The fall of Fort Pulaski . . .

. . . is another illustration of the inefficiency of the seaboard fortifications which have been erected at vast cost. Brick and stone walls and casemates are speedily knocked into pieces by the tremendous artillery now in service. We may have to iron plate our forts as well as ships.

– Published in the Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862