell. lts rmament, as showa ia the diagram, ia six guns; but three guns have recenty Been mouuted on the sea face to annoy the monitors. On the southeni face of the work all tho obstructions that engineering skill can devise have been placed so as to slop ow troops in case of an dssault. On the nortliern side of the wm'k therc has been ereeted a íuusketry parapet, whioh rió-t ouly ooniraands the , approach i'ram tlie northward, but CDa:á U's garrisOa to be sheltered in event of'. our trur.ps ifüiiiing an admittance to tho. interior. 1 1 has its ravelins, galleries . and covered ways, and upon the wliole is a vcry iormidabre work. The niagizine . is situatmj. in .the southern center of the searetu'il portion _ of the work, aud alfnotigfl fexpqsod to the fire of our ironCláds, ft fS so wcll bivüt as to defy the the project tés. yhích h-a-ve already struck ir'': ■■■■■'. fi'ST What is the diffcrence between a miscliievous tnouse and a beautiful youuu' lady ? One hartiis the cheese, , uud tbe otker charms the he's.

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Old News
Michigan Argus