CHAPTER 5              THE SECESSION OF NORTH CAROLINA REPORTS            476

No. 3.

Extract from annual report of Capt. John G. Foster, U. S. Engineers,

dated October 1, 1861. (Seizure of Fort Macon.)

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            This work was taken possession of by the troops of the State of North Carolina about the middle of April. It was at that time in bad repair; (477) the woodwork of the quarters and barracks and of one of the drawbridges required renewing and painting; the iron-work and door and window fastenings were much rusted; the shingled interior slope was very much rotted, and the masonry in many places required repointing. The embankment of the causeway needed repairing, and the bridge across the canal to be rebuilt. A few guns (four, I believe) were mounted on the southeast or sea front, but the carriages were decayed and weak.

            The site of Fort Macon was tolerably well preserved by the temporary brush jetties that were constructed last winter for this purpose.

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