Company K, of the Artillery, Captain JAMES H.
HALLONQUIST, Company B, of the Artillery, commanding; First
Lieutenant J. VALENTINE, B.S. BURNETT.

MORTAR BATTERY, NO. 1. (Between Fort Moultrie and the Cove.)

Captain JAMES H. HALLONQUIST, Company B, of the Artillery,
commanding. Lieutenant O. BLANDING, Lieutenant FLEMING.

FORT MOULTRIE. (Fired 1825 shots.)

_Three eight-inch columbiads, two thirty-two-pounders, four
twenty-four-pounders._

Garrisoned by the Artillery Battalion under Lieutenant-colonel
RIPLEY. Captain W.R. CALHOUN, Company A, of the Artillery,
executive officer.

SUMTER BATTERY. (Facing south-south-west.)

Lieutenant ALFRED RHETT, Company B, Artillery, commanding; Second
Lieutenant JOHN MITCHELL, Jun.; Mr. F.D. BLAKE, Volunteer Engineer.

OBLIQUE BATTERY. (On the west.)

_Two twenty-four-pounders._

Lieutenant C.W. PARKER, Company D, of the Artillery.

MORTAR BATTERY, No. 2. (East of Fort Moultrie.)

_Two ten-inch mortars._

Captain WILLIAM BUTLER, of the Infantry; Lieutenant J.A. HUGENIN.
E. MOWRY, Mr. BLOCKER, Mr. BILLINGS, and Mr. RICE assisted. This
battery was joined to the Maffit Channel Battery.

THE TRAPIER BATTERY. (Fired 1300 shots.)

_Three ten-inch mortars._

Garrisoned by the Marion Artillery, J. GADSDEN KING, commanding.
Lieutenant W.D.H. KIRKWOOD, J.P. STROHECKER, A.M. HUGER, E.L.
PARKER. The Marion Artillery was afterward relieved by the Sumter
Guard, under Captain JOHN RUSSELL.

AT MOUNT PLEASANT.

BATTERY. (Fired 2925 shots.)

_Two ten-inch mortars._

Captain ROBERT MARTIN of the Infantry, commanding; Lieutenant G.N.
REYNOLDS, Company B, of the Artillery; Lieutenant D.S. CALHOUN, of
the Infantry.

THE END.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Hamlin's father named four of his sons, Europe, Asia, Africa, and
America. The fact that one of them was called Africa gave rise to the
statement that he was an African.

[2] He afterward returned, gave bail, and appeared before the court,
because he was aware that a rule existed that parties who had given
evidence before a Congressional committee in reference to any
defalcation could not be tried for having taken part in it.

[3] It is true there is a law authorizing the distribution of _surplus_
United States arms to the States, but there were no surplus muskets on
hand; and even if there had been, it was a very injudicious