{"id":13813,"date":"2012-03-13T09:28:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T13:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=409"},"modified":"2021-12-05T10:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T15:13:30","slug":"april-24-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/03\/13\/april-24-1862\/","title":{"rendered":"April 24, 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nApril<\/span>
\n24<\/span>,,
\nWe<\/span> had a splendid trip
\nyesterday afternoon returning in the
\nnight.
\nAfter<\/span> sailing not quite
\ntwo hours we reached the steamboat
\nlanding at Fortress Munroe. Any
\none who had studied the maps
\nwould have recognized the place
\nat once. On the left about half
\nway to the Sewalls Point\u2014so it looked\u2014
\nwere the Rif Rafs [?] with splendid
\nfortifications going up. Right opposite
\nacross the waters could plainly
\nseen the Rebel earth works on Sewalls
\nPoint. Further to the right and two
\nhundred yards from us lay the
\nMonitor\u2014that thing of power and
\nwonder\u2014on duty watching for
\nthe Merrimac. Still farther to
\nthe right lay the Saugatuck
\nwith her costly and steel pointed<\/p>\n
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shot. Right before us were the Hampton
\nRoads in which received the great naval
\nengagement a few weeks since.
\nOur main purpose in visiting
\nthe Fortress was to obtain a new
\nsupply of provisions, have the ship cleaned
\nand take in coal if necessary. Genl.
\nSlocum therefore called upon Genl. Wool,
\nso soon as the wharf was reached, and
\nasked permission to land his troops.
\nThis he presumptorally [?] refused and
\nso the Genl. concluded to make a
\nshort stop. The offices were allowed
\nto visit the fort with this understanding
\nthat they should return within an
\nhour.
\nSo<\/span> we all started off. I in
\ncompany with the chaplain of the
\n96th Pennsylvania. Just as we
\napproached the entrance to the fortress
\nwe noticed a cavalcade riding
\nout, and at the head of it we<\/p>\n

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saw Maj. Genl. Wool. Behind him
\nalso rode Brig. Genl. Mansfield. They
\npolitely answered to our salutes.
\nA<\/span> few minutes [sic] walk and we
\nwere within the celebrated fortress
\nmore like a garden with its trees
\nin blossom and its grounds carpeted
\nin green than a massive work
\nbristling with cannon and fully
\nsupplied with all the furniture
\nof war. It is much more extensive
\nthan I had supposed, and some of
\nthe residences are truly beautiful.
\nAs we hurriedly passed around its
\nwalls I plucked some clover leaves
\nand shrubbery. Also an apple blossom.
\nI could not suppress my passionate
\ntaste for pen holders, either; and so
\nI had to bring away a few sticks
\nwith me.
\nBefore<\/span> leaving the Fortress
\nwe ran down towards the Monitor<\/p>\n

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and gave them three cheers. At that
\nmoment we were in excellent range
\nof the Sewalls Point battery. As we
\npassed the Vanderbilt we gave them three
\ncheers, too, in honor of the part she is
\nexpected to take in extinguishing the
\nMonitor\u2019s rival. Three cheers, too, for the
\nMinnesota, and all the gunboats that
\nwe pass. The blue jackets give us
\na specimen of their gallant cheering
\nin return. The French frigate we
\nnotice also, But they do not reply
\nthe officers simply raise their caps.
\nAnd so on we go the noble
\nsteamer quivering beneath us from
\nthe force of its ponderous and
\nswiftly moving engines, the bands
\nplaying national airs, and our
\nmen sending up enthusiastic
\nhuzzas.
\nAn<\/span> hour sail toward Ship Point
\nand we anchor in the bay.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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