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

CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

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TranscriptionSaturday August 22nd 1863; Siege work proposed Day this afternoon; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Wilcken went on duty at 7 o'c P.M. and came off at 3 o'c A.M. Sapping towards Wagner; Detail 12 Engrs. [Engineers] and 50 Infantry; Material used 75 Gabions; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Talcott went on duty at 4 P.M. and left off duty at 12 o'c Midnight. 1st. Increasing thickness of covering on Magazine at Hd. Qrs. [Headquarters] and 100 pdr. battery; 2nd. Draining approach into 3rd parallel which was completed, and made possible at Low Tide; 3rd. Covering parapet with powder barrels; 4th. Repairing embrasures of breaching batteries; 5th. Repairing damages to [Weird?] Battery.

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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