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belonged to the library. I judged by his
looks and his delicate hands that he had never
done any work. He told me that he and all
the others taken at the time were natives of
North Carolina. He was dressed in a neat gray
suit which I judged had been furnished to him
since he was taken. Some had on their uniform
they were taken in -- The pants were all I saw
They run dark with a black stripe down 
the seam. Every company had their own
uniform he told me. I known that when I
was in Tenn. the companies furnished d[?]
uniform expecting the Confederate government to
pay for them -- I asked him if he thought he
was fighting in a good cause He made no reply
and I changed the Subject -- In the afternoon
I went ashore and went into the Fortress It is
a mile and a quarter in circumference and
contains 78 acres. The wall is 60 ft thick and 
is surrounded by a deep ditch from 40 to 100 
feet in width The wall is built in a zigzag from
making a great many angles and leaving every
part of the ditch exposed to a lengthwise
fire from the port holes of they should ever
be attempt to cross their in boats or [?]