Major Brooks' Journal of Siege Work, Morris Island, July to September 1863, page 12 [Recto]
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TitleMajor Brooks' Journal of Siege Work, Morris Island, July to September 1863, page 12 [Recto]
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Transcription25; Tuesday, July 28th. The parapet and epaulement of Battery Brown are finished. Began laying the platforms today; it will be ready for its armament tomorrow morning. This battery is to be served from the large magazine already built. Commenced an emplacement for a Requa battery on extreme left of the line for the defense of the boom in charge of Corporal P. Berry, New York Volunteer Engineers. Also began a lookout of sand bags on top of the large magazine and a splinter proof latrine found necessary on its west side. About 10 o'c P.M. I received at the front through Lieutenant Henry M. Bragg A.D.C., an order from the General Commanding "to make my arrangements for five 100 pounder Parrott Rifles in the Second Parallel". At this time some work has been done with a view to putting these guns in position on the left. I had recommended that they be changed to the right, and expected the order. To receive them, a battery for these and one for two guns, afterward named Rosecrans and Meade respectively, were laid out in echelon near the center of the Second Parallel and work was commenced on them before midnight. In order to accommodate the heavy transportation to these
TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900
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Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/ED2728951B069390AA9F06982D346524
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