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The Daily Dispatch: February 26, 1864., [Electronic resource], The defences of Mobile. (search)
officers' quarters, built of wood, was damaged. At the distance at which the enemy delivered his fire, Fort Powell is deemed impregnable, and it has a garrison that will bold it and give the Yankee some of their Charleston experience. If the fleet comes to closer quarters somebody will "be hurt." And there I no running past in this case, for the fort has to be reduced, and the channel dug out, before the Yankees can enter the bay of Mobile that way. Some have thought they could land on Dauphin Island and establish a battery there against Powell. But the distance is too considerable for an effective battering fire, besides which our own gunboats can command the beach where they would creet a battery. Sand has already played an important part as a material for defensive fortifications. Gen. Beauregard brought out its virtues at Charleston, and Powell is writing a new chapter in honor of it. There has been no firing on the fort since the first day's bombardment. A strong n