Saturday, April 13.
The news is glorious for us. No one hurt on our side, and no
damage of any consequence to our batteries. Your father has been at Morris's
Island all yesterday, and all night. He however wrote me not to expect him and
I did not feel uneasy, as Captain Hartstein told me it was utterly impossible
for boats to land with such a high sea. This morning Fort Sumter is on fire (produced
from the shells it is thought). They say the flag is at half mast and has been
so all the morning — a sure sign of distress. The fleet will try to relieve
him, of course, but it will be in vain, and thus, I trust in God, this business
will end. Heaven has favored our side, and we are all grateful to a Kind
Providence. I doubt if your father returns before night.
SOURCE: Louise Wigfall Wright, A Southern Girl in
’61, p. 40
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