Major Brooks' Journal of Siege Work, Morris Island, July to September 1863, page 2
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TitleMajor Brooks' Journal of Siege Work, Morris Island, July to September 1863, page 2
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Transcription3; Wednesday July 15th. Continued work on Battery O'Rorke. Began and completed positions for four 30-pounder Parrott Rifles, being the left guns of Battery Hays which is 110 yards in advance of Battery O'Rorke and 1830 yards from Fort Wagner. The Ordnance Corps mounted one 10 inch siege mortar in Battery O'Rorke being the first piece placed in position against Fort Wagner. Lieutenant James E. Wilson, U.S. Artillery under the direction of Lieutenant C. R. Suter U.S. Engineers, Assistant Engineer, Department of the South, had charge of the construction of the left wing of Battery O'Rorke, afterward called Battery Kirby. Emplacements and a bombproof service magazine were prepared for four 10-inch siege mortars. Only one was mounted until after the 18th inst. when two 10-inch sea coast mortars were added, which were used against Fort Sumter in the first bombardment.
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_002
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/68EA002DF82C55833FC44F70FC6F6840
Batch ID20180328174717