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The Influence Of Hue Beauregard's Fort

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Charleston, S.C.

Coming from an artillery background, Huse arranged his travel plans to pass through Charleston so that he might witness, firsthand, the effects that Gen. Beauregard’s cannonade had had on the fort. Having arrived in Charleston in the evening, Huse took lodging before traveling to Morris Island the following morning. Accompanied by two artillery captains, the new Army Major then traveled by row boat to Fort Sumter to observe the damage. After returning to the mainland, the men flopped on the sandy beach staring across the water at the fort.
“What in the world could have possessed Anderson to surrender the fort?” mused Huse.
For, from what he saw of the damage it amounted to a little less than what would occur from a little

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