Copy of Brooks journal with notes attached, August 24 - September 7 1863, page 14
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TitleCopy of Brooks journal with notes attached, August 24 - September 7 1863, page 14
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Transcription[Letter,continued] 13; the more difficult kinds of work, and directing the infantry details on the other work. Of the numerous infantry regiments which furnished fatigue details, the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers did the most best work. Next follow the blacks, the Fifty fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, and Third United States Colored Troops. Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry commanded the United States forces on Morris Island, from which the guard of the advanced trenches, and the working parties were chiefly furnished. His efficiency as commandent of the infantry employed in the siege operations herein described, contributed, in a large degree, to their success. Verry [Very] Respectfully; Your Obt. [obedient] servant; T. B. Brooks; Major [and A.D.C.?]; Assistant Engineer
TopicsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
South Carolina--History
Armed Forces
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900
South Carolina--History
Armed Forces
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900
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Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/7BB3C2D94BBC573BCE8BE7DB5C543808
Batch ID20180328174717