Letter, 1863 April 22, Macaulay to Brooks, providing updates on the Companies, page 1
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TitleLetter, 1863 April 22, Macaulay to Brooks, providing updates on the Companies, page 1
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CreatorMacaulay
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Letter to Brooks from Macaulay providing updates on the Companies, including their locations and activities. Macaulay also reports that the Iron Clads cannot do what was expected of them, and that they are a failure. Macaulay writes that they have seen in the papers some account of a fight between General Gillmore's command & a body of rebels, and that Macaulay hopes Brooks escaped safely.
Transcription[Letter] Folly Island S. C. [South Carolina]; April 22nd 1863; Dear Captain; In my last written from Elliotts Plantation I referred to the expedition there preparing to attack Charleston and that your company was expecting orders to form part of it. You will see by the heading that we were not disappointed. We left Elliotts on the 2nd just, embarked on board ["Gen'l Meigs"?] on the 4th and landed on this Island on the 7th. You are acquainted with the position of these Islands relative to Fort Sumter, especially the importance of "Morris" Island, it appears to have been the plan to obtain possession of "Morris" Island and then "Sumter" would fall like "Pulaski". To do this "Folly" Island was taken possession of. Their [there] being only a creek between it and "Morris", it made a base for Infantry. Their [there] was in these waters 12 Iron Clads and The "Ironsides" and 20 thousand effective men in the [depr't?] how many of either were with the expedition I cannot say. On the 7th just the Iron Clads advanced the Batteries and Fort opened on them and for near 3 hours the firing was intense. At the end of that time the Iron Clads retreated, with as we have heard since 6 of them disabled one of which the "Keokuk" (double turret) sank next morning and can now be seen at low water. The Picket guard tells me the rebels have been on her attempting to get her guns. From what we can judge our Generals are satisfied that the Iron Clads cannot do what was expected of them. They are a failure, or the contest would have been renewed and the original pro- [programme]
TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks499_070_001
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/2C66A594FA0CC986A357FE97F5598918
Batch ID20180328174717