This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1861–1864
Anderson’s officers spent the winter counting: so many barrels of flour, so many of pork, so much fuel. The garrison’s provisions, not the batteries ringing them, set the clock. When Lincoln took office on 4 March he was told the fort could hold out about six weeks.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 1
Two self-anchoring torpedoes were cut loose between Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie on the ebb tide, and the navy guard-boat under Midshipman Wilkins was sent with the torpedo boat to locate them. An 8-inch rifle was mounted the same day. The harbor's defenses were dangerous to keep as well as to approach.
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
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