Letter, 1863 December 12, James H Harrold (Folly Isle) to T.B. Brooks, page 3

TitleLetter, 1863 December 12, James H Harrold (Folly Isle) to T.B. Brooks, page 3
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Transcription[Letter, continued] Respectfully Your Obt [Obedient] Servt [Servant]; James H Harrold; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Vol [Volunteer] Engrs [Engineers]; Major T.B. Brooks; A.D.C. and Asst [Assistant] Engr [Engineer]; Summary; The detachment was divided [thus?]; A Squad for making Gabions consisted of two engineers and four infantry who made seven gabions 3 feet long and 2 feet in diameter per day.  A squad for making facines consisted of two engineers and nine infantry who made 12 facines 18 feet long or 16 of the shorter lengths or 24 sap faggots pr [per] day.  A squad for making sap rollers consisted of two engineers and eight infantry who made two sap roller gabions 9 feet by 64 feet in diameter in three days.  The engineers only were [instructed?] in their duty.  Each squad got out its own material which was [????].  28 gabions from 8 to 72 [????] make a load for one [????] team.

LocationsFolly Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.66046,-79.9312)

TopicsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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