The Rebel accounts of things at Charleston speak of Sumter
in ruins, its walls fallen in, and a threatened assault on the city. I do not
expect immediate possession of the place, for it will be defended with
desperation, pride, courage, Nullification chivalry, which is something
Quixotic, with the Lady Dulcineas to stimulate the Secession heroes; but
matters are encouraging.
Thus far, the Navy has been the cooperating force, aiding
and protecting the army on Morris Island.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30,
1864, p. 427
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