Appletons Hand Book Of American Travel

Author : Charles Henry Jones
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230019901
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Appletons¿ Hand-Book of American Travel; Southern Tour ... written by Charles Henry Jones and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...upon the officers' quarters and barracks at the fort, continued; it no longer responded to our fire, which was kept up with an anxious look-out for tokens of surrender; its garrison, black and begrimed with smoke, were employed in efforts to extinguish the conflagration, and in some instances had to keep themselves lying upon their faces to avoid death from sufibcation. "During the height of the conflagration, a boat was dispatched by General Beauregard to Major Anderson, with offers of assistance in extinguishing the fire. Before it could reach the fort, .the longexpected flag of truce had been hoisted; and the welcome event was instantly announced in every part of the city by the ringing of bells, the pealing of cannon, the shout of couriers dashing through the streets, and by every indication of general rejoicing." The present condition of the work sutficiently attests the warmth of the second attack, August, 1863. It will well repay a visit, there being many points of interest within the walls which once seen will not be easily forgotten. On James Island are seen the ruins of old Fort Johnson. On the opposite lieadlands of the Haddrill you may trace the old lines which helped in the defence of the city eighty years ago, but which are now mostly covered by the smart These points, north, east, and south, with the city gying west of them, bound the harbor, 5 vingan ample circuit of bay--coursing U';-ir which, from south to north, the eye pifrsues the long stretch of CooperRivcr, the Etiwando of the red men, along the banks oflwhich, for many miles, the sight is refreshed by noble rice-fields, and in man places by the mansions and homestea s of the former planters. Steamers ply up this river, and return the same...