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DU PONT AND THE PORT ROYAL EXPEDITION.

FORT WALKER. “WABASH.” FORT BEAUREGARD. “PAWNEE.”

1.—BATTLE OF THE UNION FLEET WITH FORTS WALKER AND BEAUREGARD. 2.—HOISTING THE STARSAND STRIPES OVER FORT WALKER. FROM WAR-TIME SKETCHES.

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I can conceive nothing more grand than a view of the main deck of theWabash on this occasion. The hatches being battened down, a faint lightonly came through the ports, as did the flashes from the discharged gnns,which recoiled violently with a heavy thud. As far as the smoke would