The navy have
several mortar-boats in position on the Mississippi River, and it is a very
interesting sight to watch their shells in the night time go sailing through
the air, sometimes bursting way up high, and at other times just before
reaching the ground. I never appreciated the words of our glorious National
anthem until now, where it says, "And the bombs bursting in air,"
etc.
SOURCE: Joseph
Stockton, War Diary (1862-5) of Brevet Brigadier General Joseph
Stockton, p. 17
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