Letter to Brooks from Baldwin on the material and sewing of sand bags
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TitleLetter to Brooks from Baldwin on the material and sewing of sand bags
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This resource is part of a series
CreatorBaldwin
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LanguageEnglish
Letter to Brooks from Baldwin reporting that gunny cloth was used to make the sand-bags used in seige operations, and that the bags were sewn with cotton twine. He reports sand bags are now sewn using a lock-stitch, which retains its hold.
TranscriptionMorris Isle S. C. [South Carolina]; Nov. [November] 20th 1863; Baldwin Lt. [Lieutenant] Jas [James] S.; Report on material and make of Sand Bags.
TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
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Mediumcommercial correspondence
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks453_029_002
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/D0F38C44CE9C287C1241080EB2BF5ED1
Batch ID20180328174717