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saw Maj. Genl. Wool. Behind him also rode Brig. Genl. Mansfield. They politely answered to our salutes.

A few minutes walk and we were within the celebrated fortress more like a garden with its trees in blossom and its ground carpeted in green than a massive work bristling with cannon and fully supplied with all the furniture of war. It is much more extensive than I had supposed, and some of the residences are truly beautiful. As we hurriedly passed around its walls I plucked some clover leaves and shrubbery. Also an apple blossom. I could not suppress my passionate taste for pew holders, either; and so I had to bring away a few sticks with me.

Before leaving the Fortress we ran down toward the Monitor