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

CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

Dates

Date Created1863-08-20

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LanguageEnglish

TranscriptionThursday August 20th, August 1863; Siege work Day this afternoon; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Adams 4th New Hampe [Hampshire] Regt. [Regiment]; 1st. Building and Strengthening Splinter Proofs; 2nd. Repairing Surgeons Hd. Qrs. [Headquarters]; 4th. Strengthening epaulement of 100 pdr. battery; Detail 23 Engrs. [Engineers] 90 Infantry; Capt. [Captain] Suess continued the Sap, and reports that the soil was easy to cut or work. Lieut. [Lieutenant] Wilcken relieved Capt. [Captain] Walker at 11 o'c A.M. this morning. Two of his men were slightly wounded in the Sap, by a shell from Fort Johnson; Col. [Colonel] Serrell's Marsh Bat. [Battery?] was finished today; was [????] [August 7th?]

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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Held By Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks491_065_166

Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/816046CD1BEB97E0B00A65875723973F

Batch ID20180328174717