Appearance of the Batteries on Cummings Point

• Main Author: United States. War Department
• Other Authors: Seymour, T.
• Language: English
• Published: Washington : Government Printing Office 1891
• Subjects: United States > History > Civil War; 1861-1865; Cummings; Morris Island
• Online Access: http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/u?/tx-wotr,1816

1. Work- commenced recently probably to fire upon the main channel, seaward. 2. Encampment- one or more guns look upon the channel toward Ft. Moultrie. A mortar battery on the right near No. 3. 3. Battery of 3 Heavy Guns - Embrasures very large. Line of fire makes an angle of 38 degrees with the gorge of Ft. Sumter. 4. From this point the Star of the West was fired upon. Battery covered by sand hill. 5. Apparently a Battery- behind the hill. 6. Work- recently commenced: A battery of some strength. Encampment. 7. Work- recently finished: Apparently a Mortar Battery. 8. Morris Island Headquarters 9. Iron-Clad Battery- Three heavy guns probably Columbiads. Line of fire makes an angle of 49 degrees with gorge of Fort Sumter. 10. Battery- not quite complete, Sole of Embrasures seem to slope to the rear. Four casemate top carriages on the beach are probably intended for this work. Line of fire makes an angle of fifty-two degrees with the gorge of Fort Sumter. Small map to the right of the title depicting a Plan Respectfully forwarded Robert Anderson Major USA, Core (signature on bottom at far right)