A strong fortification was ordered and approved to be built
here and Colonel Waul was placed in charge of the supervision of the
construction. The walls were made of bales of cotton in zigzag fashion stacked
four high and covered with dirt. The stacks were fourteen feet high and
stretched from river to river. Cannon of various kinds were spaced evenly
across the walls and guns were stationed to be used on approaching ships seen
on either river. (From The von Rosenberg
Family of Texas: The Civil War Years, by Ann Barnes) Read more here.
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