CHAPTER III.

In Port Royal harbor.--The ball opens.--First naval engagement of the war.--Forts Walker and Beauregard.--Union fleet bombard the rebels.-- Complete rout of the enemy.--Triumphant victory for the Union.--Great enthusiasm.--Connecticut lands the first troops.--Terrible scenes on land.--Rebel pigs and chickens.--Uncle Sam’s rations at a discount.-- Warsaw Sound, Ga.--“Greybacks accumulate.”--“Sketch for special artist.”--Spotted fever.--Deaths daily.--The old Sixth unfit for duty.--Ordered to Hilton Head.--Dawfuski Island Camp.--Jones Island on Savannah river.--Fort Vulcan built of mud.--Yankee ingenuity and cunning displayed.--High tides, &c.