Letter, 1863 December 7, Smith to Brooks, regarding the Requa Battery

TitleLetter, 1863 December 7, Smith to Brooks, regarding the Requa Battery
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CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

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Descriptive InformationLetter to Brooks from Smith stating that Smith and Mr. Bradley own the Patent from Billinghurst & Requa, and that a printed pamphlet of reprints is enclosed where Brooks will find all of his inquiries regarding the guns answered, except as to operations in the field. Smith writes that he has a great personal feeling in seeing the Batteries tested.

Transcription[Letter] 36 Liberty St. [Street]; New York October 30th; 1863; Major T. B. Brooks; Sir; I have your form of the 26th [????] to Smith and Bradley-Mr. Bradley and myself own the Patent from Billinghurst and Requa. Mr. B. attending to the mechanical part, and the [????] the part of the connection. They to [enclose?] you a printed pamphlet of Reprints wherein you will find all your enquiries answered, except as to operations in the field- Gen'l Banks took out with him [six?] of these Batteries, but the ammunition was supplied by the [parties?], and was found at New Orleans to be made with Balls too large for the Calibre of the Battery, and suitable ammunitin was not furnished until the part [splinter?]; I am inclined that the Batteries at New Orleans are ready for any service upon which they may be ordered, but do not know that they [will?] ever in actual conflict. Two Batteries were sent out April to [????] on the Mississippi, tried, [????] him within the past month [McCleod Murphy?] from the [Northern?] Flotilla was here, and stated to me verbally, that the Batteries had done all that could be expected of them, and that he would make it part of his

LocationsNew York, New York, United States(43.00035,-75.4999)

TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
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