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CreatorBrooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900

CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

Dates

Date Created1863-07-28

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LanguageEnglish

TranscriptionTuesday Night July 28th 1863; Work proposed Night; 1st. Traverse on line of Rifle Pit (on left); 2nd. Road from beach to chimney-[????] 100 pdr. Battery; Officer in Charge Lieut. [Lieutenant] Wilken and 40 men 4th N.H. [New Hampshire]; 3rd. Gun platforms in extreme left and Revetting; In charge Sergt. [Sergeant] Berry; 4th. Build Priveys; 5th. Build Lookout on top of Magazine; 6th. Cover magazine with sand bags; 7th. Begin new 200 Pdr. battery; 8th. Make platforms for 3 Coehorn Mortars; This night the two 100 pdr. batteries were laid out and partly revetted. Sergt. [Sergeant] Felter laid platforms for Wierd guns, on extreme left of parallel. The wire entanglement was set tonight.

LocationsFort Wagner (historical), Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.7375,-79.87204)

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

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Held By Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks491_065_048

Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/6BF0E1A8082B0DAF6E3DA5164B8191C8

Batch ID20180328174717