Letter, 1863 September, Engineer Office, Department of the South (Morris Island) to General Brooks, page 1
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TitleLetter, 1863 September, Engineer Office, Department of the South (Morris Island) to General Brooks, page 1
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Transcription[Letter] Headquarters, Department of the South; Engineers Office Morris Island S.C.; September [blank] 1863; General; In compliance with Paragraph 836 Revised United States Army Regulations, and your own verbal instructions, I have the honor to submit the following report concerning those Siege Operations against the Defenses of Charleston Harbor, which were executed under my direction between July 14th and the Evacuation of Morris Island by the enemy on Sept. [September] 7th 1863. I was appointed an assistant to yourself as Chief Engineer by General Order no. [number] 6 dated "Headquarters Department of the South, Morris Island S.C. July 15th 1863. On the 29th of August Captain C.B. Reese United States Engineers was appointed Assistant and Consulting Engineer Department of the South. From that date I received your instructions concerning the work through him. The Siege work executed on Morris Island may be conveniently classified under the following four heads in chronological order. I. Erection of siege batteries against Fort Wagner used in the unsuccessful operations of July 18th;  II. Establishment of defensive lines across Morris Island in order to secure our lodgment; III. Construction of batteries employed in the demolition
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