Bum Proof Stockade

Bum Proof Stockade. Fortress Rosecans. , Those things [you see] inside the fort ... this shape + ... are bum [bomb] proof stockades. The outside line is heavy oak timber hewn on 3 sides ... about 10 feet high. The timber is .. set up end ways and firmly secured .... The top is first covered over with 4-inch plank and then about 3 feet of dirt. In the sides are port holes for infantry to fire through. It is almost impossible to dislodge infantry from them. , Alpheus S. Bloomfield, private , 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery A, Life inside a bum proof , ...wee have platforms of plank to Sleep on Some 3 feet off the ground wee get plenty of rations beef 2 days a week fresh bakers bread every morning... , James H. Jones, private , 57th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company E, You are here , You are standing in the sally port for Redoubt Brannan. This sole entry way looked west toward the riverbank because the chances were small that enemy raiders might quickly ride across the river and up the rock-strewn slope.