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

CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

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TranscriptionCopy Letter of 5th August; Hd. Qrs. [Headquarters] Dept. [Department] of the South In the Field; Engineers Office-Morris Island S.C. [South Carolina]; Aug. [August] 5th 1863; To the Assistant in charge U.S. Coast Survey Office; Washington D.C.; Sir; I have to ask your pardon for not having before acknowledged the receipt of two sets of Maps of Charleston Harbor and a new one of this Coast. They came duly and have been [of?] of the greatest servce to us. Your Charts of this coast are invaluable to us. Their great amount of detail and extreme accuracy leaves nothing to be desired in a Military map. On manuscript maps enlarged from your charts I can almost plan the details of our offensive and defensive works. Little high tide-marsh-[????] are [????] no larger than a tent floor, which apparently could never posess the least interest or value on a Map have proven

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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