Letter, 1863 December 17, Crane to Brooks, on torpedoes found in front of Fort Wagner [Verso]
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TitleLetter, 1863 December 17, Crane to Brooks, on torpedoes found in front of Fort Wagner [Verso]
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CreatorCrane
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Letter to Brooks from Crane responding to Major Brooks' request to know the number of torpedoes found in front of Fort Wagner. Crane reports a total of 44, which were all of the plunger kind. Crane also reports seeing 5 of the patent torpedoes.
TranscriptionNumber of Torpedoes in front of Wagner; Corp. [Corporal] Crane [illegible]; Dec [December] 17/63
TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
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Mediumcommercial correspondence
TypeStill Image
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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks450_026_002
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/C377142D2FC97C83AA88BB1AA26DEDE9
Batch ID20180328174717