Letter, 1863 November 3, Edward N Kirk Taliott? to Major T. B. Brooks, page 7

TitleLetter, 1863 November 3, Edward N Kirk Taliott? to Major T. B. Brooks, page 7
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Transcription[Letter, continued] fracture ran forward some 3 ft resembling no. VI very closely. The pieces did not leave the battery. I was in the fort at the time it burst and could detect no flaw in the iron. The metal appeared to have given way with more difficulty than any other I have seen. Several small pieces had torn away remained within the reinforce band. The shell reached Sumpter and burst there. There were 5 pieces found in the battery. No one was injured. VIII Oct 31st a 100 pdr gun burst at Battery Chatfield I could not ascertain how many rounds had been fired from it probably in the neighborhood of 300. The fracture resembled most of the others running from just within the reinforce band forward some 2 ft on the upper side of the gun. I did not see the gun until more than 24 hours after it burst but Capt. Colwell could discover no flaw in the metal. But one piece was blown from the gun. No one was injured. No one saw the shell after the accident. It probably exploded prematurely. The 300 pdr has ben silent for a couple of days.

LocationsMorris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.71573,-79.89037)

TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)

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