Copy of Brooks journal with notes attached, August 24 - September 7 1863, page 6
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TitleCopy of Brooks journal with notes attached, August 24 - September 7 1863, page 6
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Transcription[Letter, continued] 6; Information relating to several subjects connected with the engineering operations of the Siege, which possesses professional and general interest, yet is not entirely suitable to be incorporated in the Journal, is appended thereto. The following is a list of these papers arranged and numbered for convenience of reference from the journal. 1. Inclined Palisading- page; 2. Wire Entanglements- " [page]; 3. Booms- " [page]; 4. The Seaward Defensive Barriacade- " [page]; 5. Torpedoes (enemy's)- " [page]; 6. Observations concerning the location organization and administration of an Engineer Depot or Park from experience in these siege operations- page; 7. Lists of the various kinds of Tools, Materials and Machines furnished from the Engineer Depot and employed in the siege operations against the Defenses of Charleston Harbor-1863- page; 8. Statement of the quantities of the most important items of Engineer material expended on the siege works herein
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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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks528_095_007
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/ED69665EE84574F63B696509A58D0FAC
Batch ID20180328174717