Letter, 1862 December 15, T.B. Brooks to General Gillmore [Recto]

TitleLetter, 1862 December 15, T.B. Brooks to General Gillmore [Recto]
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Transcription[Paper damaged and ???? along left side] General; I have the honor to respectfully ask the [????] priviledge to devote my [leisure?] [????] and arranging under your [????] for the Instruction [????] soldier; thus attempting to [????] Engr [Engineer] Troops such information [????] instruction concerning their [????] as Patten and others have so effectually accomplished for the Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry arms of the service in their [????] publications.  [????] want for such a book exists will I [????] by every intelligent member of the [????] Engineer Organizations now in [????].  [????] want felt by Vol. [Volunteer] Engr. [Engineer] Officers [????] supplied by the works of Prof. [Professor] Mahau [????] [Duane?].  But both these works [????] extensive and too expensive for the [????] Mahaus work has not detail enough [????] Duanes too many.  Much valuable [information?] gained by the experience of [????] the present war is [????].  Neither work has a [????], which is [needing?] [????] [understanding?] of the text by our [????] men.  The important subject of [????] orders is not treated by Duane and only partially by Mahau.  [????] instruction, given in either concerning the [????] heavy ordnance.

TopicsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
South Carolina--History
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900

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