| From the Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg,
S. C.) |
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| February 28, 1861 |
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| More Warlike Missiles for South Carolina |
| Scarcely a day passes that we
do not see wagons creaking beneath the heavy loads of shot and shell
piled upon them. Yesterday there arrived by the train from Richmond
412 shot, weighing 26,780 pounds, and 271 shell, weighing 25,119
pounds. Aggregate weight of these death-dealing agents, 50,899 {should
be 51,899}pounds {this would require
about 3 1/2 car loads}. These we are informed, constitute but a
drop in the bucket, as compared with what is yet to come. The two
immense mortars which went down last week are intended for Fort
Johnson, which commands a fair sweep to Fort Sumter. Some five or six
more, even larger, will shortly reach there. |
| {This clearly was not
written about Spartanburg -- Columbia or Charleston are more likely.} |
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