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

CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

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TranscriptionThursday August 20th 1863; Siege work proposed Night; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Farrand In charge; Detail 18 Engrs. [Engineers] and 76 Infty. [Infantry]; 1st. Rebuilding Traverse in 2nd parallel; 2nd. Carrying Material to the front; 3rd. Increasing the height of Parapet in Walkers approach; 4th. Increasing the thickness of epaulement in the left 100 pdr. battery; 5th. Inserting casks in the parapet of 200 pdr. battery, for magazine for Weird guns; 6th. Repairing Embrasures; 7th. Removing and rebuilding platforms; Examine covering of Magazines, and add Marsh Soil, if earth be found lacking. Continue abatis for Right flank of inclined palisading to defensive barricade below high water, fastening them down with stakes and rope; Continue Ditch approaches, beyond 3rd Parallel.

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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