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

CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

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TranscriptionMonday August 10th 1863; Siege work proposed Night; 1st. Finish work on left 3 gun Battery and Increase trench, and thickness of parapet of Rifle parapet; Capt. [Captain] Walker 20 Engrs. [Engineers] 0 Infty. [Infantry]; 2nd. Continue work on Splinter proofs-One for advanced Guard rear; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Wilcken 20 Engrs. [Engineers] and 30 Infantry; Material used Cord wood and Sand bags; 3rd. Enclose a trundle earth work or keep 150 yards as a fence of ours or half Parallel; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Farrand 20 Engrs. [Engineers] and 30 Infty. [Infantry]; 4th. Revet Right of 3rd Parallel and make a Banquet Tread 2 feet wide and 2 1/2 ft. [feet] high with our Trenches of sand bags; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Farrand 40 Engrs. [Engineers] and 20 Infty. [Infantry]; 5th. Build a flanking boyau or traverse on 1st advanced line; Lieut. [Lieutenant] Farrand 3 Engrs. [Engineers] and 15 Infty. [Infantry]

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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