Letter, 1863 September 1, Brooks (Morris Island) to Captain C.B. Reese, page 2
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TitleLetter, 1863 September 1, Brooks (Morris Island) to Captain C.B. Reese, page 2
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Transcription[Letter, continued] 1. Capt. [Captain] Walker and Suess and Lieuts [Lieutenants] Wilken and Parsons of the N.Y. [New York] Vol. [Volunteer] Engrs. [Engineers] have had charge of the Sap. And 49 Engineer Soldiers have constituted the four Sapping Brigades. I have found it convenient to allow these Officers to select their own times of relieving. 2. For such general duty as repairs, improvements andc [etc.] between the head of the Sap and the 1st Parallel the following officers have been employed-Capt [Captain] Graef and Lts. [Lieutenants] Farrand Talcott and Baldwin N.Y. [New York] Vol. [Volunteer] Engineers and Capt [Captain] Pratt 55th Mass. [Massachusetts] and Lieut. [Lieutenant] Adams 4th N.H. [New Hampshire] Vol [Volunteers], relieving eachother at 8 A.M. 4 P.M. and 12 Midnight. One third of their officers have been sick for several days, and the Sapping Officers have to some extent taken their places. 3. At 4 A.M. 12 [P.M.?] and 8 P.M. 19 Engineer Non Commissioned Officers and soldiers and one fourth of the available strength of the 54th Mass [Massachusetts] report in the trenches for duty to the 2nd group of officers above designated. 4. Corp. [Corporal] Crane with 12 men and Corp. [Corporal] Chandler with 3 men relieve eachother alternately in the trenches as custodians and collectors of Engineer Tools and materials.
TopicsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
South Carolina--History
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900
Armed Forces
South Carolina--History
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900
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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks557_134_002
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/6205ACE1F9660B1375DCC3CFE2A93741
Batch ID20180328174717