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

CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

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Transcription6th. Fix up covered way or approach at obstacle of 2nd parallel; Corp. [Corporal] Duane and 20 Infantry; 7th. Begin to cut sods for revetting; Sert. [Sergeant] Felter; Detail 5 Engrs. [Engineers] and 20 Infantry; 8th. Building embrasures at 100 and 200 pdr. battery-Embrasures at left Siege batteries. Cutting sod for revetments. Placing abatis in front of 3rd Parallel. Improving entrance from approach to 3rd Parallel into 2nd Parallel. Road around 100 pdr. battery. Strengthening covered way into 3rd parallel at old [frieze?]. Splinter proofs in approach to 3rd parallel; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Talcott in charge; Detail 14 Engrs. [Engineers] and 123 Infantry

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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