Cantonment on James
Island. Weather moderate. Troops employed finishing huts and opening the
streets; not a stump left. Top of timber and brush carried to certain distance,
and built up in a circular line round the cantonment. This brush barrier, or
fence, could not be passed without much trouble; it served instead of sentinels
round the camp. Openings left at particular places, where the guards or
sentinels were stationed. Still kept a front and rear camp guard, but the usual
number lessened.
SOURCE: J. B.
Lippincott & Co., Publisher, The Record of the Court at Upland, in
Pennsylvania. 1676 to 1681. And a Military Journal Kept by Major E. Denny, 1781
to 1795, p. 254
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