Letter, 1863 December 16, Brayton to Brooks, defining heavy Rebel firing

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TitleLetter, 1863 December 16, Brayton to Brooks, defining heavy Rebel firing
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CreatorBrayton

CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

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Date Created1863-12-16

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Letter to Brooks from Brayton reporting on what constitutes heavy firing. Brayton states that he has consulted with Battery Commanders, and that their opinions on what constitutes heavy firing vary between 75 and 125 shots per hour. Brayton then reports the number of shots over time fired from Moultrie and from Rebel batteries on James and Sullivan's islands. He writes that his own opinion formed from consultation and personal observation is that from 100 to 123 shots per hour now constitute heavy firing from the Rebel batteries.

Transcription[Letter] Office of the Chief of Artillery; Morris Island, SC [South Carolina]; Dec [December] 16th 1863; Maj [Major] TB Brooks; Gen [General] Gillmores Staff; Folly Island, SC [South Carolina]; My Dear Sir; Your note of the 13th [????] was recd [received] yesterday morning. I have consulted with Battery Commanders here and find their opinions in regard to what constitutes heavy firing now to vary between 75 and 125 shots per hour. Moultrie fired 71 shots in about one hours time in the latter part of November. On the morning of the 3rd [????] more than 100 shots were fired from the Rebel Batteries on James and Sullivan's Islands between 21 and [????]. Yesterday forenoon they fired at about the same rate my own opinion formed from consultation and personal observation is that from 100 to 123 shots per hour now constitute heavy firing from the Rebel Batteries. How many did during the actual works of the

LocationsMorris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.71573,-79.89037)

TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)

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Mediumcommercial correspondence

TypeStill Image

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Held By Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks483_058_001

Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/B3A619032D5CDDDF859C52491573C909

Batch ID20180328174717