| Show federal defences defendes De fences noes seized by the secession ests the following military posts have fallen into thy hands and are now in tile the possession of the namely fort moultrie and castle pinckney Pu ickney charleston harbor south carolina forts pulaski and jackson savannah georgia fort macon alacon beaufort fort Johnson and fort caswell oak island north carolina fort balancas Bar ancas and fort mcree pensacola florida fort morgan mobile Ab Alabama bama hama fort st philip and fort jackson mouth of the mississippi fort tike pike rigolets rigolett Rigo lets and fort 31 acomb macomb chef monteal louisiana the aggregate cost of said defelices de fences was nearly and they ire are pierced for 1099 loog guns the following table tabie will mill show their cost war garrison required and the number of guns in each cost sien lien men uen guns fort macon bl 61 fort johnson 00 60 io 10 fort caswell 81 1 castle pinckney 25 fort moultrie 54 51 I 1 fort pula puia pulaski she 1 fort Jack jackson jackmon hon ton 70 14 fort Bar baranyai Baran ancas cas cai 49 fort mcree uon bao fort morgan fort philip I 1 fort jackson GOO fort pike 49 fort Bl macomb acomb 49 in addition to the foregoing 01 siau six U S arsenals ars en have been seized namely the arsenal at charleston S C at savannah ga at fa fay ette elt eville villeN N at mobile ala at satan rouge la and at F fort ort smith ark the navy yard at pensacola has been taken possession of by florida and in fact most of the federal property in the seceding states including in 0 custom houses and mints together with t two w 0 or three revenue cutters has been seized and is now held by the revolutionists such 1 acts would once have been considered treasonable i but in consequence pf af tle the enervation of the federal army arm they seem to attract but little attention and have thus far passed impunity |
