Major Brooks' Journal of Siege Work, Morris Island, July to September 1863, page 8
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TitleMajor Brooks' Journal of Siege Work, Morris Island, July to September 1863, page 8
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TranscriptionFriday July 24. To give security and concealment to our line of communication zig zag approaches were built tonight from the First to the Second Parallel. The parapet of the latter was strengthened and extended westward, the inclined palisading way extended by a return along the beach and the wire entanglement increased. Saturday July 25th. Completed on the left the first emplacement for a heavy breaching gun (8 inch Parrott Rifle). This gun was mounted today and first fired at Sumter Aug. [August] 12th. It was served from a bombproof magazine built expressly for it, and when afterwards used against Sumter was designated as constituting a part of Battery Hays. This is the last engineering operation with which I was connected on the left. Henceforward my duties will be on the right and chiefly in advance of the First Parallel. Today the first work by daylight in the Second Parallel was performed. For the first time the enemy's sharpshooters have annoyed our working parties. During the day built traverses formed banquette tread and continued sand bag revetting. At night extended the parapet to the left and finished the bombproof magazine, also built two barbette emplacements for Napoleon guns in the salient angles near the center of the
TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900
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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks518_084_008
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/071913860968192AD62A771F02B11F8C
Batch ID20180328174717