Only three 10-inch (300-pounder) saw service during the war, all placed on Morris Island during the campaign against Charleston harbor.
There are two Morris Islands within 200 km of each other.
Many people went to Morris Island by boat just to see the event.
The army flotilla was detained off Morris Island by the low tide.
He also runs the ferry service on Morris Island and has a boat named 'Hugo'.
Of his time on Morris Island he wrote in the same 1892 account:
There is little left to study on Morris Island; it eroded over the decades and is now mostly under water.
Union gunners pummeled the fort from their batteries on Morris Island.
At this moment the steamer was saluted by some shot which did not reach her, from the batteries on Morris Island.
She also runs a Community Watch team which patrols Morris Island.