Siege of Charleston.The journal tells the story of the the Union's siege of Fort Wagner on Morris Island.">
Siege of Charleston.The journal tells the story of the the Union's siege of Fort Wagner on Morris Island.">
Major Thomas Benton Brooks served in the Union army as an engineer from August 9, 1861 to October 6, 1864. Brooks was the aide-de-camp to Major-General Quincy Adams Gillmore. This collection contains many of his correspondences during the war and his journal documenting the day to day Siege of Charleston.The journal tells the story of the the Union's siege of Fort Wagner on Morris Island.