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The Daily Dispatch: May 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], The War Movements. (search)
nchments. They were filling the bags in large numbers on Tuesday. About one hundred men were at work in the forge shop, preparing for mounting guns. It requires 300 men to do guard duty at once, the fort being about one mile in circumference. A very large garrison is, therefore, necessary to properly mount guard and relieve. The ditch around the land side 1875 feet wide, and at high tide contains ten feet of water. The narrow neck of land which connects the fort with the village of Hampton, is to be cut through, so as to allow the tide to have a natural channel-way. This will add materially to the natural defences of the place. The following items are from the Washington Chronicle, of Sunday. Thirteen members of the Rhode Island Regiment were sent home on Friday night, in command of Major Slocum. This is done as a punishment for intoxication and disorderly conduct. James Sheeby was arrested last evening by several United States soldiers for preaching secessi