. Young folk's history of the war for the union . him-self with a gun, saying in anote which he left, I can-not survive the liberties ofmy country. His shot wasfollowed by shot and shellfrom Moultrie and the otherbatteries, until the firing be-The Civil War had begun.The situation of Charleston harbor and the forts and batter-ies by which it was then defended Avill be best understood fromthe map. It will be seen that Fort Sumter lies in the mouthof the harbor, about three and a half miles from Charleston,and nearly in the middle of a line drawn east and west betweenForts Moultrie and Johnson,
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. Young folk's history of the war for the union . him-self with a gun, saying in anote which he left, I can-not survive the liberties ofmy country. His shot wasfollowed by shot and shellfrom Moultrie and the otherbatteries, until the firing be-The Civil War had begun.The situation of Charleston harbor and the forts and batter-ies by which it was then defended Avill be best understood fromthe map. It will be seen that Fort Sumter lies in the mouthof the harbor, about three and a half miles from Charleston, and nearly in the middle of a line drawn east and west betweenForts Moultrie and Johnson, each of which are distant abouta mile from Sumter. The Cummings Point Battery, onMorris Island, is about two thirds of a mile nearly south of it.A floating battery, made of logs covered with railroad iron, wasmoored a little north of Fort Johnson, and several other bat-teries were built at different places, some against Sumter, andsome to guard the entrance of the harbor. Though a strongfortification, Sumter was intended only to keep ships from. Edmund Kupfin. came almost a continuous roar. 1861.] CHARLESTON AND ITS UARBOR. 57