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.