GUN IN BATTERY AT PORT ROYAL, S. C., 1861
COOSAW FERRY, PORT ROYAL ISLAND, S. C.
FORT BEAUREGARD, BAY POINT, S. C., 1861
GENERAL ISAAC I. STEVENS' STAFF, BEAUFORT, S. C.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, in their one hundred and twenty years of "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness," have had but three wars with the outside world. They have enjoyed a greater immunity from armed encounter than any of their neighbors. Other than the grievous struggle which we have had with our own people, it may be fairly said that we have been blessed by Peace.