A puff of smoke rose from Sumter and the fort sent its answering shot, but it struck no enemy and again the shout came from the town, now a cry of derision.
Then all the batteries in the wide curve about Sumter leaped into fiery life.

Cannon after cannon poured shot and shell against the black walls.

The fort was ringed with fire.

It seemed to Harry that the earth rocked.

He tried to speak to his comrades, but he could not hear his own voice.