Report, relating to artillery and fatigue duty in the siege
National Park Service
Item Details
CreatorBrooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900
Descriptive Information
LanguageEnglish
Report of general observations and conclusions relating to artillery and fatigue duty in the siege of the defense of Charleston. Brooks writes about the effectiveness of 8-inch shells, and that shells falling at a high angle are the only projectiles available against the earth works built on this coast. He writes that black troops will do more work than white troops and will have far less sickness. The siege of Sebastopol is also mentioned.
Transcription6. Russian embrasures were [????] into [????] iron ships [????] tanks 4 feet on an edge filled with earth then to each ship. [????] 13 shells had [????] a [????] which was [????]. 7. Russian [????]. 18" [????] 8' of earth. 6' high-fire places-while worked. 8. Russians fired [canister?] [????] 13" mortars. 9. Our working parts were [????].
TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
Physical Descriptions
Mediumletters (correspondence)
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
Contributing Institutions
Identifiers
Digital Identifiersmt_brooks474_049_004
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/1BFDFD8B6CFB794456EF5E840608CB37
Batch ID20180328174717