On going to the embrasure where I had seen the gun while on the river-bank talking to Captain Shirk, the piece was found split back about eighteen inches, and the lower half of the muzzle dropped out.

A battered but unexploded shell lying with the piece explained that it must have struck the gun in the muzzle, almost squarely.

On passing along the inside I saw from the torn condition of the earthworks how tremendous our fire was, and how the fire of the enemy was kept down.

The fire of the navy had partly torn down the side of the fort next the river.

A good many sailors were in the fort.
General A.J.Smith, Admiral Porter, and General Burbridge were there--all in high spirits, but in some contention as to who got in first.