APRIL 18TH, 1862: Union mortar boats under Commander D.D, Porter, began a five-day bombardment of Fort Jackson. Moored some 3,000 yards from the fort, they concentrated their heavy shells, some weighing up to 285 pounds, for six days and nights at the nearest fort from which they were hidden by intervening woods.
The garrison heroically endured the fire and stuck to their guns.
--Old B-Runner
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