Jerry to Brooks, special orders number 50, Morris Island, August 6 1863 [Recto]
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Jerry to Brooks, special orders number 50, Morris Island, August 6 1863 [Verso]
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The campaign in South Carolina-scenes of the sea-islands, near Charleston [recto]
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From publication: Harper 's Weekly.
Birds-eye view of Charleston, showing General Gilmore's operations, South Carolina, 1863
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Birds-eye view of Charleston, South Carolina, and its environs showing the scene of General Gilmore 's operations From publication: Harper 's Weekly.
Letter, 1863 August 16, Suess to Brooks on methods of sapping
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Letter to Brooks from Suess regarding the commencement of sapping operations. Suess writes that Capt. Walker has serious misgivings about the effectiveness of the fall sap, and that Capt. Walker proposes a different method of sapping, which was first used by the Turks in the 17th century.
Major Brooks' Journal of Siege Work, Morris Island, July to September 1863, page 17
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Letter, 1863 August 16, Suess to Brooks on methods of sapping
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Letter to Brooks from Suess regarding the commencement of sapping operations. Suess writes that Capt. Walker has serious misgivings about the effectiveness of the fall sap, and that Capt. Walker proposes a different method of sapping, which was first used by the Turks in the 17th century.
Letter, 1863 August 16, Suess to Brooks on methods of sapping
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Letter to Brooks from Suess regarding the commencement of sapping operations. Suess writes that Capt. Walker has serious misgivings about the effectiveness of the fall sap, and that Capt. Walker proposes a different method of sapping, which was first used by the Turks in the 17th century.
Letter, 1863 August 16, Suess to Brooks on methods of sapping
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Letter to Brooks from Suess regarding the commencement of sapping operations. Suess writes that Capt. Walker has serious misgivings about the effectiveness of the fall sap, and that Capt. Walker proposes a different method of sapping, which was first used by the Turks in the 17th century.
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.
Report, 1863 August 17, Brooks to Gilmore, on projectiles used in the bombardment of Fort Sumter [Recto]
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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.
Diagram by Suess, of zig-zag approaches with defensive batteries, proposed for Fort Wagner
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Diagram by Suess of zig-zag approaches with defensive batteries, proposed for Fort Wagner.
Diagram by Suess, of zig-zag approaches with defensive batteries, proposed for Fort Wagner
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Diagram by Suess of zig-zag approaches with defensive batteries, proposed for Fort Wagner.
Sketches of plans for a Block House (and Requa Battery)
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Brooks' sketches of plans for a Block House (and Requa Battery) for Defense of Approach and Parallels (on Fort Wagner?)
Sketches of plans for a Block House (and Requa Battery)
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Brooks' sketches of plans for a Block House (and Requa Battery) for Defense of Approach and Parallels (on Fort Wagner?)
Instructions for engineer officers at Siege of Charleston, Engineers Office, Morris Island, August 20 1863
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Letter, 1863 August 20, Lorigan to Brooks, diagram of a Rebel torpedo
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Letter to Brooks from Lorigan providing drawings and a description of a Rebel floating torpedo picked up off of Morris Island on August 18th 1863.
Instructions for engineer officers at Siege of Charleston, Engineers Office, Morris Island, August 20 1863
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Instructions for engineer officers at Siege of Charleston, Engineers Office, Morris Island, August 20 1863
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Instructions for engineer officers at Siege of Charleston, Engineers Office, Morris Island, August 20 1863
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Letter, 1863 August 20, Lorigan to Brooks, diagram of a Rebel torpedo
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Letter to Brooks from Lorigan providing drawings and a description of a Rebel floating torpedo picked up off of Morris Island on August 18th 1863.
Instructions for engineer officers at Siege of Charleston, Engineers Office, Morris Island, August 20 1863
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Instructions for engineer officers at Siege of Charleston, Engineers Office, Morris Island, August 20 1863
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Letter, 1863 August 18, Lorigan to Brooks, regarding a Rebel torpedo found on Morris Island
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Letter to Brooks from Lorigan providing drawings and a description of a Rebel floating torpedo picked up off of Morris Island on August 18th 1863.
Letter, 1863 August 18, Lorigan to Brooks, regarding a Rebel torpedo found on Morris Island
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Letter to Brooks from Lorigan providing drawings and a description of a Rebel floating torpedo picked up off of Morris Island on August 18th 1863.
Multiple illustrations, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1863 [recto]
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View of Chanrleston, Fort Sumter. Ironclads, Wooden cunboats, Bombardment of Fort Wagner. Lower portion of Morris island captured, General Gilmore. Bombardment of forts, Lower portion of Morris island.
Brooks to Crane and Chandler, instructions to clear sap of all obstacles, August 24 1863
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Instructions sent to Crane and Chandler by order of Brooks, that they will twice in each turn of duty examine the whole line of trenches from the 1st Parallel to the Head of the Sap, clearing it of all obstacles. Brooks also writes that obstructions put in by the Guard must be removed by them, or their refusal to do so reported.
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