Letter, 1863 September, Engineer Office, Department of the South (Morris Island) to General Brooks, page 3
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TitleLetter, 1863 September, Engineer Office, Department of the South (Morris Island) to General Brooks, page 3
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Transcription[Letter, continued] 3; and one bomb-proof service magazine built but never used. It also embraces four emplacements for ordnance, one bombproof magazine and 300 yards of sap executed under the direction of Lieutenant P.S. Michie United States Engineers, assistant engineer, Department of the South, who relieved me while sick during the first week of September. This Siege work extending through a period of fifty five days, was chiefly done under cover of darkness, and under a fire of Artillery and sharpshooters, more or less severe. In its execution 23,500 soldiers days work of six hours each were expended; this number does not include the labor of preparing engineer material which was not done under my direction. Considerable part of the material used was prepared and stored in the engineer depot at the South end of Morris Island. Sand-bags were by far the most expensive item of material employed, having been almost exclusively used for revetting. About 46,000 were expended. The accompanying journal records with considerable minuteness in accordance with your instructions details of the Siege operations. It embraces an account of methods used and progress made, Officers and troops employed, dangers and difficulties encountered, as compiled from the construction reports of superintending Engineer Officers, my own official communications, and reliable private diaries.
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