Iron embrasure casing, drawings and description
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Description and drawings by Lorigan representing an appliance or casing to Embrasures. Lorigan writes that during the Siege of Forts Sumter, Wagner and Gregg on Morris Island SC, experience had shown that hides and similar coverings were insufficient to protect the work, and a Boiler plate casing was first suggested and tried with complete success, by Major T. B. Brooks.
Keep Moving; The Battle of Life
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Quotes form the Pater family
Letter from Brooks to General Gillmore, Folly Island (S.C.), 1863 December 10 , page 1
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Letter from John L. Capen, Philadelphia Phrenological Cabinet, Philadelphia (P.A.), 1864, page 14
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Letter to Brooks from the Assistant Quartermaster's office, Lexington (K.Y.), 1863 July 22, page 1
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Letter to Brooks, Cleveland (O.H.), 1863 October 2, page 4
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Letter to Brooks, New York, 1864 May 2, page 1
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Letter to Major Brooks from Mueller
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Letter to Major Brooks from Mueller at Fort Pulaski answering questions asked by Major Brooks in a previous letter about troops, work, and enemy fire during a siege.
Letter to Major Hickencoupe, 1863 December 13, page 4
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Letter, 1862 July 29, Brooks (Hilton Head) to James Hall (Hilton Head), page 1
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Letter, 1863 December 14, Rumsey to Gillmore, with a review by Major Brooks, page 3
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Letter to Gillmore from Rumsey containing a proposal for building a spy boat. Rumsey's proposal includes detailed plans for a narrow metallic vessel, including the propelling power, ballast, doors, and roof. Gillmore responded that this plan is to be examined & reported upon by Major Brooks. Major Brooks wrote that the boat described is deficient in two ways, and he suggested that Rumsey be sent for and examined in reference to scouting duty.
Letter, 1863 December 28, Wilcken to Brooks, on an arrangement for exploding torpedoes [Verso]
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Letter to Brooks from Wilcken stating that a sketch of an arrangement for exploding torpedoes is enclosed. Wilcken also provides the names of the officers who assisted him in the sapping operations and in building splinter-proofs. Wilcken writes that to the best of his knowledge nine (9) torpedoes exploded accidentally during the siege.
Letter, 1863 September 15, Baldwin to Major Brooks [Verso]
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Letter to Brooks from Baldwin, reporting results of Baldwin's experiments with the boat and oars constructed at the Engineer Depot. Baldwin reports that the 1000 pound boat can be carried with difficulty by twenty men.
Letter, 1863 September 18, James Wallace to Brooks [Recto]
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Letter to Brooks from James Wallace regarding the serving of the guns in the Naval Battery. Wallace reports that he thinks the Navy Gun carriages are superior to the iron army carriages.
Letter, 1863 September, Engineer Office, Department of the South (Morris Island) to General Brooks, page 7
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Letters from James Hall about the siege of Charleston, Morris Island (S.C) 1863 September 4, page 4
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Military Governor of Arkansas
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Clipping about appointment of John S. Phelps as the new Military Governor of Arkansas.
Newspaper Clipping
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Account describing a day's march in the army and stopping to view the old Big Bethel battleground.
Note number 8, statement of Engineer Material in the Siege works [Verso]
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Notice from the Association of the Veterans of the Department of the South, Lawrence (M.A.) 1891 August 07, page 1
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Plans and descriptions of Sap Roller, Morris Island (S.C.) page 3
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Puck, Vol. XIV No.344, 1883 October 10, page 16
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Puck, Vol. XIV No.344, 1883 October 10, page 6
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Report regarding Captain McGunnegle, page 2
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Report to Major Brooks from Lieutenant McGuire, Morris Island (S.C.), 1863 September 15, page 1
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Report, 1863 August 17, Brooks to Gilmore, on projectiles used in the bombardment of Fort Sumter [Verso]
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Report to General Q. A. Gillmore from Brooks on projectiles used in the bombardment of Fort Sumter under the direction of John W. Turner. Contains a table listing the calibre of ordnance (Parrott rifle or Sea Coast Mortar), with information such as the number of shots.
Roster of Engineer Officers under the order of Captain Brooks on the Right, 1863 August- September 19, page 1
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Rules for writing my Report in Siege of Charleston, 1863, page 1
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Sketch and plan of direct communication with the front along the beach
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Suess' sketch and written description of the plan of forming a direct communication along and parallel to the beach, connecting forward lines. Includes detailed drawing of trenches, 4th and 5th Parallels.
Sketch, of proposed works in the ridge in front of the 4th Parallel
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Sketch of proposed works in the ridge in front of the 4th Parallel, showing swamp and beach. Possibly by Thomas Benton (T.B.) Brooks.
Special Order No. 481, Morris Island (S.C.), 1863 August 16, page 3
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Special Orders, No. 160, Hilton Head (S.C) 1864 April 15, recto
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Table of days work done under direction of Major Brooks in the siege of Wagner (S.C) 1863 July 14-September 6, page 2
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Table of distances, Charleston SC
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The first table is a table of distances of various Batteries of the approaches to Fort Wagner from certain active batteries of the Enemy which resisted the attack. The second table is of distances in Charleston harbor and the vicinity, taken from the U. S. Coast Survey Map, and compiled by Lieutenant Talcott.
The Boston Herald, 1863 September 10, page 3
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The Charleston Daily Courier, Vol. LIX No. 18,831, 1861 April 13-15, page 2
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The Charleston Daily Courier, Vol. LIX No. 18,831, 1861 April 13-15, page 3
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